I Love Toy Trains - I Love Big Trains

Season 1
Live-action excitement for all young train fans as legendary locomotives thunder down the tracks. Learn how steam engines work, visit a busy freight yard, watch passenger and freight trains, plus lots more.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Trains Around The World
    October 1, 2005
    34min
    ALL
    Travel to Europe and see high-speed passenger trains. Ride the mainline in the cab of a big diesel, see the shiny Burlington Zephyr streamliner at the Illinois Railway Museum, and thrill as a big 10-driver steamer thunders down the tracks under full steam. Visit a busy freight yard, and see how they assemble a mixed-freight train. Full steam ahead for all young train lovers.
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  2. S1 E2 - Full Steam Ahead
    October 1, 2005
    38min
    ALL
    Watch the Union Pacific's Challenger, the biggest articulated steam locomotive in the world, come roaring through the cities and farmlands of the Midwest. Learn about the different types of railroad signals and how to read them. Big time wall-to-wall steam and diesel action guaranteed to keep all young train lovers enthralled.
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  3. S1 E3 - Ride The Rails
    October 1, 2005
    35min
    ALL
    Take a ride on Indiana's South Shore Line, the last interurban electric railroad in the USA. Learn how electric locomotives are powered. Watch a big Geep diesel ride the rails down the middle of a busy street. Meet a steam train expert. Learn about restoring the Southern Pacific's 4449 Daylight into America's Freedom Train. Then to Alaska, where both the scenery and train rides are spectacular.
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Subtitles
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Directors
Tom McComas
Producers
TM Books & Video
Cast
James Coffey
Studio
Janson Media
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