Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: T.M. Books
• VHS Release Date: April 29, 2003
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• ASIN: B00009KU9Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,963 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

PART 12 We begin with a look back at the beautiful bicentennial trains created for the 200th birthday of the United States in 1976. Front and center is the most famous of these special trains--the American Freedom Train. This train was headed by the Southern Pacific Gs-4 streamlined steam locomotive. It made a cross-country trek, pulling thirteen special cars carrying artifacts of the nation's history. Also featured are the streamlined diesels of the 1930s, when diesels were just beginning to make their case as the motive power of choice for the railroads. Across the country, the sleek speeding machines sliced through speed records and captured the interest of a nation coping with the Great Depression. They became symbols of American industrial pride and served to ignite a spark in railroad transportation.The Trainz SKU for this item is P11445927.Condition: NewTCA Grade: C-10Original Box: YesManufacturer: TMProduct Number: IL12