Host Matt Bown rides the busiest freight line anywhere -- the Union Pacific's Omaha to Sacramento -- along a transcontinental route that includes the world's longest rail causeway and... Full summary

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train is the longest privately owned train in the world; host Matt Bown joins circus workers as they race against the clock to dismantle... Full summary

The Amtrak Empire Builder, which runs from Chicago to Seattle, is America's busiest passenger train; host Matt Bown learns how the railroad keeps passengers from choking to death as the... Full summary

Built in 1944, the Union Pacific's historic 844 steam locomotive is the longest-running steam train in America; host Matt Bown rides the train as it conveys rail fans from Denver to... Full summary

The coolest train in the world uses high-tech refrigeration to keep produce fresh during its cross-country journey from Wallula, Wash., to Schenectady, N.Y.; the 1950s battle for... Full summary

Host Matt Bown rides the high-tech Acela, America's fastest train, as it carries passengers from Washington, D.C., to Boston at speeds of up to 150 mph; why New York City's historic... Full summary

Host Matt Bown rides a high-priority freight train loaded with goods from the Far East as it travels from Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth; the first U.S. train robbers.

Host Matt Bown, a real-life conductor, joins a coal train hauling its cargo from a mine to a power plant in Pennsylvania; how Nazis tried to blow up U.S. train tracks during World War... Full summary