The Way West Odyssey

In this two hour show you’ll see action on Santa Fe, Burlington Northern, Soo Line, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Utah Railway. In this lavish production, you’ll find fascinating broadcast quality photography of this action. Watch “pig trains” sprawled across the Midwest, helper action in the mountains, and classic scenes at Soldier Summit, Winter Park, Moffat Tunnel, and the Feather River Canyon.

We’ll take you through some Midwest plains, and then into the Colorado Rockies where you’ll witness fast paced action on Colorado’s Joint Line where the Rio Grande (Southern Pacific), the Burlington Northern, and the Santa Fe share trackage rights.

Then we’ll take you up the Midwest Tunnel route into Utah, You’ll witness exciting freight action on this line, and see how mid-train helpers are placed in the middle of those long freights, you’ll follow action through scenic locations such as Helper, Castle Rock, and Soldier Summit, Then we’ll take you into Nevada and the Sierras for more mountain railroad action.

It’s two hours of a wide-ranging rail adventure!