Great American Railroad Journeys
Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo. Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels across the United States by train, making stops to learn how important historical sites, influential historical events, famous Americans,
and the railroads of the 19th century, influenced the country's growth into a major superpower.
In his first series, Portillo took two railroad journeys in the north-east of the United States, spanning a total of 15 episodes. His first journey took him across the US State of New York, travelling around New York City and Long Island before heading to Niagara Falls via New York's state capital of Albany and Buffalo. His second journey took him across
the Mid-Atlantic States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, travelling from Philadelphia to Jamestown, via Washington, D.C..
(from wikipedia.org)
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| Appletons' General Guide to the United States and Canada Published in 1893. Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co. Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation. Book Contributor: University of Connecticut Libraries. |
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