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Michael Portillo rides the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States, published in 1879. Michael begins his American odyssey in New York City. Starting at Grand Central Terminal, the "gateway to the nation," he boards the Manhattan subway system, the busiest rail transit system in the U.S. His first stop is the Rockefeller Center, where he gets a bird's eye view of Manhattan Island and learns about the technology which enabled the city to build up.
Season 4 Episode Guide
11 Episodes 2020 - 0
Ninilchik to Wasilla
Sat, Jan 25, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo goes to the last frontier of the United States armed with his Guidebook to Alaska.
Talkeetna to Juneau
Sat, Feb 1, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo explores the remote former goldrush settlement of Talkeetna. Then, he joins passengers aboard the Hurricane Turn as they alight in the middle of the country to raft, fish, and camp.
Skagway to Vancouver
Sat, Feb 8, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo embarks on a second spectacular rail journey through Alaska into Canada on the White Pass and Yukon railway.
Vancouver Island to Kamloops
Sat, Feb 15, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo explores British Columbia, steered by his Appleton's Guide to Canada, published in 1899. He discovers how two superpowers nearly came to war over a pig and joins the Royal Canadian Navy to firefight on board the frigate HMCS Regina.
Kamloops to Calgary
Sat, Feb 22, 2020 60 mins
Clutching his 1899 Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo boards one of the world's most famous trains, the Rocky Mountaineer, to cross the backbone of the North American continent from Kamloops to the spa resort of Banff. This magnificent journey takes him to the highest point of the 19th-century transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway line at Kicking Horse Pass, past Lake Louise and inside spiral tunnels blasted through the mountains.
Halifax to Prince Edward Island
Sat, Feb 29, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the Ocean line to explore Canada's maritime provinces, en route to Quebec City. Clutching his 1899 Appleton's Guide to Canada, he begins in the Atlantic port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he discovers an 18th century British hilltop citadel, manned at the time of his guide by the 78th Highland Regiment. Michael joins the men who recreate the roles of those Scottish soldiers today.
Springhill Junction to Quebec City
Sat, Mar 7, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo travels on the Ocean train from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick. Along the way, he investigates the world's biggest tide at Hopewell Rocks and admires its dramatic rock formations and caves.
Saint-Anne de Beaupre to Winnipeg
Sat, Mar 14, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo explores the province of Quebec with his 19th-century Appleton's Guide to Canada. He takes the fabulously scenic Charlevoix train along the north bank of the mighty St Lawrence River to La Malbaie.
Portage la Prairie to Saskatoon
Sat, Mar 21, 2020 60 mins
Steered by his 1899 Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo strikes west across Manitoba into the province of Saskatchewan. High above the Prairie at Riding Mountain, Michael discovers how a middle-class British boy from Hastings transformed himself into an influential indigenous naturalist called Grey Owl.
Edmonton to Jasper
Sat, Mar 28, 2020 60 mins
Michael Portillo continues west through the Canadian Prairie on his thousand-mile rail journey from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Jasper, Alberta.
New Haven to Pittsburgh
Sat, May 13, 2023 60 mins
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Great American Railroad Journeys – Season 3, Episode 8
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Michael Portillo
Alison Kreps
Great American Railroad Journeys — Season 3, Episode 8
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Great American Railroad Journeys
Michael's guidebook leads him to the Parker House Hotel, where he makes Boston cream pie. Plus, Michael discovers a grisly surgery scene.
Michael explores a Canadian icon when he heads into Vaudreuil's wooded hills, and unearths the secrets of maple syrup. When he returns to the railroads, he heads west to Ontario, and learns about Scotland's influence.
Michael continues his journey, heading along the Grand Trunk railway. In Brockville, he leaves the tracks to embark on a nautical pilgrimage, making his way through the Thousand Islands.
Beginning in the Silver State of Nevada, Michael takes to the skies over the dramatic Sierra Nevada mountain range; at Lake Tahoe, he hears of the first European explorer, known as The Pathfinder, whose discovery opened up the west for settlement.
Armed with his trusty Appleton’s Guide, Michael Portillo reaches San Francisco, where he boards one of the city’s iconic cable cars. Behind the scenes in the engineering powerhouse, he uncovers the street cars’ secret to scaling the city’s famously steep hills.
Michael Portillo strikes oil in the suburbs of Los Angeles, contemplates his navel in the orange groves of Riverside, makes a California Roll, and paints a pretty picture in Laguna Beach. It’s Mexican Independence Day and the locals are celebrating the country’s hard-won independence from Spain in the early 19th century. There’s dancing, singing and feasting in the streets and Michael joins the party.
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Michael Portillo
Dave Minchin
Chris Bairstow
Alison Kreps
John Comerford
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Great american railroad journeys.
S3.E1 ∙ Boston
S3.e2 ∙ boston to concord, massachusetts, s3.e3 ∙ plymouth to nantucket, s3.e4 ∙ providence, rhode island to new london, connecticut, s3.e5 ∙ new haven to mount washington, s3.e6 ∙ burlington to plattsburgh, s3.e7 ∙ montreal, quebec, s3.e8 ∙ montreal to ottawa, s3.e9 ∙ thousand islands to oshawa, ontario, s3.e10 ∙ toronto, s3.e11 ∙ reno, nevada, to colfax, california, s3.e12 ∙ sacramento to napa valley, s3.e13 ∙ san francisco to sausalito, california, s3.e14 ∙ san francisco, s3.e15 ∙ berkeley to yosemite, s3.e16 ∙ santa clara to santa cruz.
S3.E17 ∙ Monterey to Santa Barbara
S3.e18 ∙ los angeles, s3.e19 ∙ los angeles to laguna beach, s3.e20 ∙ la jolla to san diego, contribute to this page.
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Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and broadcast on BBC Two. [1] Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels across the United States and Canada primarily by train, though at times using other forms of transportation ...
S1.E6 ∙ Schenectady to Rochester. Mon, Feb 8, 2016. Michael's train heads west 'upstate' to the Great Lakes, roughly along the Erie Canal, jewel in the major transport network before the railroads, which made New York the main East Coast port and immigrant magnet. . He starts in Schenectady, home of General Electric since light bulb inventor ...
Great American Railroad Journeys: With Michael Portillo, Elizabeth Welch, David Rambow. Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States.
Fri, Jan 26, 2018. New Haven to Plattsburgh A rail journey through Connecticut and New England; rowing in New Haven, Conn.; the world's first mountain climbing cog railway; the logging industry in Vermont; the Olympic bobsleigh run in Lake Placid, N.Y. 7.5/10 (8)
Great American Railroad Journeys Series 4 Episodes Episode guide. All; ... Back up to: Great American Railroad Journeys. Edmonton to Jasper. 10 / 10 Michael explores a glossy, glassy, ...
Great American Railroad Journeys. 3 Series ∙ 22 Episodes ∙ Travel. Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States, published in 1879.
Halifax to Prince Edward Island. Sat, Feb 29, 2020 60 mins. Michael Portillo begins a new journey on the tracks of the Ocean line to explore Canada's maritime provinces, en route to Quebec City ...
3x05 New Haven, Connecticut, to Mount Washington, New Hampshire. January 26, 2018 12:00 PM — 29m. 173 231 2.7k 2. Armed with his Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo's rail voyage goes river deep and mountain high as he continues his journey through Connecticut and heads north through the scenic New England states.
Great American Railroad Journeys - Season 3, Episode 8. Venturing into the wooded hills of Vaudreuil, Michael explores a Canadian icon, maple syrup, and unearths its sweet secrets.
44 min 18 Jan 2021 PG. EPISODE 102. Episode 2. Armed with his trusty Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo reaches San Francisco, where he boards one of the city's iconic cable cars. Behind the scenes in the engineering powerhouse, he uncovers the street cars' secret to scaling the city's famously steep hills. 58 min 19 Jan 2021 G.
Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and broadcast on BBC Two. Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels across the United States and Canada primarily by train, though at times using other forms of transportation where necessary.
S2.E1 ∙ St Louis, Missouri. Mon, Jan 23, 2017. Michael presents his second American rail route using the Appleton's guide, this time along a great axis of the pioneers follow-up west of the Appalachians, across the great barrier stream Mississippi. For long, the main city westward apart from Chicago was its central port Saint Louis, the ...
Great American Railroad Journeys. Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States, published in 1879.
Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 1. 3 Series ∙ 22 Episodes ∙ Travel. Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States, published in 1879.
Got the impression this week more than before that Michael didn't travel on all the trains involved on the routes and perhaps was taken by car to some of the destinations.I say that because there were shots of stations where he wasn't shown getting off and we just got a shot of the platform or entrance and he was suddenly at his destination.Nothing wrong in that but just an observation and ...
St Louis, Missouri. In St Louis, Michael ascends America's monument to the Wild West, the Gateway Arch. All episodes of Series 2.
Season 2. Michael presents his second American rail route using the Appleton's guide, this time along a great axis of the pioneers follow-up west of the Appalachians, across the great barrier stream Mississippi. For long, the main city westward apart from Chicago was its central port Saint Louis, the Western metropolis supplying cowboy country.
S1.E6 ∙ Schenectady to Rochester. Mon, Feb 8, 2016. Michael's train heads west 'upstate' to the Great Lakes, roughly along the Erie Canal, jewel in the major transport network before the railroads, which made New York the main East Coast port and immigrant magnet. . He starts in Schenectady, home of General Electric since light bulb inventor ...
Fri, Jan 26, 2018. New Haven to Plattsburgh A rail journey through Connecticut and New England; rowing in New Haven, Conn.; the world's first mountain climbing cog railway; the logging industry in Vermont; the Olympic bobsleigh run in Lake Placid, N.Y. 7.5/10 (8)