RAILWAY ADVENTURES ACROSS EUROPE

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SUMMARY:
Rail your way across Switzerland, England, Scotland and Wales with Love Boat’s Bernie Kopell. Hop the cog railroads to the epicene Alps of St. Mortiz. Enjoy the English and Welsh countryside in the birthplace of rail restoration. All aboard for the picturesque Scottish Highlands and more.

PRODUCED BY: Timless Media
DOCUMENTARY, 30 x 1/2 hr, 1995, reversioned for DVD, 2001

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Available in English

DETAILED SYNOPSIS:
Discover the real Europe by train. Host Bernie Kopell takes viewers on a first class ticket to adventure. Journey through the spectacular Alps, travel across time to medieval England, experience the rich tradition of the Highland Games.

SWITZERLAND
Cogging the Alps: Lucern to Interlachen 14th Century Watchtowers; steam paddle-wheel boats; Swiss transport Museum; aerial cableway 1470 White Book; invention of meringue, Sherlock Holmes.

Romancing the Steam: Brienz to Rothorn Kulm Switzerland’s last regularly scheduled steam train; mountain climbing by steam; center of wood carving; World War I; spectacular summit.

The William Tell Express: Lucern to Locarno and Lugano unique ship-train service; ancient covered bridge; mark Twain; town of Schwyz; legend of William Tell; the Rio of Europe.

Conquest of the Alps: Bern to Brig lakeside Castle; 180 degree loop; bluest lake; one of the world’s longest tunnels.

Ice Station-Europe’s Highest Railway: Interlachen to Wilderswil horse-drawn taxi; 8800 foot high revolving restaurant; Secert agent 007; Trummelbach Falls; train section carved into solid ice; village of the glaciers.

Mailine to Matterhorn: Interlachen to Zermatt horse-drawn taxis; 8,800 foot high revolving restaurant;

Rails of Rigi: Lucern to Rigi Kulm Europe’s first mountain railway; town destroyed by landslide, paragliding off the alps; Swingfest Wrestling Festival; the Luv Train.

Over the Top: St. Moritz to Campocolongo; Ski resort of the rich and famous; abandoned dream; giant glacier; spiral bridge.

Land of Alpine Adventure: Disentis to St. Moritz Benedictine Monastery, Grey League, aerial cablecar; 108 bridges; 10 miles of tunnels; high bridge into mountainside; alpine scenery; crocodiles.

Secret Summit Express: Chur to Arosa giant flying birthday cake; quaint mountain villages; a daring stunt; a daring stunt; hidden treasure few Europeans know.

Power to the Peaks: Lucern to Engelberg. Angles sp steep, passengers are unable to stand; world’s largest mailbox; trains that carry trains.

Trains, Mains & Automobiles: Montreaux to Zweisimmen. Calling all volunteers; Lake Geneva; Panoramic Express; the MOB; trains share the road; very best chocolate; sulphur springs.

ENGLAND
Silence of the Iron Horse Keihley to Oxenhope saved from destruction; Edwardian style station; Wuthering Heights; daring women’s afternoon Tea Special

Tracks of Moors Whitby to Pickering Captain James Cook, Ironworks; Normandy church; peat bogs; William the Conqueror.

Adventures Across Time Kiddermaster to Bridgnorth medieval church; Saxon Village, Victorian Architecture; Industrial Revolution; Computer Age.

Next Stop: The English Riviera: Dartmouth to Paignton Second Crusadde; Bearscove Castle; Royal navel College; Agatha Christie; The Mayflower; pirates; Tropical Paradise.

Glory Days: Alston to Blackpool inspiration for William Wordsworth; Steam Town; Ratty; Science and Industry Museum; original Electric Light Parade.

Five Fine Lines: Northiam to Horseted Keynes:

England’s Historic Midlands: Loughborough to Shackerstone Thomas the Tank Engine; one old penny; Richard III; War of the Roses; The King.

In the Beginning: Blyhe to Leeds world’s last rope-hauled train; Royal Trains; Queen Victoria’s Saloon Car, mail by rail; Nazi track wrecker

The Conquering Rails:Exeter to Plymouth 1596 Coffee House; Rougemont Castle; scenic coast Singer sewing machine family’s Versailles mansion; Henry VIII

Heading South: Plymouth to Land’s End surfin’ in the UK Monkey Sanctuary; Prince albwert bridge; clay for china; shopping at Penzance

Through the Dales: Settle to Kirkby Stephen Naked Man Café; Victoria Cave; legendary Dent vampire; Pendragon Castle; King Arthur.

Castles, Kings and Trains: Kirkby - Stephen to Carlisle
Rare breeds Survival Trust; 6,000 year-old Stonehenge; relative; Acorn bank; Carlisle Castle, David of Scotland.

WALES AND SCOTLAND
Heart of Freedom:Blaeunau Ffestiniog to Tan-y Grisiau the Cob; Harlech Castle; death of an industry; Llewlyn the Great; League of Nations; the gravity train; a 360 degree bridge.

Birthplace of Preservation: Ilanbeis to Devil’s Bridge Mpunt Snowden; A Welsh freedom figher; manpower cheaper than gunpowder.

Shore to Summit: Chester and Rhyl to Showdonian National Park ancient Roman walls; a weather guarantee; the Great Orme; the smallest house; Bodnant Gardens.

Wild, Wild Wales: Blaenau Ffestiniog to Aberystwyth barren landscape; Criccieth Castle; Welsh Xanadu; a beautiful resort town.

Proud and Preserved: Llangollen to Penybont scenic River Dee; Lake Baka; a funicular type of tram; great views; Maid Marian.

Bagpipes, Trains and Highland Games: Edinburgh to Isle of Skye Rodeo Drive of Scotland; the Black Watch; Stone of Scone; Scotch whiskey distillery; Highland Games; Blair Castle; bagpipe band; Loch Ness Monster; Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

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