In 1870 Dakota Territory, "Bloody" Chester Kates is in for some surprises when he agrees to burn down the town of Whale, believed to be inhabited by something wicked, in order for the Union Pacific to continue construction of the railroad.

"All aboard! The god of the west wind beckons! America's love of all things new was epitomized in the 1934 Pioneer Zephyr, a three-car, self-propelled articulated train designed for high-speed service on the Burlington Railroad. This is the complete story of the 110 mph-speedster train that stole the heart of America in the midst of the Great Depression. From its beginnings at the Edward G. Budd Company in Philadelphia, to its restoration and placement...

Jerzy, a man running from the authorities, and Marta, who's trying to escape her spurned lover, end up in the same sleeper berth on an overnight train. Passengers become a frenzied rumor-fueled lynch mob when police board looking for an escaped killer.

"Jim Harlan had to rawhide a railroad across some of the wildest country of New Mexico, but the cattlemen of the Magdalena Basin had an even tougher job. They had to try to stop him! What Harlan knew about railroading was slung from his belt, but it was more than enough. Jim was sure this railroad project would be easier than ones he had worked on in Mexico, where his partner had ended up in front of a firing squad for choosing the wrong side to build...

Describes the adventures of Owney, a stray dog that traveled around the United States on mail trains and wagons.

Documentary on Mexican workers recruited in the early 1900s to work the railroads in Galesburg, Illinois.