The Great Trans-American Train Ride
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Directed By: Doug Jones View Official Website	Release Date: 2003-12-06 Running Time: 1:20 Content Rating: GA (General Audience)	DVD Region: All Regions Media Format: DVD-R Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Audio Language(s): English
Genres: Travel >> Railway Journeys

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Join Doug Jones, America's premier travelog producer, for a romantic coast-to-coast adventure aboard three of America’s greatest trains. You'll depart New York City's Pennsylvania Station aboard the fabled Broadway Limited heading to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and points beyond. At Chicago 's Union Station, the legendary CaliforniaZephyr with its hi-level Superliner sleepers will depart west, rolling across the prairies, through Denver and into the heart of the breathtaking Rocky Mountain range. At Salt Lake City the Desert Wind departs out over Utah toward Las Vegas and the California deserts as you make your way to Los Angeles. You'll also tour New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Denver, the Rockies, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

You'll experience America from the great cities of the East to the heartland prairies;from the majesty of snow capped mountains to the haunting deserts of the West. The Great Trans-American Train Ride will take you from "Sea to Shining Sea" on a romantic, nostalgic journey aboard the last great passenger trains of the U.S.A. as the sweeping panorama of America unfolds across 3,000 miles of silver rails. So pack your bags, grab your camera, and join Doug Jones as you step back to a bygone day when movie stars and Kings, G.I.'s and adventurers all traveled together on America's greatest trains.

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Director: Doug Jones | bio
Doug Jones has been producing travel films for most of his life. He was born and raised in Kansas City and graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City with a degree in Radio and Television Broadcasting. Today he lives in Los Angeles.
 
Doug comes to the travelogue business from a varied background. He has worked as a professional entertainer, a radio announcer, a European tour guide, an art dealer and a theatrical producer. His personal travels have taken him around the world and into nearly seventy nations on six continents.
 
Doug has produced eighteen feature length travel films. He has appeared on virtually every important auditorium lecture series in the United States and Canada including the National Geographic Society series at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
 
Doug Jones' films have been released on home video and DVD and include "The Great Canadian Train Ride" with over one million copies sold worldwide. He operates an active stock footage business and his material is regularly seen in prime time television shows and national commercials.
 
In addition to his work in producing travel films, Doug is an avid pilot having made over 40 solo coast to coast flights in his twin Cessna airplane.
 
Doug Jones is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. He is past president of the International Travel Film Guild and the International Motion Picture and Lecturers Association. He is listed in Who's Who in Entertainment and he was given the "Film lecturer of the Year" award by the International Platform Association for his outstanding work in the field of travelogue production.
Sound Design: Steve Sharp

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