Have Steam Engine Will Travel

TV Show · Documentary

Producer Bert Brander from Up In The Air Productions discovered John and Barney Gramling 4 years ago at the Railroad Museum of New England. The father and son team restore full size, standard gauge steam locomotives and take them around the country to run on tourist railroads and at train museums.

2013 · 26m

Season 1

  • Calera, AL
    EPISODE 1
    Calera, AL
    All aboard. We meet John, Barney, and Hank the steam engine, Flagg Coal 75, for the first time in Calera AL.
    26m
  • Spencer, NC
    EPISODE 2
    Spencer, NC
    John, Barney, and Sadie, the Lehigh Valley 126 steam engine, catch up with some old friends in Spencer, NC.
    26m
  • Metamora, IN
    EPISODE 3
    Metamora, IN
    We spend the weekend with John, Barney, and Sadie, Lehigh Valley 126, in historical canal town of Metamora, Indiana.
    26m
  • Thomaston, CT PART 1
    EPISODE 4
    Thomaston, CT PART 1
    The first of a 2 part episode in Thomaston, CT. We ride along the beautiful Naugatuck River and step up to make an emergency repair.
    26m
  • Thomaston, CT PART 2
    EPISODE 5
    Thomaston, CT PART 2
    The second part of the Thomaston, CT episode where we meet meet the mayor of Torrington, the state senators, and many other friends.
    27m
  • Back Home in Indiana
    EPISODE 6
    Back Home in Indiana
    Full steam ahead! We start in Titusville, PA where we visit Scott and his steam engine; then onto Ashley, IN to celebrate John's 70th birthday; next we move onto Winnsboro, SC.
    26m

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Have Steam Engine Will Travel

Documentary

Producer Bert Brander from Up In The Air Productions discovered John and Barney Gramling 4 years ago at the Railroad Museum of New England. The father and son team restore full size, standard gauge steam locomotives and take them around the country to run on tourist railroads and at train museums.

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2013
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