The BEST episodes written by Alison Trinkel

#1 - The Railroads That Tamed the West

Modern Marvels - Season 3 - Episode 9

The year was 1869 and America had just completed the greatest building achievement in its history--the Transcontinental Railroad. A thin ribbon of steel and wood now connected East and West. But the fledgling country now faced an even greater challenge--how to harness the awesome potential of the railroad to tame the still wide-open and wild West.