South Carolina ETV

ETV Spotlights “Great Scenic Railway Journeys: Celebrating North America’s Steam Railways”

For Immediate Release
May 5, 2009

Columbia, SC…All aboard! On Saturday, June 20 at 9 a.m., ETV takes viewers on a panoramic adventure through 17 of North America’s most historic and scenic tourist steam railroads.

Hosted by Grammy award-winning musician and storyteller David Holt, “Great Scenic Railway Journeys: Celebrating North America’s Steam Railways” is a dramatic escape steeped in the history of a great land where these mighty locomotives provided raw power to blaze new trails and build the United States and Canada.

The three-hour-long cross-country outing also chronicles the efforts to preserve and restore the relics of the steam era.

South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.

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For more information, contact Rob Schaller at (803) 737-6556 or rschaller@scetv.org.


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ETV Spotlights “Great Scenic Railway Journeys”
“Great Scenic Railway Journeys: Celebrating North America’s Steam Railways.” Photo Credit: Robert C. Van Camp


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