Extreme Trains (2008)

Name: Extreme Trains
Genre: Documentary, History, Reality-TV
Rating: 8
Cast: Matt Bown

Documentary · History · Reality-TV

Extreme Trains is a television program on The History Channel that describes the daily operations of the railroads in the United States of America, from coal trains to passenger trains and famous routes. It is hosted by Matt Bown, a train conductor for Pan Am Railways in Maine, whose interest is railways and the technology of them, in which Matt is living his lifelong dream. The series was first aired in the United States on November 11, 2008 and ran until December 30, 2008. The show has since been shown in the United Kingdom in April 2009.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (60 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Matt Bown Himself

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.74 avg 8 episodes 8.5 → 8.7

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Coal Train	8.5	11
2	Freight Train	8.7	11
3	High Speed Train	8.9	10
4	Ice Cold Express	7.9	14
5	Steam Train	9.2	11
6	Overnight Traveler	9.3	9
7	Circus Train	8.7	8
8	Transcontinental	8.7	11