Great American Railroad Journeys

Great American Railroad Journeys
Genre	Travel documentary
Presented by	Michael Portillo
Composer	Jon Wygens
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	55 (Series 1–3)
Production
Executive producer	John Comerford
Producer	Alison Kreps
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Boundless
Original release
Network	BBC Two BBC Two HD
Release	1 February 2016 (2016-02-01) – 28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)
Related
Great British Railway Journeys Great Continental Railway Journeys Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo (2014) Great Indian Railway Journeys Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys Great Canadian Railway Journeys Great Australian Railway Journeys Great Asian Railway Journeys
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Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and broadcast on BBC Two.^[1] Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels across the United States and Canada primarily by train, though at times using other forms of transportation where necessary. On his journeys, he makes stops to learn how places, events and people, and the railroads of the 19th century influenced the country's growth into a major superpower.

When originally broadcast, each series consisted of 30-minute episodes, shown on consecutive weekday evenings. As of 28 March 2020^[update], 4 series of the programme have been broadcast since its debut on 1 February 2016.