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Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America.

Michael Portillo crosses the Atlantic to ride the railroads of America, armed with Appleton's General Guide to the United States, published in 1879.

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Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 1

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Alison Kreps

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Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 1: Episode 2: Manhattan: Lower East Side to World Trade Center

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Episode 2: Manhattan: Lower East Side to World Trade Center

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Manhattan: Lower East Side to World Trade Center

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Michael Portillo narrowly avoids a scrap with an historic gang of New York.

Michael Portillo rides the railroads of America. Michael narrowly avoids a scrap with an historic gang of New York.

Michael Portillo continues his American journey in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he narrowly avoids a scrap with an historic gang of New York and visits the grim tenement buildings where thousands of the city's immigrants lived and worked.

On the West Side, Michael discovers how a once lethal run of track has been transformed into a public park, raised above the city streets.  Forsaking the rails for a ferry, Michael heads for Ellis Island, where some 12 million immigrants entered America. Michael is given a privileged tour of the gleaming new transport hub under construction close to the site of Ground Zero.

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