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Volunteer Produced Videos
These videos, created by and starring our Trails & Rails volunteers and interns, showcase what is it exactly that makes this program so special. Hear from the volunteers themselves about why they love doing what they do!
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The Crescent Tour
Hear a bit from volunteers and rangers about the experience of riding on the Crescent Tour!
- Duration:
- 4 minutes
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Lincoln Home Trails & Rails
Join the Trails & Rails guides onboard Amtrak’s Texas Eagle and Lincoln Services
- Duration:
- 2 minutes, 44 seconds
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Seattle Trails & Rails
Join the Trails & Rails guides onboard Amtrak’s Coast Starlight
- Duration:
- 4 minutes, 1 second
2022 Back On Board - National Program Re-Launch Video
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Back On Board
The Trails & Rails program is a partnership between the National Park Service, Amtrak, and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University. Trails & Rails volunteers share information about places of interest and significant cultural, natural, and historic areas with passengers along specific Amtrak routes. This video highlights eight of the current (as of 2022) Trails & Rails routes, their dedicated volunteers, and invites you to join us onboard for a program!
- Duration:
- 4 minutes, 50 seconds
Trails&Rails Intern Produced Videos
This series of videos were created by former Trails&Rails intern, Stephanie, to share her internship expereince on board the Adirondack program between NYC and Albany NY.-
2022 Trails&Rails Internship Experience #1
In this video intern Stephanie shares with you some of the spectacular sites of the New York Harbor and points of interest along Amtrak’s Empire State route where history and nature intersect in the Hudson River Valley.
- Duration:
- 1 minute, 18 seconds
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2022 Trails&Rails Internship Experience #2
In this video Stephanie will take you on a closer look at the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island, and tell you how she came to take this trip as an intern with Trails & Rails
- Duration:
- 2 minutes, 19 seconds
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2022 Trails&Rails Internship Experience #3
As part of her Trails&Rails Internship, Stephanie shares her experience on the 90 minute ‘Hard Hat Tour’, led by the organization, SAVE ELLIS ISLAND.
- Duration:
- 3 minutes, 8 seconds
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2022 Trails&Rails Internship Experience #4
In this video Stephanie will talk about another fascinating part of the Trails & Rails internship experience which involves traveling with Amtrak along the Hudson River Valley via The Empire State train route.
- Duration:
- 2 minutes, 52 seconds
Amtrak Produced Videos
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Trails & Rails
Before you board, join us for a preview of the journey that awaits you with Trails & Rails.
- Duration:
- 9 minutes, 7 seconds
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Last updated: March 24, 2025