"There's nothing that stirs my imagination like the sound of a steam locomotive - that lonesome whistle cutting through the night and that column of black smoke & steam throwing shadows across the land. When I was a boy the trains ran by my house and they carried with them a promise that somewhere down the track anything would be possible." - Johnny Cash
Originally filmed and aired in 1974, Ridin' the Rails is a nostalgic look at the history of the American Railroad through the song and story of the legendary Johnny Cash. Reenactments of historic railroading moments are movingly narrated by Cash, and superbly embellished by his inimitable music.