Great American Railroad Journeys

Season 2 Episode 16: Chicago, The Windy City

Michael Portillo is blown away by the skyscrapers in Illinois's Windy City, where he discovers how modern Chicago's skyline replaced a largely wooden city, destroyed in a great fire shortly before his Appleton's Guide was published. Training with the city's firefighters, Michael learns today's fire department respond to half a million emergency calls a year. Michael steps up to the plate with the Joliet Slammers, stars of the US national game of baseball, then sings for his supper at a quintessentially American restaurant bearing his name! Downtown at the Moody Church, Michael tracks down a pair of evangelists who toured Britain and the United States by rail at the time of his Guide.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

4

Episodes:

75

Cast:

Michael Portillo

Quality:

HD

Duration:

29 min

First Air:

2016

Rating:

8.3