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New Haven, Connecticut, to Mount Washington, New Hampshire

Michael Portillo's rail voyage goes river deep and mountain high as he heads north through the scenic New England states.

Armed with his Appleton's guide, Michael Portillo's rail voyage goes river deep and mountain high as he continues his journey through Connecticut and heads north through the scenic New England states. In New Haven, a crash course in rowing takes place on a stretch of water where college teams from Yale and Harvard have battled for victory since 1852.

Making tracks north to Vermont, Michael experiences 19th-century rural farm life, when its green pastures were grazed by imported dairy herds from the Isle of Jersey and made it the butter capital of the world. Journey's end is in New Hampshire, where Michael ascends the steep slopes of Mount Washington aboard the world's first mountain climbing cog railway, at whose summit an extraordinary weather station has been recording the mountain's famously extreme weather since 1870.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Michael Portillo
Director Chris Bairstow
Series Producer Alison Kreps
Production Company FremantleMedia

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