The Union Pacific Railroad has grown to be the largest railroad in the USA. This video takes us through the final years leading up to that. With the mergers of a number of other railroads, we see how it all happened in the 1980's and 90's. There are plenty of maps throughout the video, and there is a lot of narration. I felt the narration was a bit overdone, and that the scenes were at best to be mainly favorite locations. A great deal of the current system appears to be lacking. What is seen is good, but so much more could have been in the video. Like all Charles Smiley videos, there is an overlap from other videos. There is plenty of power shown, in a wide variety of regions, but simply underdone, even by the standards of the producer. I did enjoy the video, and although I do recommend it, it is not a high priority video.