Taken from the Railflix documentary Great American Train Adventures.

A live steam locomotive is fired up for a trip around the Manatee Central RR in central Florida.

A live steam locomotive is fired up for a trip around the Manatee Central RR in central Florida.

A steam engine pulls a train full of visitors across a long bridge over a lake on this scenic layout.

A steam engine pulls a train full of visitors across a long bridge over a lake on this scenic layout.

A camera is mounted on a locomotive to show what it’s like to ride around the entire route.

A camera is mounted on a locomotive to show what it’s like to ride around the entire route.

A diesel emerges from a dark tunnel on the Possum Flats and Eastern layout near Orlando.

A diesel emerges from a dark tunnel on the Possum Flats and Eastern layout near Orlando.

This adventurous layout winds its way in and around thick tropical plants and foliage.

This adventurous layout winds its way in and around thick tropical plants and foliage.

John Cassady polishes a GP-40 made by the person who built models for the Supertrain movie.

John Cassady polishes a GP-40 made by the person who built models for the Supertrain movie.