The Iron Horse (TV series)

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The Iron Horse was a 1966-1968 United States television series that appeared on ABC. It featured Dale Robertson as fictional gambler-turned-railroad baron Ben Calhoun. Costars included Gary Collins, Robert Random and Ellen Burstyn.

The plot centered around Calhoun's poker game-win of the incomplete Buffalo Pass, Scalplock & Defiance Railroad and his wide-ranging attempts to finish the line despite odds that were ever-present.

Much of the external footage involving trains was shot on the historic Sierra Railroad in and around Jamestown and Sonora, California, produced by Screen Gems.

In its first season, The Iron Horse outdistanced part of its competition on CBS, Run, Buddy, Run starring Jack Sheldon, which was cancelled after sixteen segments but later captured interest from Baby Boomers on the Internet.

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