Is this your podcast?
Sign up
to track ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more
iHeartPodcasts
City of the Rails
When journalist Danelle Morton’s daughter skips town to hop trains, she follows her into the train yard, and across America. Join Danelle as she travels the country to understand what drew her daughter into the hidden world of the railroads. Her guides are the rail cops, train engineers, and hobos she meets along the way, each of them with their own extraordinary tales of the beauty and brutality of the rails.
A mother/daughter story unfolds across a landscape of vast open spaces and filthy backstreets, as Morton learns how railroads shaped the modern world - from creating our...
Listen now
Ratings & Reviews
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
4.8 stars from 1,109 ratings
WideRanging+Personal
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“This is a great podcast. Danelle’s voice is easy on the ear and her narration is great. Paraphrasing, but she said that she had some kind of coaching (?)in order to narrate well and def succeeded!
I love how this story is at once so personal on one level but also so broad on other levels. It’s...”Read full review »
Precious Lil Else via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/09/24
Cover photo
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“Hi Danelle, I’ve enjoyed the podcast. I’ve ridden trains and know many who have and the photo you have looks like a friend of mine who has since passed. Do you know who it is and where you found it? Thank you!”
Sonjawild via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/07/24
We need more!!
☆
☆
☆
☆
☆
“I absolutely was hanging on to each and every word. Everything about this podcast has my mind spinning. It’s amazing how much goes on in and around the rail yard, how a simple life is not always simple. How parents deal and how those who live on the rails deal with the day to day of not knowing...”Read full review »
cjiejefj via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/23/24
Recent Episodes
City of the Rails passes a million downloads! Cause for a celebration, and a chance to thank all of you who sent so much love. To mark this big achievement, we made a bonus episode featuring just some of the hundreds of voicemails we got from people who adored the show (and also a few from some...
Published 02/07/24
Published 02/07/24
Danelle visits with a kindred spirit, and reckons with the past. Ruby and Danelle finally talk about it. Kiwi weighs in and looks back on Profane Sass. Danelle pursues several new leads. Plus CC Rider, a Western bar, and a road dog named Nikita.
Thank you for listening to Season One! We’ve got...
Published 03/15/23
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
Get Chartable Analytics »
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
Links
Genres
Artwork or description wrong?
Request an update »
Updates may take a few minutes.
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
Get Chartable Analytics »
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
