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An incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957–62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962–65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's best known for its title being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] that Creator/GeneRoddenberry used to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

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An incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957–62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962–65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's best known for its title being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] that Creator/GeneRoddenberry used to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Major Adams has this relationship with pretty much the entire rest of the main cast during his run, but especially with Charlie Wooster. Snark flies freely between them, but if you want to see Seth Adams drop the bellowing irascibility and display ''true'' anger, just threaten Wooster.
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An incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957–62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962–65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's best known for its title being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] used by Creator/GeneRoddenberry to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

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An incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957–62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962–65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's best known for its title being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] used by that Creator/GeneRoddenberry used to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
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--> ''Roll alooooong, wagon train!\\

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--->-- Closing theme from the second season, sung by Johnny O'Neill

Incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957-62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962-65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's more well-known for being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] Creator/GeneRoddenberry used to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

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Incredibly An incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957-62 (1957–62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962-65 1962–65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's more well-known best known for its title being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] used by Creator/GeneRoddenberry used to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
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Pullin' over mountains where there ain't no pass!\\

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Pullin' Rollin' over mountains where there ain't no pass!\\
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Sittin' all aboard, high in the weather...\\

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Sittin' all aboard, high eyein' in the weather...\\
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--> ''Roll along, wagon train!\\

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--> ''Roll along, alooooong, wagon train!\\



Rollin' over mountains where there ain't no pass!\\

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Rollin' Pullin' over mountains where there ain't no pass!\\

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--> ''Roll along, wagon train!\\
Rollin' over prairie where there ain't no grass!\\
Rollin' over mountains where there ain't no pass!\\
Sittin' all aboard, high in the weather...\\
Prayin' to the Lord we stay together....\\
Side by side, on the wagon train!''
--->-- Closing theme from the second season, sung by Johnny O'Neill

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Incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957-62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962-65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's more well-known for being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] Gene Roddenberry used to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

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Incredibly successful {{Western}} series about a group of pioneers heading out west after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar. The show lasted for eight seasons (1957-62 on Creator/{{NBC}}, 1962-65 on Creator/{{ABC}}), thanks in part to the broad range of storylines that its WalkingTheEarth format provided. These days, however, it's more well-known for being the first two of those [[WagonTrainToTheStars five famous words]] Gene Roddenberry Creator/GeneRoddenberry used to pitch ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.



* AbsenteeActor: A lot of episodes focused either on Major Adams (or, later, Chris Hale) managing the various problems of the train or on Flint, out scouting and dealing with situations that had little to do with the train. This often led to one or the other actor being entirely absent from the story.
* ActorExistenceFailure: Series star Ward Bond unexpectedly died of a heart attack in 1961, necessitating a change to John [=McIntyre=] as the new lead. Interestingly, no episode actually deals with Maj. Adams' (Bond's character) leaving/retiring/dying, and so the next episode is [=McIntyre=]'s character taking over from a tyrannical replacement played by Creator/LeeMarvin.
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* DesertSkull: appears in the illustrated opening and closing credits shown seasons one through six.

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