(Source: Albuquerque Journal, June 23, 2017)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new documentary titled “Metal Road” highlights the thousands of Navajos who for decades have worked the railroads, maintaining the trans-continental network. It explores the dynamics of livelihood, family and the railroads through the lens of a Navajo trackman, and it follows three Navajo railroaders from New Mexico as they leave their homeland to replace aging railroad tracks from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean under extreme weather conditions.
Full story: Albuquerque Journal