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The Best Episodes of Wagon Train

Every episode of Wagon Train ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Wagon Train!

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The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Wagon Train Season 6 Episode 28 - The Tom Tuesday Story
    9.0/10(92 votes)

    #1 - The Tom Tuesday Story

    S6:E28

    While scouting in Wyoming territory, Duke is forced by outlaw Tom Tuesday to act as his guide to an important rendezvous in Ruby City, Idaho. Tuesday is going blind from a gunshot wound, and Duke is able to turn the tables on him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 18 - The Weight of Command
    8.9/10(132 votes)

    #2 - The Weight of Command

    S4:E18

    Bill and Major Adams plan on going hunting with a friend but when he is not home they suspect a renegade party of Cheyenne who have broken the peace treaty and the wagon train may be their next target.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Wagon Train Season 8 Episode 3 - The John Gillman Story
    8.9/10(154 votes)

    #3 - The John Gillman Story

    S8:E3

    John Gillman being chased and shot in the leg by a posse escapes via a river. He is found downriver nearly passes out by a young orphan girl Abigail. She takes a liking to him but he tries to rebuff her. However, events cause a change.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wagon Train Season 8 Episode 18 - Herman
    8.9/10(129 votes)

    #4 - Herman

    S8:E18

    The wagon train comes across old Jamison Hershey and Herman, his 3000 pound Belgian horse. The old man has made it safely through hostile Indian territory because the tribes are so in awe of his horse. Hershey and Herman are invited to ride with the train, though it becomes apparent that Herman is not able to travel very fast and may hold back the entire group.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wagon Train Season 2 Episode 12 - The Mary Ellen Thomas Story
    8.8/10(171 votes)

    #5 - The Mary Ellen Thomas Story

    S2:E12

    Mary Ellen is an orphan traveling west to join family, but members of the train reject her due to her surly disposition. Her only friend is Sally Mayhew, another girl traveling west with her family dying of consumption.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wagon Train Season 2 Episode 18 - The Ella Lindstrom Story
    8.8/10(404 votes)

    #6 - The Ella Lindstrom Story

    S2:E18

    Ella Lindstrom loses her husband on the wagon train ride west from Boston. With her seven children she decides to stay the course against the wishes of Major Adams. It gets more complicated when she thinks she is expecting number eight.

    Director:Allen H. Miner
    Writer:Allen H. Miner

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  7. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 25 - The Christopher Hale Story
    8.8/10(137 votes)

    #7 - The Christopher Hale Story

    S4:E25

    Flint meets Chris Hale alone on the prairie. Hale has just found his entire family massacred by Indians, and Flint asks him to join the wagon train. However, the company that owns the wagon train has hired a new wagonmaster, Jud Benedict. Benedict is a ruthless and brutal tyrant who puts time above all other considerations, and does not care how many people are left behind or even die in the process of heading to the final destination as soon as possible. He has also hired unscrupulous gunmen to enforce this goal by brutalizing slower people, or anyone who stands up to him. It is revealed that Hale has also been a wagonmaster, but has retired from the job and does not ever want such a responsibility again. Still, people on the train are looking to Hale to stand up to Benedict.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Norman Jolley

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  8. Wagon Train Season 7 Episode 5 - The Robert Harrison Clarke Story
    8.8/10(105 votes)

    #8 - The Robert Harrison Clarke Story

    S7:E5

    Chris and Cooper along with a British journalist accompany civilians surveying for the Army when they come across an Army troop that has been massacred except for two survivors. This opens the journalist's eyes to the real America.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wagon Train Season 2 Episode 4 - The Tobias Jones Story
    8.7/10(211 votes)

    #9 - The Tobias Jones Story

    S2:E4

    Major Adams allows two stowaways, Tobias Jones and his young friend Midge, to stay with the train. But Tobias is in trouble due to his drinking, and things get worse when he's accused of murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Wagon Train Season 2 Episode 33 - Chuck Wooster, Wagonmaster
    8.7/10(116 votes)

    #10 - Chuck Wooster, Wagonmaster

    S2:E33

    When a big snow halts the train, several of the men disappear mysteriously with no trace of them to be found. After Flint, Major Adams, and Hawks go missing, it's up to Chuck Wooster to lead the train to safety.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wagon Train Season 8 Episode 14 - The Echo Pass Story
    8.7/10(103 votes)

    #11 - The Echo Pass Story

    S8:E14

    While out looking for water Coop and Charlie are stopped by a gang of five, including two women, who are on the run after robbing a bank and killing three lawmen. The leader of the gang shoots Charlie after tying him up, and they take Coop to lead them through a mountain pass to get to California.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Wagon Train Season 1 Episode 27 - The Sarah Drummond Story
    8.6/10(112 votes)

    #12 - The Sarah Drummond Story

    S1:E27

    During a storm, Flint takes shelter at a farmhouse. He soon discovers the husband is refusing his wife the care of a midwife and before it's too late for her he needs to find out why.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Wagon Train Season 2 Episode 35 - The Andrew Hale Story
    8.6/10(142 votes)

    #13 - The Andrew Hale Story

    S2:E35

    The Major finds an old man in the desert and takes him to the wagon train. He doesn't remember his name but when he's recognized by one of the other passengers, he remembers not just his name but the faith he thought he lost as well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Wagon Train Season 3 Episode 19 - The Benjamin Burns Story
    8.6/10(103 votes)

    #14 - The Benjamin Burns Story

    S3:E19

    One dry water hole is normal but when the wagon train has two, Flint and Ben Burns lead a party to find a legend that only the Indians speak of, Shining Water. Troubles await them but the worst may be a too green city boy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wagon Train Season 3 Episode 21 - The Tom Tuckett Story
    8.6/10(121 votes)

    #15 - The Tom Tuckett Story

    S3:E21

    Ever since he was young, Tom Tuckett has been sent to good schools and looked after by an unknown benefactor. When he joins the wagon train he feels he's about to find out who that is but it isn't who he imagined.

    Director:Herschel Daugherty
    Writer:Jean Holloway

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  16. Wagon Train Season 3 Episode 24 - The Christine Elliott Story
    8.6/10(107 votes)

    #16 - The Christine Elliott Story

    S3:E24

    Her father on his deathbed, Christine Elliot decides to fulfill his dream of a boys school and joins the wagon train. A good start: the eleven boys he already has. One man is determined to stop her unless he collects his pound of flesh.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 14 - The Jeremy Dow Story
    8.6/10(112 votes)

    #17 - The Jeremy Dow Story

    S4:E14

    When the wagon train passes through town, habitually drunk Jeremy Dow finds that his past has caught up with him. His choices: continue running, or face the demons from his past when he is confronted with this wife and son on the train.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 21 - The Odyssey of Flint McCullough
    8.6/10(125 votes)

    #18 - The Odyssey of Flint McCullough

    S4:E21

    Looking forward to some time off, Flint heads towards the town of Monument but runs into an old man and some kids whose parents were just massacred by some Mescaleros and they're running low on supplies especially milk for the baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 31 - The Will Santee Story
    8.6/10(101 votes)

    #19 - The Will Santee Story

    S4:E31

    The Santee family---Will, his mother, and his younger sister---join the wagon train under a false surname. They have been forced out of town after town because of a terrible thing a family member did. They confide in Hale, Hawks, and Charlie, who agree to keep their secret from the others on the train. But it soon comes out anyway, and things get complicated when Will falls for a young woman from the wagon train.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Wagon Train Season 6 Episode 37 - The Barnaby West Story
    8.6/10(92 votes)

    #20 - The Barnaby West Story

    S6:E37

    Bill meets young Barnaby West, who claims he is traveling west to see his father, a famous frontiersman. Bill invites him to join the wagon train. But he and the others wonder just how much, if any, of young Barnaby's story is really true.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Wagon Train Season 7 Episode 31 - The Zebedee Titus Story
    8.6/10(73 votes)

    #21 - The Zebedee Titus Story

    S7:E31

    Barnaby and Charlie talk Chris Hale into hiring legendary mountain man Zebedee Titus as a scout. The nearly 80 year old Zeb's failing eyesight leads to problems including Coop's being captured by the Comanche Zeb couldn't see.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wagon Train Season 8 Episode 12 - Little Girl Lost
    8.6/10(150 votes)

    #22 - Little Girl Lost

    S8:E12

    A little girl, crying each night, appears to be a ghost from The Donner Party. Many people hear her, but she appears each night to Charlie, who questions his own sanity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wagon Train Season 4 Episode 28 - The Saul Bevins Story
    8.5/10(95 votes)

    #23 - The Saul Bevins Story

    S4:E28

    Saul Bevins, a blind doctor traveling with his son, his sister, and his dog, asks to join the wagon train. Many others on the train object that he will slow them down, but Hale agrees to let him ride at least until the next settlement, at which time the entire wagon train will vote on whether he should continue. On the way Bevins is forced to overcome many obstacles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Wagon Train Season 5 Episode 5 - The Clementine Jones Story
    8.5/10(94 votes)

    #24 - The Clementine Jones Story

    S5:E5

    Clementine Jones is in the process of being thrown out of a town when a bank robbery occurs. One of the fugitives ends up joining the wagon train on the same wagon as one of the bank robbers is trying to escape on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Wagon Train Season 6 Episode 3 - The Madame Sagittarius Story
    8.5/10(96 votes)

    #25 - The Madame Sagittarius Story

    S6:E3

    Madame Delphine Sagittarius asks to be picked by the wagon train at Beaver City. The town is expelling her as a con woman. Charlie is initially against it but when no one else on the train accepts her, he becomes her lone supporter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Tom Tuesday Story" is the best rated episode of "Wagon Train". It scored 9/10 based on 92 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/3/1963. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Weight of Command".