About this season
The documentary series, Train Rescue Down Under, follows trains, railway workshops and the people working on the trains from across Australia.
Episodes (10)
1. All Aboard An Australian Icon
Aired 20 May 2025 • 45 min
The iconic Ghan needs some bogies changed fast, a routine wheel lathe job hits a snag, plus an 80 year old steam loco climbs a mountain for a special anniversary.
2. Getting a Freight Train to the Finish Line
Aired 27 May 2025 • 45 min
The Spirit of Queensland’s maintenance team race to change a bogie, the construction of a freight locomotive nears completion, and a breakdown crew hustles to get a commuter train back on track.
3. High Stakes Engine Rebuild
Aired 3 June 2025 • 45 min
Skilled technicians battle with a stubborn alternator, a crew tackle a high-stakes engine rebuild for a freight train, plus it takes a team of experts to build a massive locomotive underframe.
4. Getting A Cane Loco Back To Harvest
Aired 10 June 2025 • 45 min
A loco needs a double bogie change to get back to the sugarcane harvest, traction motors from mining trains are getting rebuilds, plus the heat is on for a tricky air conditioner replacement.
5. One Day Mission To Replace Freight Engine
Aired 17 June 2025 • 45 min
A freight train needs an urgent engine replacement after a critical failure, a 132 T loco requires a complex bogie change, plus catch the special forces of rail, the RORU team, in action.
6. Single Day Traction Motor Challenge
Aired 24 June 2025 • 45 min
A commuter train undergoes a tough traction motor replacement, one maintenance team takes on two huge jobs, plus a leaky torque seal sidelines a sugarcane loco urgently needed for the harvest.
7. High Precision Gear Box Overhaul
Aired 1 July 2025 • 45 min
A finicky one tonne gearbox, a tight squeeze into a vintage loco during a boiler service, plus shunting a train across 3 rail crossings at peak hour - just another busy day in railway maintenance
8. Rusty Water Tank Cut Off Steam Loco
Aired 8 July 2025 • 45 min
A rusty 10 tonne water tank gets cut off a vintage steam loco, a challenging 4-car passenger train lift & bogie change, plus Kuranda Scenic Railway carriages get spruced up by the carpentry team.
9. Loco Maintenance Team Expect The Unexpected
Aired 15 July 2025 • 45 min
A busy loco maintenance team that always expect the unexpected, a challenging 8 tonne water tank installation on a vintage loco, plus an electronics team on a mission to stop e-waste in its tracks.
10. The Heat is on to Crane in a Rooftop
Aired 22 July 2025 • 45 min
Maintenance teams pool their brain power to test pantographs, fix a leaking air conditioner, remove debris from high voltage train power lines.