Railroad Australia — Season 2
Season 2 heads deeper into the lives of the drivers, crews, and maintenance teams on some of the world's heaviest and longest trains across the toughest and most inhospitable continent on the planet.
About this season
Season 2 heads deeper into the lives of the drivers, crews, and maintenance teams on some of the world's heaviest and longest trains across the toughest and most inhospitable continent on the planet.
Episodes (13)
1. Episode 1
Aired 11 May 2017 • 45 min
Legendary train driver Bernie Baker takes five Streamliner locos on a 2500km odyssey across the searing outback.
2. Episode 2
Aired 18 May 2017 • 45 min
Bernie Baker's coal truck odyssey goes horribly wrong.
3. Episode 3
Aired 25 May 2017 • 45 min
The closer it gets, the harder it gets as Bernie Baker battles his way home in five streamliner locos pulling 90 old coal wagons.
4. Episode 4
Aired 1 June 2017 • 45 min
Cracks begin to appear in a multi-billion dollar iron ore railroad while learner driver James Gray must survive the punishing Cockatoo run and the ire of instructor Dave Boyd.
5. Episode 5
Aired 8 June 2017 • 45 min
One man and one massive train take on the unforgiving Pilbara, while in Sydney it's a marathon meets Rubik's Cube for four extreme train enthusiasts in the All Stations Challenge.
6. Episode 6
Aired 15 June 2017 • 45 min
Bernie Baker is back putting together the first ever streamliners festival. But will historic flooding in NSW put an end to his dream.
7. Episode 7
Aired 22 June 2017 • 45 min
Bernie Baker's streamliner festival comes to a heavenly locomotive climax while Southern Shorthaul's reputation is on the line with their mad modification of 18 coal wagons.
8. Episode 8
Aired 14 September 2017 • 45 min
On the outskirts of Melbourne, a new breed of train is being unveiled; the V-locity bullet train which will move 17 million passengers a year around the state of Victoria, connecting its major towns. Follow the work of Lara Coughlan and her rapid rail response team in Melbourne, who are in constant demand carrying out running repairs on live train lines to keep Metro Trains on time and on track. And at the Pichi Richi workshops in South Australia, it’s a huge day for 16-year-old Jayden Chandler, who wants to prove he’s got what it takes to become the fifth generation of his family to drive steam trains.
9. Episode 9
Aired 21 September 2017 • 45 min
This program heads deeper into the lives of the drivers, crews, and maintenance teams on some of the world's heaviest and longest trains across the toughest and most inhospitable continent on the planet.
10. Episode 10
Aired 28 September 2017 • 45 min
Australian rail operators are global leaders and with unprecedented access, Railroad Australia goes behind the scenes to meet the train drivers, locomotive servicing crews and track maintenance teams on some of the toughest, most demanding and spectacular journeys on Earth.
11. Episode 11
Aired 5 October 2017 • 45 min
The Steel train's epic journey across the Nullarbor continues, while a group of trainee train drivers face the reality of life on the lines, and Metrorail's Cragieburn Maintenance depot battles to meet the network's demands.
12. Episode 12
Aired 12 October 2017 • 45 min
Mr. Fix It John Mackie embarks on a locomotive resurrection mission from hell, while Wilmar Sugar race to repair cyclone destroyed tracks, and an upstart freight company takes on Broken Hill's mineral riches.
13. Episode 13
Aired 19 October 2017 • 45 min
The sugar train is desperate to meet its deadline in the rush to crush the first cane harvest of the year, while "Mr. Fix It" John Mackie continues his crusade to bring loco 602 back to life.