About this season
A journey riding the rails around the world, from the locomotive to rail traffic control to the maintenance depot.
Episodes (6)
1. Glacier Express
Aired 16 October 2016 • 46 min
The Glacier Express features cutting-edge versions of old technology to pull the train up the steepest slopes on its route across the Swiss Alps.
2. The Shinkansen
Aired 23 October 2016 • 46 min
Japans Tokaido Shinkansen, known as the bullet train, operates on a dedicated railway line at up to 285 km/h.
3. The Canadian
Aired 30 October 2016 • 46 min
The iconic Canadian travels between Vancouver and Toronto; passengers travel in vintage streamliner cars built in the 1950s.
4. White Pass and Yukon Route
Aired 7 November 2016 • 46 min
The White Pass and Yukon route was built in 1869 to take miners and supplies to the Klondike gold fields, and was the worlds first containerized freight railway.
5. North Rail Express
Aired 13 November 2016 • 46 min
The highly-specialized North Rail Express container train travels from Narvik in the Norwegian Arctic Circle to Oslo, delivering cargo of fish as quickly as possible.
6. The Ghan
Aired 20 November 2016 • 46 min
The Ghan takes passengers on a three-day, two-night journey through Australia, from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north; the Pichi Pichi Railway offers passengers a trip on an original steam locomotive train.