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Genre:Documentary
Network:Discovery

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A journey riding the rails around the world, from the locomotive to rail traffic control to the maintenance depot.
Episodes
24
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Season 1

  • Glacier Express
    8.2/1019 votes
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    Glacier Express

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2016

    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.

    Director: Leah Borkwood

    Writer: Gail Gallant

  • The Shinkansen
    8.1/1017 votes
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    The Shinkansen

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/2016

    Japans Tokaido Shinkansen, known as the bullet train, operates on a dedicated railway line at up to 285 km/h.

    Director: Christine Nielsen

    Writer: N/A

  • The Canadian
    7.8/1022 votes
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    The Canadian

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2016

    The iconic Canadian travels between Vancouver and Toronto; passengers travel in vintage streamliner cars built in the 1950s.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • White Pass and Yukon Route
    7.8/1017 votes
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    White Pass and Yukon Route

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/2016

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • North Rail Express
    7.7/1015 votes
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    North Rail Express

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2016

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ghan
    7.8/1013 votes
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    The Ghan

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2016

    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.

    Director: Leah Borkwood, Karen Pinker

    Writer: Karen Pinker