8.2/1019 votes#1 - 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
8.1/1017 votes#2 - 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
7.8/1022 votes#3 - 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
7.8/1017 votes#4 - 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
7.7/1015 votes#5 - 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
7.8/1013 votes#6 - 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
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A journey riding the rails around the world, from the locomotive to rail traffic control to the maintenance depot.
Genre:Documentary
Network:Discovery
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Glacier Express" is the best rated episode of "Mighty Trains" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Leah Borkwood and written by Gail Gallant, it aired on 10/16/2016. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Shinkansen".