Railroad Australia
Discover what it takes to transport ever-growing numbers of passengers and crucial resources across Australia. With unprecedented access we go behind the scenes to meet the train drivers, locomotive servicing crews and track maintenance teams on some of the toughest and most spectacular journeys.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Mar 10, 2016
- Popularity: 1.6234
- 2 votes
- Networks
- (AU)
- Production
Prospero Productions (AU)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
2 seaons till Oct 19, 2017
Last episode: Episode 13
Seasons & episodes
Total 2 seasons, 21 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 145 min
A 1.5 km long train travels one of the toughest runs in Australia. George Savell feels the pressure to keep millions of dollars of iron ore on the tracks, and Leigh Johns' and Wil Kemp's locomotive tackles Far North Queensland.
Episode 2Episode 245 min
A monster sized freight train continues its 3000km journey through the Australian outback, Leigh and Wil prove to be more than just train drivers, and train tragic Bernie Baker battles the Blue Mountains in NSW.
Episode 3Episode 345 min
Sugar cane driver Ray "Stinger" Giles battles fog and mechanical issues in a race to get to the mill before the sugar deteriorates. Fletchers' drivers Mick Grantham and Simon Briggs are fighting with a massive freight train to descend the Blue Mountains.
Episode 4Episode 445 min
A Fortescue track crew have just four hours to fix a faulty track - fail and it could cost their heavyweight iron ore company millions. Long haul SCT drivers Cookie and Ryan are battling a freight train with a fuel problem.
Episode 5Episode 545 min
The Ghan train manager Bruce Smith must entertain passengers while battling every problem the outback can throw at him. Rookie steam train driver Allie Hume is on a nail-biting ride through the Tasmanian mountain wilderness.
