Mighty Trains

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

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Documentary
Created By

First Aired on

Oct 16, 2016

4 seaons till Aug 29, 2021

Popularity: 5.6055
4 votes
Networks
(CA)
Production

Exploration Production (CA)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Coastal Pacific

Seasons & episodes

Total 4 seasons, 24 episodes

Season 1

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1Glacier Express46 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.

  • Episode 2The Shinkansen46 min

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

  • Episode 3The Canadian46 min

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

  • Episode 4White Pass and Yukon Route46 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.

  • Episode 5North Rail Express46 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.

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