Greatest Train Journeys From Above

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Greatest Train Journeys From Above

The Bergen line is a triumph of engineering in the face of extraordinary natural obstacles - fjords, freezing conditions, and rogue wildlife.

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Season 1
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The Ghan, Australia's most luxurious train, crosses an entire continent from Adelaide on the southern coast to the tropical landscape of Darwin in the north. On its two-day journey, it faces intense heat, the risk of collisions with wild animals and the threat of increasingly extreme weather events. An army of engineers mu...
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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a steeply graded narrow-gauge line connecting the plains of New Jalpaiguri in Eastern India to the foothills of the Himalayas in Darjeeling. Led by a century-old steam loco, it is filmed from above as it conquers the world's tallest mountain range. This is the epitome of hill railway eng...
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The luxury El Chepe train is a wonder of Mexican engineering that took 100 years to build through the world's largest canyon region, Copper Canyon.
Crossing one of Canada's ten provinces, Manitoba from South to North, the Winnipeg to Churchill train is filmed from above as it winds through snow-covered grasslands, Canada's Boreal Forest and into the frozen barren lands, just below the Arctic Circle. It's a constant struggle to keep on track as engineers battle with s...
Connecting iconic mountain resorts St Moritz and Zermatt, the Glacier Express is filmed from above, winding along alpine peaks, over treacherous gorges and through vertiginous mountain ranges. It's a constant struggle to keep on track as engineers battle deep snow drifts, harness the latest tech to protect the line from la...
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