Mighty Trains

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Season 1
The Ghan takes passengers on a three-day, two-night journey from Adelaide in the south through the 'red center' of Australia, to Darwin in the tropical Top-End.
When it comes to transporting fresh fish, time and temperature control are vital, and there's no train better equipped to handle a faster and more efficient fish transport than the North Rail Express.
The White Pass and Yukon route was built in 1869 to take miners and supplies to the Klondike gold fields, and was the world's first containerized freight railway.
The Canadian is VIA Rail's iconic passenger train, which travels between Vancouver's Central Station and Toronto's Union Station on a four-day, four-night journey.
The Bullet Train. Venture inside the fastest train in the world, the Bullet Train.
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.
Season 4
Hop aboard New Zealand's Coastal Pacific on its triumphant return after a massive earthquake shut it down for two years.
Hop aboard the Reunification Express and embark on a three-day rail odyssey that runs the length of Vietnam.
Take a ride from the capital of Serbia to the beaches of Montenegro aboard the rugged Belgrade to Bar train. This rugged ride crosses 435 bridges and snakes through 254 tunnels in just 12 hours.
Embark on one of the most expensive and sought-after train rides: Seven Stars. A ticket for this luxury sleeper train is so exclusive, passengers have to enter a lottery to get onto the waitlist.
Witness spectacular scenery and excursions as we ride Northern Spain's luxury tourist train Transcantabrico Clasico.
Grab a seat for a magnificent, dizzying ride up the Andes aboard Peru's legendary Tren Turistico. For passengers, it's a once-in-a-lifetime trip, but for the crew it will push them to the limit.
Season 3
It's one of the most beautiful journeys on earth – especially in the winter. Traveling along the highest rail line in Europe, this passenger train navigates 55 tunnels, nearly 200 viaducts and bridges
We travel aboard classic carriages that are pulled by a series of steam, diesel and electric locomotives making Rovos Rail a bucket list trip for passengers from around the world.
Jump aboard the colourful trains of the State Railway of Thailand where we'll travel over historic bridges, snake alongside the ocean and continue past swamps, canyons and mountains.
Go behind the scenes with NTV's two Italo trains as they expand to cover more of the Italian railway network, connecting passengers from Turin to Venice and Naples to Milan.
Mighty Trains rolls through Norway along the Bergen Line – described as one of the most amazing railway journeys in Europe.
Hop aboard the Indian Pacific –a bucket list train journey – for an epic adventure across southern Australia.
KiwiRail's scenic journeys through New Zealand may appear serene to passengers, but to the conductors and engineers who keep these tour trains running, it takes hard work and nerves of steel.
One train. One driver. 3,000 tons of timber a day. Timber hauling is big business for Sweden's economy, and it takes a mighty train and some strong-willed men and women to pull it off.
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