Mighty Trains

Mighty Trains

2016
4 Seasons
5.8
Documentary

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

Episodes

Glacier Express
E1Oct 16, 201646m

Glacier Express

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.

The Shinkansen
E2Oct 23, 201646m

The Shinkansen

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

The Canadian
E3Oct 30, 201646m

The Canadian

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

White Pass and Yukon Route
E4Nov 7, 201646m

White Pass and Yukon Route

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.

North Rail Express
E5Nov 13, 201646m

North Rail Express

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.

The Ghan
E6Nov 20, 201646m

The Ghan

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.

Top Cast

Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson

Self - Presenter