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Railroad Australia

Season 1 2016

  • 2016-03-09T21:30:00Z on Discovery Channel
  • 45m
  • 6h (8 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Reality, Documentary
In a wild frontier world of blistering heat and vast distances, an army of workers toil day and night to keep the nation's lifeblood flowing... with a little help from some of the biggest and most powerful trains in the world. Australian rail operators are world leaders in heavy haul rail freight, moving some of the longest and heaviest freight trains in the world.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-03-09T21:30:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2016-03-09T21:30:00Z45m

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.

2016-03-16T21:30:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2016-03-16T21:30:00Z45m

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.

2016-03-23T21:30:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2016-03-23T21:30:00Z45m

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.

2016-03-30T21:30:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 2016-03-30T21:30:00Z45m

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.

2016-04-06T22:00:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 2016-04-06T22:00:00Z45m

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.

2016-04-13T22:00:00Z

1x06 Episode 6

1x06 Episode 6

  • 2016-04-13T22:00:00Z45m

Project manager Colm Hand faces delays that could cost his company millions of dollars. Ghan train manager Bruce Smith is dealing with missing passengers and extreme outback trainspotters Eddie and Dave are hunting down a train.

2016-04-20T22:00:00Z

1x07 Episode 7

1x07 Episode 7

  • 2016-04-20T22:00:00Z45m

Vintage locomotive, "The Snow Train", is senselessly attacked by vandals. Mark and Paul race to deliver grain and hay to Port, and in Far North Queensland, the Savannahlander drivers, Wil and Leigh, have an encounter with a stray cow.

Season Finale

2016-04-27T22:00:00Z

1x08 Episode 8

Season Finale

1x08 Episode 8

  • 2016-04-27T22:00:00Z45m

Bernie Baker is on a tight deadline on board a vintage locomotive. Allie Hume is battling a temperamental engine in the Tasmanian rainforest, and on the Nullarbor plain, track crews battle through the night to repair a section of rail.

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