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Glacier Express

Episode number: 1

Overview: The Glacier Express train in the Swiss Alps is an engineering marvel traveling over treacherous gorges and through huge mountain ranges.

Canada's Wilderness Railroad

Episode number: 2

Overview: The Winnipeg to Churchill train crosses the province of Manitoba, along a route that requires determination, force, and fire to keep it running.

Copper Canyon Railway

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

Episode number: 4

Overview: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is an engineering classic in the lap of the Himalayas, traveling through precarious terrains and 5 climatic zones.

Australia's Outback Railway

Episode number: 5

Overview: Crossing the harsh terrain of the Australian outback, the Ghan, a luxury train, and its 3,000 kms of track need constant and skilled maintenance.

Norway's Bergen Railway

Episode number: 6

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