Mighty Trains

Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 2016-10-16

Last Air Date: 2021-08-29

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 24

Networks: Discovery

Season 1 (2016) - (6 Episodes)

Season 2 (2018) - (6 Episodes)

Season 3 (2019) - (6 Episodes)

Season 4 (2021) - (6 Episodes)

No overview available for this season.

Ep. 1: Glacier Express (2016-10-16)

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.
Ep. 2: The Shinkansen (2016-10-23)

Japans Tokaido Shinkansen, known as the bullet train, operates on a dedicated railway line at up to 285 km/h.
Ep. 3: The Canadian (2016-10-30)

The iconic Canadian travels between Vancouver and Toronto; passengers travel in vintage streamliner cars built in the 1950s.
Ep. 4: White Pass and Yukon Route (2016-11-07)

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.
Ep. 5: North Rail Express (2016-11-13)

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.
Ep. 6: The Ghan (2016-11-20)

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.