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Discovery Channel 2016 - 2017 2 seasons 21 eps TV-PG Ended

Railroad Australia

2016 - 2017 2 seasons 21 eps TV-PG

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Season 2

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Season 1

Season 2

45 min

S2 · E1 · May 11, 2017

Episode 1 Episode 1

Legendary train driver Bernie Baker takes five Streamliner locos on a 2500km odyssey across the searing outback.

44 min

S2 · E2 · May 18, 2017

Episode 2 Episode 2

Bernie Baker's coal truck odyssey goes horribly wrong.

44 min

S2 · E3 · May 25, 2017

Episode 3 Episode 3

The closer it gets, the harder it gets as Bernie Baker battles his way home in five streamliner locos pulling 90 old coal wagons.

45 min

S2 · E4 · Jun 1, 2017

Episode 4 Episode 4

Cracks begin to appear in a multi-billion dollar iron ore railroad while learner driver James Gray must survive the punishing Cockatoo run and the ire of instructor Dave Boyd.

45 min

S2 · E5 · Jun 8, 2017

Episode 5 Episode 5

One man and one massive train take on the unforgiving Pilbara, while in Sydney it's a marathon meets Rubik's Cube for four extreme train enthusiasts in the All Stations Challenge.

45 min

S2 · E6 · Jun 15, 2017

Episode 6 Episode 6

Bernie Baker is back putting together the first ever streamliners festival. But will historic flooding in NSW put an end to his dream.

43 min

S2 · E7 · Jun 22, 2017

Episode 7 Episode 7

Bernie Baker's streamliner festival comes to a heavenly locomotive climax while Southern Shorthaul's reputation is on the line with their mad modification of 18 coal wagons.

43 min

S2 · E8 · Sep 14, 2017

Episode 8 Episode 8

On the outskirts of Melbourne, a new breed of train is being unveiled; the V-locity bullet train which will move 17 million passengers a year around the state of Victoria, connecting its major towns. Follow the work of Lara Coughlan and her rapid rail response team in Melbourne, who are in constant demand carrying out running repairs on live train lines to keep Metro Trains on time and on track. And at the Pichi Richi workshops in South Australia, it’s a huge day for 16-year-old Jayden Chandler, who wants to prove he’s got what it takes to become the fifth generation of his family to drive steam trains.

45 min

S2 · E9 · Sep 21, 2017

Episode 9 Episode 9

This program heads deeper into the lives of the drivers, crews, and maintenance teams on some of the world's heaviest and longest trains across the toughest and most inhospitable continent on the planet.

45 min

S2 · E10 · Sep 28, 2017

Episode 10 Episode 10

Australian rail operators are global leaders and with unprecedented access, Railroad Australia goes behind the scenes to meet the train drivers, locomotive servicing crews and track maintenance teams on some of the toughest, most demanding and spectacular journeys on Earth.

45 min

S2 · E11 · Oct 5, 2017

Episode 11 Episode 11

The Steel train's epic journey across the Nullarbor continues, while a group of trainee train drivers face the reality of life on the lines, and Metrorail's Cragieburn Maintenance depot battles to meet the network's demands.

45 min

S2 · E12 · Oct 12, 2017

Episode 12 Episode 12

Mr. Fix It John Mackie embarks on a locomotive resurrection mission from hell, while Wilmar Sugar race to repair cyclone destroyed tracks, and an upstart freight company takes on Broken Hill's mineral riches.

45 min

S2 · E13 · Oct 19, 2017

Episode 13 Episode 13

The sugar train is desperate to meet its deadline in the rush to crush the first cane harvest of the year, while "Mr. Fix It" John Mackie continues his crusade to bring loco 602 back to life.

13 episodes in Season 2

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Discover what it takes to transport ever-growing numbers of passengers and crucial resources across Australia. With unprecedented access we go behind the scenes to meet the train drivers, locomotive servicing crews and track maintenance teams on some of the toughest and most spectacular journeys.

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Cast

1 person

Luke Hewitt

Narrator

Alison James Director · Julia Redwood Executive producer · Ed Punchard Executive producer

Director

Alison James

Executive producer

Julia Redwood

Executive producer

Ed Punchard

Editor

John Carozzi

Total runtime 15h 45m · Episode length 45 min · Type Documentary

Show info

Premiered

March 10, 2016

Final episode

October 19, 2017

Status

Ended

Network

Discovery Channel

Country

Australia

Type

Documentary

Episode length

45 min

Total runtime

15h 45m

Original language

English

Production

P

Prospero Productions

Production

Australia

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Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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