Railroad Australia: Tackling the World's Heaviest Trains | FD Engineering

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They are the kings of the Australian Outback: the longest and heaviest trains in the world. Railroad Australia goes behind the scenes to meet the train drivers, crews and track maintenance teams who face crocodiles, high tides, severe tropical storms, steep inclines and sharp curves to ensure their cargo and passengers arrive safely at their destinations through extremely tough, demanding and spectacular country.

00:00:00 Episode 1
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 Will Kemp's locomotive tackles Far North Queensland.

00:43:30 Episode 2
A monster sized freight train continues its 3000km journey through the Australian outback, Leigh and Will prove to be more than just train drivers, and train tragic Bernie Baker battles the Blue Mountains in NSW.

01:26:04 Episode 3
Sugar cane driver Ray Giles battles 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.

02:08:38 Episode 4
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.
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