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Railroad Australia

Season 2 · 13 episodes · May 11, 2017

Season 2 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.

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    Episode 1

    Episode 1

    May 11, 2017

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

  2. Episode 2

    Episode 2

    May 18, 2017

    Bernie Baker's coal truck odyssey goes horribly wrong.

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    Episode 3

    Episode 3

    May 25, 2017

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

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    Episode 4

    Episode 4

    Jun 1, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 5

    Episode 5

    Jun 8, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 6

    Episode 6

    Jun 15, 2017

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

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    Episode 7

    Episode 7

    Jun 22, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 8

    Episode 8

    Sep 14, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 9

    Episode 9

    Sep 21, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 10

    Episode 10

    Sep 28, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 11

    Episode 11

    Oct 5, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 12

    Episode 12

    Oct 12, 2017

    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.

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    Episode 13

    Episode 13

    Oct 19, 2017

    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.