Railroad Australia (2016)
Railroad Australia
2016Discover 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.
Seasons & Episode
Legendary train driver Bernie Baker takes five Streamliner locos on a 2500km odyssey across the searing outback.
Bernie Baker's coal truck odyssey goes horribly wrong.
The closer it gets, the harder it gets as Bernie Baker battles his way home in five streamliner locos pulling 90 old coal wagons.
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.
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.
Bernie Baker is back putting together the first ever streamliners festival. But will historic flooding in NSW put an end to his dream.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.