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Across Bolivia: The Pantanal to the Pacific Coast

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India: Overcrowded and Unstoppable

49 min

Cuba's Sugar Trains

52 min

American Transcontinental Railroad

52 min

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Siberia's Ice Trains

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Sep 23, 2014

In the heart of Siberia, deep within the Arctic Circle, Siberia’s Ice Trains operate under extreme conditions, with temperatures plunging to minus 20 degrees Celsius and frequent snowstorms. Starting in Tobolsk, the journey heads 1,000 miles north to Novy Urengoy, Russia’s largest gas field. The railway is crucial for exporting condensed gas, and snowplough trains work tirelessly to keep lines open. From Novy Urengoy, the journey continues across the gas fields to Nadym, where a new railway is being built over Stalin’s infamous "Railway of Death." This harsh Arctic wilderness is also home to the nomadic Nenets people. The journey ends at Labytnangi, where a private train line runs to the Bovanenkovo gas field, the world’s northernmost railway.

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Tough Trains

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201450m9.0

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Siberia's Ice Trains

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Sep 23, 2014

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