Mighty Trains

[Requeststop]

Just found this series from Discovery Canada called Mighty Trains: You may want to look out for it on You Tube or some ( torrent site ) to copy.

the features are:

01 - Glacier Express: Zermatt to St Moritz

02 - Shinkansen: Tokyo to Osaka

03 - The Canadian: Vancouver to Toronto

04 - White Pass & Yukon: Somewhere in the middle of the Alaskan/Canadian Arctic

05 - North Rail Express: Narvik to Oslo via Sweden

06 - The Ghan : Adelaide to Darwin

In spite of the American hyperbole it's a good series to watch.

Makes this rail fan on a rail-less Island nation plan many fantasy journeys.

 

[Robertj21a]

Just found this series from Discovery Canada called Mighty Trains: You may want to look out for it on You Tube or some ( torrent site ) to copy.

the features are:

01 - Glacier Express: Zermatt to St Moritz

02 - Shinkansen: Tokyo to Osaka

03 - The Canadian: Vancouver to Toronto

04 - White Pass & Yukon: Somewhere in the middle of the Alaskan/Canadian Arctic

05 - North Rail Express: Narvik to Oslo via Sweden

06 - The Ghan : Adelaide to Darwin

In spite of the American hyperbole it's a good series to watch.

Makes this rail fan on a rail-less Island nation plan many fantasy journeys.

In the UK it's on the Discovery Channel at present.

 

[Groningen]

The North Rail Express is not a passenger train. It is used for the transportation of fish.

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mighty-Trains/Trains

 

[Requeststop]

The North Rail Express is not a passenger train. It is used for the transportation of fish.

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mighty-Trains/Trains

Did I say anything to the contrary? It's not just for fish. Other goods are transported back north on the return journey.

 

[Gordon]

The North Rail Express is not a passenger train. It is used for the transportation of fish.

Conjours up a magnificent picture in my mind of the Glacier Express transporting just fish from Zermatt to St Moritz...




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[Groningen]

When it comes to transporting fresh fish, time and temperature control are of the essence, and there is no train better equipped to handle a speedier and more efficient fish transport than the North Rail Express. The highly-specialized container train travels the 2,000 kilometer single track between Narvik, deep in the Norwegian Arctic Circle and Oslo, Norway’s capital in the south, to deliver its precious cargo of cod, mackerel, herring, monkfish, and salmon to customers in Europe and around the world.

The train’s twenty-seven hour travel time for this journey is impressive, but fish depreciates 20% over the first three days it is out of the water, so the faster it gets to the customer, the more valuable it becomes. The pressure is on for the one-person crew of the North Rail Express to get to Oslo as quickly as possible.

Temperature control on the train is crucial. The North Rail Express operates high tech containers equipped with state-of-the-art temperature and atmosphere controls. If the heating or cooling systems fail, an automatic warning SMS is sent to the head office in Oslo, enabling a repair to be arranged at the next stop. Continuous temperature monitors are also used to provide evidence that the cold chain has not been broken.

Mighty Trains joins the North Rail Express as it travels on Europe’s longest continuous freight link. The first forty-two kilometers of this link is the most treacherous. Passing through the mountains between the two countries is never routine. During the long Arctic winters, lack of daylight and limited visibility are big challenges. Once through the mountains, they have to constantly slow down the heavy train on the steep downward section into Kiruna.

At maximum capacity, the North Rail Express can carry up to 1600 tonnes of cargo in 40 containers. Temperatures, which often fall below 40 degrees Celsius, primarily affect wheelsets, meaning that they have to be replaced frequently and unexpectedly on route.

Source: http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mighty-Trains/Trains/About-the-North-Rail-Express

 

[Firesprite]

Starting 28th March on Quest (Ch 27) on freeview

 

[Requeststop]

Source: http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mighty-Trains/Trains/About-the-North-Rail-Express

All of which is very interesting and correct but adds nothing to what I learned watching the programme.

I'm failing to get your point in your posts. The programme is called Mighty Trains, not Mighty Passenger Trains. I'm failing to see the need to stress that one of the trains featured in the series is a freight train carrying fish! (one way).

 

[Groningen]

Hmm; i see that Mighty Trains is also available on Youtube.

I see:
North Rail Express
Via Rail Canadian
The Ghan
Shinkansen
Glacier Express
White Pass and Yukon

Which one am i missing? Nothing! But there are more! There is also Overnight Traveler and Transcontinental. Much more!

Search request: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mighty+Trains

 

[gage75]

Starting 28th March on Quest (Ch 27) on freeview

Isn't Quest on 37 on Freeview??
On Sky I believe it to be on 144