Episode 6 - Into the Wild

Impossible Railways Series 2

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From overcoming the challenges of building the world's highest elevation passenger line to connect China with Tibet, to a train that was specially designed to negotiate California's dense logging camps, and an ingenious solution to navigating an impenetrable plateau in New Zealand's North Island, they all exist as proof that engineers can overcome the very wildest challenges on Earth.
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Dec 24, 2020
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