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Episode 1
Railroads constructed during turbulent periods and associated with mankind's ugliest deeds. Beginning with the Trans-Pyrenees Railway.
Episode 2
The Harz Mountain Railway in Germany - Europe's longest rail network - which still uses steam locomotives and has a hidden past.
Episode 3
The White Pass and Yukon Railroad over the US-Canada border, which began construction after the Klondike Gold Rush in the 19th century.
Episode 4
The Nordland Line, the longest in Norway. Stretching between Trondheim and Bodo, it was first built to transport the country's iron ore.
Episode 5
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which revolutionised rail travel when it opened in 1830, including introducing the first signalling system.
Episode 6
The background to the Tablelands Railway Line in Queensland, which changed the face of the state when it was constructed in the late 1800s.