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A crew battle deadly ice and snow to keep a crucial supply route open.
Conductor JR and his trainee Trevor fight through snowstorms to collect vast consignments of lumber and paper before hauling them back to the freight hub of Cochrane. They navigate extreme weather to get the job done.
Brutal blizzards and ice threaten to derail the network's longest and heaviest freight runs; the mill at Kapuskasing is one of the railroad's most important customers.
Locomotive engineers Jerry and Sheldon try to get passengers through the brutal wilderness from Cochrane six hours up to the last stop on the line, the town of Moosonee.
The railroad teams battle blizzards and a treacherous ice road to deliver a time-critical consignment of fuel to one of the remotest communities in the province of Ontario.
Locomotive engineers Jerry and Sheldon battle through a savage blizzard to get a group of Moose Cree First Nation 186 miles north up to Moosonee for their annual meeting. Among its passengers is a blind American Cocker Spaniel named Maggie.
A freight team collects cars of hazardous chemicals requiring skilled specialist handling, and a high-tech laser geometry test train picks up track defects that must be urgently repaired ahead.
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Following an elite crew of workers-- brakemen, engineers, construction crews, mechanics and train drivers – Railroad Alaska illustrates the battle against ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep the State of Alaska’s critical 500-mile long railroad rolling to deliver life sustaining supplies. From controlled avalanches to prevent catastrophe, to fascinating characters, like Jim James, the one-handed handy man, learn what it takes to keep this train on track.
A funny and heartwarming glimpse into the hilarious life of the infamous comedian as he relocates from Los Angeles to a simpler life on his new remote farm. But farm life isn't easy. Tom scrambles to repair his century-old barns, build fences, install a chicken coop and take ownership of a variety of livestock! Has Tom Green finally bitten off more than he can chew?
Chris Barrie's Massive Speed follows on from the series Massive Engines and Massive Machines , both of which were also presented by petrolhead Chris (of Red Dwarf fame). In Massive Speed Chris turns his attention to the evolution of machines designed purely to achieve maximum speed. He travels the world searching for the most thrilling, speed-packed machines he can find and introduces audiences to huge engined bikes, planes, trucks and boats that battle it out in power races. Whether it's crossing an otherwise impenetrable snow drift, desert or swamp at the speed of an Olympic sprinter or cutting through the atmosphere at six times the speed of sound, Chris tells the stories of the greatest achievements of speed design and engineering. In each episode Chris follows the evolution of a specific genre of machine by testing them and reveals both the classsic stories and secret histories that surround each of them.
