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Secrets of the Railways

A secretive characterwith unknown origins who they trusted to find a routefor the railway...

A secretive character
with unknown origins who they trusted to find a route
for the railway to the coast

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A secretive character with unknown origins
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who they trusted to find a route for the railway to the coast.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:44
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
S01 • E03 It was a place of opportunities, and people of all professions came - Secrets of the Railways 00:44
It was a place of opportunities, and people of all professio...
S01 • E06 {\an8}Now, Christie Palmerston was a very important character. - Secrets of the Railways 00:15
{\an8}Now, Christie Palmerston was a very important characte...
S01 • E05 To have a chance of getting the bill through Parliament, - Secrets of the Railways 00:38
To have a chance of getting the bill through Parliament,
S01 • E02 The Brocken Mountain itself is steeped in mysteries. - Secrets of the Railways 00:17
The Brocken Mountain itself is steeped in mysteries.
S01 • E01 In peacetime, railways are mainly used for leisure, - Secrets of the Railways 00:12
In peacetime, railways are mainly used for leisure,
S01 • E04 Not many people now, today, looking at it, realise that this great big - Secrets of the Railways 00:41
Not many people now, today, looking at it, realise that this...
S01 • E06 Pompo was a local Aboriginal, who could guide Palmerston - Secrets of the Railways 00:09
Pompo was a local Aboriginal, who could guide Palmerston
S01 • E01 In fact, the truth is that the Spanish started building - Secrets of the Railways 00:27
In fact, the truth is that the Spanish started building
S01 • E02 Visiting the Brocken became a cultural pilgrimage for many Germans - Secrets of the Railways 00:09
Visiting the Brocken became a cultural pilgrimage for many G...
S01 • E06 Christie Palmerston spent three months combing the country - Secrets of the Railways 00:15
Christie Palmerston spent three months combing the country
S01 • E02 Train enthusiast Tim Dunn has come to the Harz railway - Secrets of the Railways 00:26
Train enthusiast Tim Dunn has come to the Harz railway
S01 • E05 The higher ground outside Liverpool was bypassed by Stephenson's - Secrets of the Railways 00:54
The higher ground outside Liverpool was bypassed by Stephens...
S01 • E03 Former railroad employee Steve Hites came to work on the line in - Secrets of the Railways 00:48
Former railroad employee Steve Hites came to work on the lin...
S01 • E06 In spite of the impossible landscape, - Secrets of the Railways 00:18
In spite of the impossible landscape,
S01 • E02 I mean, this is really quite extraordinary. - Secrets of the Railways 00:28
I mean, this is really quite extraordinary.
S01 • E06 In the end though, the dwindling town of Cairns was chosen - Secrets of the Railways 00:07
In the end though, the dwindling town of Cairns was chosen
S01 • E04 Everything was geared for an attack from the east. - Secrets of the Railways 00:15
Everything was geared for an attack from the east.
S01 • E06 But that meant building 15 tunnels and no less than 90 bridges. - Secrets of the Railways 00:12
But that meant building 15 tunnels and no less than 90 bridg...
S01 • E04 During the 1930s, Germany built a mighty fighting force - Secrets of the Railways 00:59
During the 1930s, Germany built a mighty fighting force
S01 • E06 Now all they had to do was build it - Secrets of the Railways 00:06
Now all they had to do was build it