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Secrets of the Railways

Now all they had to do was build it but that was easier said than done

Now all they had to do was build it but that was easier said than done

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Now all they had to do was build it
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but that was easier said than done.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:30
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 • E02 It's not just notable because it's so high - Secrets of the Railways 00:16
It's not just notable because it's so high
S01 • E06 Building in the tropics meant that the weather was a constant worry. - Secrets of the Railways 00:11
Building in the tropics meant that the weather was a constan...
S01 • E06 Nature threw quite a lot of curveballs up - Secrets of the Railways 00:21
Nature threw quite a lot of curveballs up
S01 • E01 The station, for all its grandeur, was in great danger. - Secrets of the Railways 00:12
The station, for all its grandeur, was in great danger.
S01 • E02 It's at absolutely full tilt. That is chuffing lovely. - Secrets of the Railways 00:06
It's at absolutely full tilt. That is chuffing lovely.
S01 • E01 Rocio Hurtado is a Spanish mountain engineer who's passionate - Secrets of the Railways 00:20
Rocio Hurtado is a Spanish mountain engineer who's pass...
S01 • E02 {\an5}They built the Harz railway system as a fairy tale. - Secrets of the Railways 00:25
{\an5}They built the Harz railway system as a fairy tale.
S01 • E06 The first hurdle was that Cairns was built on a challenging terrain. - Secrets of the Railways 00:05
The first hurdle was that Cairns was built on a challenging ...
S01 • E06 You can see here why they had so much difficulty in trying to build - Secrets of the Railways 00:51
You can see here why they had so much difficulty in trying t...
S01 • E01 It's hard to believe, but every single tree in the mountains - Secrets of the Railways 00:07
It's hard to believe, but every single tree in the moun...
S01 • E02 The Harz Mountains and in particular the Brocken came to represent - Secrets of the Railways 00:17
The Harz Mountains and in particular the Brocken came to rep...
S01 • E01 I wanted to take you here because this is a great place. - Secrets of the Railways 00:31
I wanted to take you here because this is a great place.
S01 • E05 The work was done by labourers known as Navvies, who lived in camps - Secrets of the Railways 00:48
The work was done by labourers known as Navvies, who lived i...
S01 • E03 By 1898, Skagway's population had risen to 8,000 - Secrets of the Railways 00:21
By 1898, Skagway's population had risen to 8,000
S01 • E02 The rise of the Nazi party in the 1930s - Secrets of the Railways 00:10
The rise of the Nazi party in the 1930s
S01 • E01 In winter, a huge amount of snow can build up in the mountains - Secrets of the Railways 00:09
In winter, a huge amount of snow can build up in the mountai...
S01 • E02 Nordhausen has the honour of being the very first station - Secrets of the Railways 00:20
Nordhausen has the honour of being the very first station
S01 • E06 When they got him to the hospital, he had a small hole in the bottom - Secrets of the Railways 00:19
When they got him to the hospital, he had a small hole in th...
S01 • E03 {\an5}It was known as one of the roughest towns in America. - Secrets of the Railways 00:45
{\an5}It was known as one of the roughest towns in America.
S01 • E01 The engineers were forced to throw money at the problem. - Secrets of the Railways 00:14
The engineers were forced to throw money at the problem.