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Secrets of the Railways

Pompo was a local Aboriginal,who could guide Palmerston through the ancestral...

Pompo was a local Aboriginal,
who could guide Palmerston through the ancestral indigenous
tracks that crisscrossed the jungle

Full Transcript

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Pompo was a local Aboriginal, who could guide Palmerston
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through the ancestral indigenous tracks
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that crisscrossed the jungle.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:12
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 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
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 ...