Keyword: railroad

Around the World by Train With Tony Robinson

7.8

2019

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Sir Tony Robinson discovers the joys of train travel. The actor takes a whirlwind rail journey around the globe.

The Porter

5.9

2022

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Railway workers from both Canada and the United States joined together to give birth to the worlds first Black union.

Secrets of the Railways

7.9

2019

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Many of the worlds 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.

David Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

7.4

2019

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British actor David Jason travels around the West Coast of the United States.

Combat Trains

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2015

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A history of the use of trains in warfare.

Impossible Railways

7.3

2018

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Building on the global success of Impossible Engineering, this unique new science and history series showcases some of the worlds most extraordinary engineering achievements of the railways. Since their meteoric rise in the 19th Century, railways have been at the forefront of modern engineering and transport. They have conquered dizzying altitudes, wilderness, seas and cities. With amazing access and using a trademark combination of exciting graphics, stunning footage and expert analysis, the series captures the design breakthroughs and heralds the pioneers who have embraced nature and physical challenges, to create a truly remarkable global railway network.

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

8.2

2019

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Arctic Ice Railroad

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2021

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Follow an elite crew battling ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep one of the worlds more remote railroad rolling through winter.

Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones

7.4

2015

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Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continents railways to immerse himself in the joy and sometimes the frustration of travelling through a beautiful and beguiling continent, using the most romantic method of transportation.

Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

8.8

2018

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Peter Snow meets teams of restoration experts from across Britain who are embarking on challenging projects to bring historic railway carriages back to life while Peter learns to drive a steam train to pull them.

Full Steam Ahead

8.5

2016

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Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn bring back to life the golden age of steam, exploring how Victorian railways helped to shape modern Britain.

Gulag, the Story

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2020

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Soviet prison camps were a criminal system of oppression that was widespread and long-lasting. The writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn named it the Gulag Archipelago.

Emperor of the North

7.4

1973

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In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1.

A Canterbury Tale

7.7

1944

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Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

The Great Locomotive Chase

6.9

1956

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During the Civil War Union spy Andrews and his men volunteer to steal a Confederate train and drive it to Union territory while destroying the Confederate railway system along the way.

Dakota

5.2

1945

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In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development, in order to control the town of Fargo.

Rails Into Laramie

5.9

1954

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A railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.

Closely Watched Trains

7.8

1966

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An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.

Tycoon

5.2

1947

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In South America, an American engineer is asked by his boss to build a mountain railroad tunnel following a shorter but more dangerous route.

Last Train from Bombay

5.3

1952

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Martin Viking, an American diplomat in India, is falsely accused on the killing of an Indian dignitary and sets out to prove his innocence while trying to find the location of explosions planed on a Bombay train by a group of terrorists.

The Great Train Robbery

7.3

1903

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A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.

Railroad Tigers

5.9

2016

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A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.

This Property Is Condemned

7.1

1966

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The dramatic love story of small-town Mississippi girl Alva Starr and railroad official Owen Legate, set during the Great Depression.

The Long Island Incident

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1998

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On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.