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Chris Tarrant was approached by Channel 5 to present three railway documentary episodes in 2012, and the result was Tarrant's trips to Congo, Australia and India, under the name Extreme Railways. Radio and television composers David Lowe and Simon Darlow provided music for the series. [ 6 ]
Extreme Trains is a television program on the History Channel that describes the daily operations of railroads in the United States, from coal trains to passenger trains and famous routes. It is hosted by Matt Bown, a train conductor for Pan Am Railways in Maine , whose interest is railways and the technology of them.
BVE Trainsim (originally Boso View Express [1] [2] [3]) is a Japanese three-dimensional computer-based train simulator. [3] It is notable for focusing on providing an accurate driving experience [3] [4] [5] as viewed from inside the cab, rather than creating a network of other trains [6] [7] —other trains passed along the route are only displayed as stationary objects. [3]
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. [1] Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport , next to road transport .
Train running on the Dale Creek Iron Viaduct in Wyoming, c. 1860 Railroads of the United States in 1918 An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway freight train pauses at Cajon, California, in March 1943 to cool its braking equipment after descending Cajon Pass; the Interstate 15 of U.S. Route 66 is visible to the right of the train.
Mighty Trains (also known as Megatrains on Discovery Channel Australia [2]) is a documentary television program, part of the "Mighty" franchise, alongside Mighty Planes, Mighty Cruise Ships, Mighty Ships and The Mightiest. [3] This series was produced in Canada and aired on the Discovery Channel Canada. [4]
The safety distance (safe-braking distance) between trains in fixed block and moving block signalling systems. In railway signalling, a moving block is a signalling block system where the blocks are defined in real time by computers as safe zones around each train. This requires both knowledge of the exact location and speed of all trains at ...
The Ghost Train: 1941: The Girl on the Train: 2016: Go West (Marx Bros.) 1940: GoldenEye: 1995: The Great K & A Train Robbery: 1926: The Great Locomotive Chase: 1956 [2] Walt Disney Pictures: The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery: 1966: The Great Train Robbery: 1903: The Greatest Show on Earth: 1952: The Grey Fox: 1982: Grifters: 1990: The ...