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Impossible Engineering S5E9: Himalayan Mega Train

  • Aired: 2019-02-28
  • Time: 21:00:00
  • Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview

To build the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest railway, engineers braved a deadly Himalayan environment and its -40-degree temperatures. The cutting-edge $4 billion train system they built connects Lhasa, one of the planet's most inaccessible cities, to a world beyond the ice.