Channel 5 - Chris Tarrant Extreme Railway Journeys Series 2 (2015) Part 6 The Railway that Created Canada

Chris Tarrant Extreme Railway Journeys: Series 2

In this second series. TV and radio presenter Chris Tarrant journeys by rail through some of the world's most challenging terrain.

Part 6 The Railway that Created Canada

Chris takes a railway trip across Canada, revealing how 2,500 miles of transcontinental railway was built against huge odds in just a few decades, helping to join together a vast wilderness of isolated communities and create the country that exists today. He begins his journey on one of the earliest sections of track to be built, on a train that is now a lifeline for hunters and fishermen. He then sees one of the biggest, most famous trains in the world - the Canadian, before heading for the Prairies, and on to the port of Vancouver. Along the way he also searches for Winnie the Pooh, crosses raging rivers and meets the descendant of a pioneering Yorkshire family who arrived here more than 100 years ago.

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