Mega Train
This episode explores the engineering secrets of a revolutionary heavy-hauling freight train – the TRAXX 185 - that can shift 1,300 tons of timber in a single trip, thundering through the Norwegian wilderness.
This mega train is built to handle Norway’s treacherous terrain and supply the region’s largest paper mills with enough timber to keep them running.
Blowing this titan apart reveals: four traction motors with a combined force of 7,500 horsepower, a hardened steel protective shell to keep the driver safe in worst-case scenarios, and high-pressure sand blasters that give the wheels grip on the steepest hills. These technological features that make this train the ultimate mega machine.