War Trains
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1 Season • 2026 PG
For more than a century, rail power has fueled the rise of the modern world. Its mobilization foretold the reshaping of nations and the rise and fall of great empires. How have trains carved vital pathways towards victory?
S1.E1 - The Gustav Gun, 'Spies Express', Sabotage and the Civil War
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Nov 13 @ 12:31PM
The Nazi's unleash a gun so huge it can only be moved on rail; a murder on the most luxurious train in Europe creates a mystery still unsolved; and, during the American Civil War, a simple raid becomes the most famous train chase in history.
S1.E2 - The 'Dynamo Special', La Dame Blanche, Churchill's Escape
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Nov 13 @ 1:15PM
In the haze of war, Allied forces orchestrate a daring rescue from Dunkirk, Belgian civilians spy on German train movements during WWI, and a young Winston Churchill makes a legendary escape by rail during the Boer War.
S1.E3 - The Compiegne Wagon, Armoured Trains of Barbarossa, Crystal City
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Nov 19 @ 2:00AM
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Nazi armoured trains fight on the Soviet front during Operation Barbarossa, a French railcar synonymous with victory is transformed by the Nazis into a symbol of defeat, and in the heart of Texas, trains are used to separate and intern families.
S1.E4 - Plan Vert, Ghost Stations of East Berlin, Codebreakers of Bletchley
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Nov 26 @ 2:00AM
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WWII's most decisive battle depends on railroad sabotage from the French Resistance, the Cold War's fracture of Germany creates ghost stations under East Berlin, and Britain's top secret codebreaking facility relies on the railways.
S1.E5 - Pisticci Prison Break, Grand Crimean Central Railway, Operation Osoaviakhim
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Dec 3 @ 2:00AM
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In 1943, a train is hijacked by British special forces for a rescue mission; during the Crimean War, a trainline is built that will transform warfare; and, in 1946, Soviets send German scientists by rail to Russia, where they serve a new state.
S1.E6 - Hellfire Pass, Sealing Brocken Summit, Lenin on the Train
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Dec 10 @ 2:00AM
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During WWII, Japan's gamble to build a railway leads to horrific conditions, in Cold War Germany a railway at the top of a mountain hides a secret spy base, and a sealed train travelling covertly across Europe during WWI could change the world.
S1.E7 - The British Berliner, the Arab Revolt, the Second Schleswig War
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Dec 17 @ 2:00AM
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During the Cold War, a single train becomes a lifeline to Berlin; Lawrence of Arabia's attacks against the Ottoman rail system undermine an empire; and, during the Second Schleswig War, the power of rail brings victory to one side.
S1.E8 - Khrushchev's Train, Operation Pastorius, Peacekeeper Rail Garrison
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Dec 24 @ 2:00AM
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A Soviet leader's luxury train tour becomes a diplomatic gamble. A daring sabotage operation unfolds across the rail networks of a Nazi enemy, and two global superpowers race to deploy a deadly garrison capable of causing a Cold War catastrophe.