Wim van Loon
Director
Rail Away (1996)
Season 5
Series about striking railways in the world. Each episode travels along a number of special locations, where the train serves as a guide and there is also attention for the landscape and culture.
Released Jan. 6, 1996
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.train, tmdb.railroad
Network: EO
Country: Netherlands
Languages:
Dutch
S5E1 - Switzerland: Disentis - Andermatt - Göschenen - Brig
Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon. The story of one of the North-South rail links through the Swiss Alps from Bern to Italy. The construction of the railway line through narrow valleys and high mountains, sometimes through kilometers of tunnels such as the Lötschberg and Simplon tunnels.
Jan. 3, 2000, midnight
S5E2 - Austria: Vienna - Gloggnitz - Payerbach - Semmering - Mürzzuschlag - Bruck an der Mur
The Semmering Bahn. This railway was built 150 years ago and runs from Vienna to Bruck aan de Mur. There are beautiful images of large viaducts and tunnels and the snowy Austrian country. Interesting is the background information about the inventors and builders of the railway line.
Jan. 10, 2000, midnight
S5E3 - Germany: Wernigerode - Drei Annen Hohne - Nordhausen - Gernrode - Alexisbad - Brocken
One of the longest narrow-gauge lines in Europe, drawn by steam locomotives, is the Harz Schmalspurbahn. Written almost to death in the GDR time and replaced by buses, the railway line could be saved and driven by steam locomotives on a daily basis.
Jan. 17, 2000, midnight
S5E4 - Norway: Trondheim - Dombås - Åndalsnes
We start in the harbor of the city of Trondheim and head inland to Dombas on one of the oldest railway lines in the country. Then she continues the journey to the coast of Andalsnes and climbs high plateaus and descends to the fjords on the coast.
Jan. 24, 2000, midnight
S5E5 - Austria: Innsbruck - Sankt Anton am Arlberg - Bregenz
The Arlberg lift. This was once the longest railway tunnel in the world, the line from Innsbruck to Bregenz near the German border. The story is told about the construction of the track over viaducts and through tunnels. During this breathtaking journey we see many vistas and spectacular images.
Jan. 31, 2000, midnight
EO
25 min/ep
25 min
Jan. 6, 1996
Sept. 14, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
NR
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