10. The Heat is on to Crane in a Rooftop
Maintenance teams pool their brain power to test pantographs, fix a leaking air conditioner, remove debris from high voltage train power lines.
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Train Rescue Down Under is a documentary TV series that premiered on 7mate on May 20, 2025. It has 1 season and 10 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 10 "The Heat is on to Crane in a Rooftop", aired on July 22, 2025.
The documentary series, Train Rescue Down Under, follows trains, railway workshops and the people working on the trains from across Australia.
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10 episodes · 1 season
2025 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago
Maintenance teams pool their brain power to test pantographs, fix a leaking air conditioner, remove debris from high voltage train power lines.
E9
A busy loco maintenance team that always expect the unexpected, a challenging 8 tonne water tank installation on a vintage loco, plus an electronics team on a mission to stop e-waste in its tracks.
E8
A rusty 10 tonne water tank gets cut off a vintage steam loco, a challenging 4-car passenger train lift & bogie change, plus Kuranda Scenic Railway carriages get spruced up by the carpentry team.
A finicky one tonne gearbox, a tight squeeze into a vintage loco during a boiler service, plus shunting a train across 3 rail crossings at peak hour - just another busy day in railway maintenance
E6
A commuter train undergoes a tough traction motor replacement, one maintenance team takes on two huge jobs, plus a leaky torque seal sidelines a sugarcane loco urgently needed for the harvest.
A freight train needs an urgent engine replacement after a critical failure, a 132 T loco requires a complex bogie change, plus catch the special forces of rail, the RORU team, in action.
A loco needs a double bogie change to get back to the sugarcane harvest, traction motors from mining trains are getting rebuilds, plus the heat is on for a tricky air conditioner replacement.
Skilled technicians battle with a stubborn alternator, a crew tackle a high-stakes engine rebuild for a freight train, plus it takes a team of experts to build a massive locomotive underframe.
E2
The Spirit of Queensland’s maintenance team race to change a bogie, the construction of a freight locomotive nears completion, and a breakdown crew hustles to get a commuter train back on track.
E1
The iconic Ghan needs some bogies changed fast, a routine wheel lathe job hits a snag, plus an 80 year old steam loco climbs a mountain for a special anniversary.
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The most recent episode of Train Rescue Down Under, Season 1 Episode 10 "The Heat is on to Crane in a Rooftop", aired on July 22, 2025.
Train Rescue Down Under has 1 season with 10 episodes in total.
Train Rescue Down Under first aired on 7mate on May 20, 2025.
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