World’s Biggest, Longest Trains | Ultimate Vehicles

Sooty express locomotives, sinfully expensive luxury trains, and freight trains that stretch for kilometers: the most spectacular vehicles on rails.
A single vehicle several kilometers long – it is only possible on rails. No wonder that trains continue to fascinate people even today, and that their fan base is one of the most devoted.
The train was one of the most decisive inventions of all time. Traveling became affordable, and freight transport was expedited.
Even now, 40 percent of all freight worldwide is transported by train. And fortunately so, as the train is also one of the most environmentally friendly means of transportation.
From the Swiss Alps to the steppe of South Africa all the way to Japan, this documentary takes a look at the world’s most extraordinary trains.