Wheels of Steel

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Technology Documentary hosted by William Hootkins, published by Discovery Channel broadcasted as part of DC Extreme Machines series in 1996 - English narration

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Extreme Machines is dedicated to finding out how machines work. This program focuses on the fastest, largest, and tallest trains. We take a brief look at the steam era — at the Mallard and the huge Big Boys of the Union Pacific railways and a more detailed look at the trains of today — in particular the French TGV with its top speed of 320 mph. We investigate breaking systems, on-board computer systems and the latest in hi-tech tracks. We show some of the spectacular train crashes and disasters across time and take the audience on a time-lapse trip from London to Paris. Finally, we look at plans for the future with Maglev concept — a tomorrow's train.

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Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
Video Bitrate: 2186 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x544
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.324:1
Frames Per Second: 25.000
Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 52:18.480
Number Of Parts: 1
Part Size: 893 MB
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