The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the world, spanning 1,851 miles and multiple climate zones, from tropical Darwin in Australia’s “top end” to the lush hills of Adelaide on ...

The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the world, spanning 1,851 miles and multiple climate zones, from tropical Darwin in Australia’s “top end” to the lush hills of Adelaide on ...

The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the world, spanning 1,851 miles and multiple climate zones, from tropical Darwin in Australia’s “top end” to the lush hills of Adelaide on ...

04/01/2024 | Expires 09/01/2033 | Rating TV-G Australia's Outback Railway Episode 5 | 43m 58sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Behind the scenes on Australia’s luxury Ghan train crossing the continent.

The train had four locomotives and 268 wagons, the ATSB said. It averaged about 68 mph and traveled for some 50 minutes before it was derailed, according to Australia's ABC.

A runaway train that derailed this week after traveling 92 kilometers (57 miles) without a driver, forced BHP Billiton Ltd., the third-largest iron ore exporter, to halt railway operations.

The north-south line, through almost 3,000 km of desert from Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory, grew more slowly. Starting in Adelaide, it reached the outpost of ...