Panama Canal Railway

Panama Canal Railway

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S1 E4: The Panama Canal Railway stretches just 47 miles but its importance to shipping companies is immeasurable. This single line of track handles over half a million container moves per year, requiring great ingenuity and resilience on the part of the engineers and repair crews tasked to overcome tight timelines and heavy jungles. Host Mike Davidson helps a team complete a ten-hour race across the continent, moving a massive, refrigerated payload from the Pacific to the Atlantic, where any delay could mean millions of dollars in spoiled cargo.