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The Trans-Siberian railroad provokes a war, crosses treacherous terrain, and encounters huge obstacles; it's the longest, most expensive and complicated railroad ever built; ordered by the Czar in an effort to save his empire.

S9 E2 | Trans-Siberian Railroad

E46 | Engineering Disasters 5

E44 | Egyptian Pyramids

E42 | Failed Inventions

E37 | Extreme Trucks

E36 | Shipyards

E31 | Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

E30 | Machu Picchu

E29 | Overseas Highway

E28 | Space Shuttle Columbia

E26 | Metal

E25 | Bullets

E23 | Military Movers