Modern Marvels
Season 13.

56. Engineering Disasters (20)

Air date: 2006-12-06 · 60 min

The story behind BP's Texas City oil refinery explosion in 2005, the 2001 crash of an American Airlines flight, and the Skylab space station.

57. Nuts

Air date: 2006-08-02 · 60 min

58. Tea

Air date: 2006-12-13 · 60 min

59. Christmas Tech

Air date: 2006-12-20 · 60 min

60. Wind

Air date: 2006-01-01 · 60 min

360. Freight Trains

Air date: 2006-09-20 · 60 min

Season 12 Episode 36 They are the life blood of the American Economy, transporting 1.8 billion tons of freight each year, carrying everything from crops, to consumer electronics, cars to chemicals, not to mention coal and just about any other item that you can think of. This program will take you to what is considered the greatest freight transportation system in the world, the Union Pacific's Bailey yard–a pit stop for much of the nation's freight on its journey across the continent. We'll also explore the history of freight transportation from its humble beginnings as tramways in mines to complex system of rails that stretches to every corner of the nation.

361. More Earth Movers

Air date: 2006-10-09 · 60 min

Join us for a second look at the big earth-moving machines used to tackle the most challenging jobs on, under, and off Earth! We'll ride on specialized behemoth dump trucks, delve below sea level to view dredging equipment, and leave the planet altogether to explore earthmoving equipment in space.