How Engineers Built the World’s Highest Railway Across the Roof of the World

Journey to the breathtaking but deadly Tibetan Plateau, where engineers undertook the monumental task of building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the highest railway on Earth. Facing extreme altitudes with half the oxygen of sea level and temperatures plummeting to -40°C, we explore the incredible challenges and innovative solutions required to connect Lhasa to the rest of China by rail.

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