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Workers are challenged to do their job under some of the toughest conditions in the world.

Three British workers. Experienced. Qualified. And looking for a challenge. They are on a quest to find out what it would be like to do their job under some of the toughest conditions on the planet.

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Toughest Place to be a...: Series 2

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Toughest Place to be a...: Series 2: Episode 3: Train Driver

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BBC Two - Toughest Place to be a..., Series 2, Train Driver

A train driver faces one of the highest and steepest railway lines on earth in Peru.

Train driver Simon Davies, who usually drives the high speed Pendolino between London and Manchester, faces one of the highest railway lines on earth in Peru.

Train driver Simon Davies usually drives the high speed Pendolino between London and Manchester, but now he faces a very different challenge as he travels to Peru and one of the highest and steepest railway lines on earth. 

Mining is the life blood of Peru and every day trains carry thousands of tons of metal ores down from huge mines in the high Andes. Coached by some of the toughest train drivers in the world, Simon has just days to learn how to handle a massive train down the spectacular and terrifying slopes, risking derailment and death on train lines at an altitude higher than Mont Blanc. He also discovers a community in crisis, where pollution from mining is poisoning the population.

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A train driver, fisherman and binman try to work in some of the world's toughest places.

Three British workers: a train driver, a fisherman and a binman. Experienced. Qualified. Looking for a challenge. They are on a quest to do their jobs in some of the toughest conditions on the planet.

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