Eurostar is one of our most complicated locomotives—and one of our most fascinating, too.

It's not often you get to see inside a complex powerhouse like this, but our curator Bob Gwynne and special guest Chris McCandlessStone from Eurostar take you through its history, design and every detail of its mindboggling features inside and out.

Eurostar had a tough task on its hands as it had to work on electric power in three different countries—France, Belgium and the UK—each of which had different electricity and signalling systems. It also had to run at high speed through the Channel Tunnel, a brandnew route created under the English Channel linking England with France by rail. The end result is a locomotive with a vast array of systems, controls and electrical components.

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CHAPTERS
00:0001:27: The Channel Tunnel
01:286:14 Exterior details
6:1509:47 How to drive Eurostar
09:4714:40 The power car in a nutshell
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