Name: Deadliest Journeys: Congo Katanga
Uploaded: 1899-12-31T16:00:00-08:00
Duration: 27 min
Description: In Katanga, many people are waiting for a train named after a bird, the “Swallow”. More than 2,000 people, three times the train’s capacity, are squeezing in the carriages.

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