Dan Snow's History Of RailwaysS1 Ep3 - Global Rail Empire

Global Rail Empire - In just fifty years, Britain's railways had grown from a handful of small lines carrying coal, to the biggest industry in the strongest nation on the planet. A nation had built the railways; now those railways would build a nation - influencing working conditions for its employees, proving a valuable export across the globe - they even changed the way we waged war. But the story of railways until the beginning of the Second World War concerned who they really belonged to - the private rail companies who were obsessed with profit; the public, who rode them; or the government, who needed them at times of crisis, but were reluctant to regulate. (Part 3 of 3) (From the UK) (Documentary) PG CC

Dan Snow's History Of Railways was broadcast on SBS ONE at Wednesday 29 June 2016, 10:35. This episode was initially placed on Wednesday 29 July 2015.