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Trains That Changed The World

Rating:3.8 of 5Total number of episodes:4
Last broadcast:07/11/2020 at 09:30
2020
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We travel aboard the Great Western Railway to experience a journey of a by-gone age. The magnificent Pullman service continues to offer passengers a silver service restaurant menu as it whisks passengers to the coastal resorts that were established in the Victorian era.
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The Industrial Revolution was the single most important event in the development of the modern railway and one train from that era came to symbolise the new age of steam - Stephenson’s Rocket.
41:40

S1 Ep2

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The railroads ended slavery in the USA, but trains can be agents of oppression too. The British Empire built railways to rule the world, enabling it to control the empire.
42:16

S1 Ep1

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The stories behind the most important trains in history and their impact on the world, beginning with a look at the first locomotives during the Industrial Revolution.
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