Episodes
1. Cornish Steam Giant
April 1, 2004
23 min
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804.
2. Rocket Men
April 8, 2004
23 min
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George Stephenson and son.
3. Brunel
April 15, 2004
23 min
The creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel
4. Moving Mountains
April 22, 2004
23 min
Mark Williams discovers how a curious engine used to transport slate down the Welsh mountains inspired an amazing railway through the Rocky Mountains.
5. Carriage Kings
April 29, 2004
23 min
Mark Williams explores how the introduction of railways affected society. He rides in an old third-class carriage before travelling in style on the Orient Express
6. Death on the Tracks
May 6, 2004
23 min
In this edition, Mark Williams learns how, during the early days of train travel, death on the tracks was tragically common.
7. Big Country
May 13, 2004
23 min
Mark Williams rides the American railroad to explore how the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad linked the east and west coasts of America.
8. Speed and Power
May 20, 2004
23 min
Mark Williams explains how the race for speed during the 1920s and 1930s led to locomotives setting records that are still a match for modern rail travel.
9. Going Underground
May 27, 2004
23 min
Mark Williams gets to grips with the oldest subterranean train network in the world, London's Underground, and travels through an early tunnel under the Thames.
