Season 1
10 episodes · Apr 1, 2004
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S1E1Cornish Steam Giant
Apr 1, 200423mMark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804.
S1E2Rocket Men
Apr 8, 200423mMark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George Stephenson and son.
S1E3Brunel
Apr 15, 200423mThe creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel
S1E4Moving Mountains
Apr 22, 200423mMark Williams discovers how a curious engine used to transport slate down the Welsh mountains inspired an amazing railway through the Rocky Mountains.
S1E5Carriage Kings
Apr 29, 200423mMark 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
S1E6Death on the Tracks
May 6, 200423mIn this edition, Mark Williams learns how, during the early days of train travel, death on the tracks was tragically common.
S1E7Big Country
May 13, 200423mMark Williams rides the American railroad to explore how the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad linked the east and west coasts of America.
S1E8Speed and Power
May 20, 200423mMark 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.
S1E9Going Underground
May 27, 200423mMark 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.
S1E10Diesel Generation
Jun 3, 200423mMark Williams explores the introduction of diesel electric systems in 1953 and drives a Class 31 complete with hot plate, windscreen wiper and ashtrays.