Mark Williams On The Rails(2004)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2004-04-01
Average Runtime: 23m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
The year 2004 saw two hundred years of railways in Great Britain and to celebrate this historic landmark year, dedicated train enthusiast Mark Williams traveled the length and breadth of Britain in an exciting new TV series. Travelling the length and breadth of Britain, Mark tracks down the nation's fascinating railway heritage and gets to grips with locos such as the magnificent 160 ton Duchess of Sutherland. From the earliest designs of Richard Trevithick and George and Robert Stephenson to the advent of Class 31s, and from the development of London's Underground to the evolution of railway coaches, he reveals how our railways have changed over 200 years of history.
Keywords
industrial revolutiontrainrailroadsteam locomotive
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
Cornish Steam Giant
Air Date: 2004-04-01
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Tre...
E02
Rocket Men
Air Date: 2004-04-08
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George S...
E03
Brunel
Air Date: 2004-04-15
The creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel
E04
Moving Mountains
Air Date: 2004-04-22
Mark Williams discovers how a curious engine used to transport slate down the Welsh mountains inspired an amazing rai...
E05
Carriage Kings
Air Date: 2004-04-29
Mark Williams explores how the introduction of railways affected society. He rides in an old third-class carriage bef...
E06
Death on the Tracks
Air Date: 2004-05-06
In this edition, Mark Williams learns how, during the early days of train travel, death on the tracks was tragically ...
E07
Big Country
Air Date: 2004-05-13
Mark Williams rides the American railroad to explore how the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad linked the...
E08
Speed and Power
Air Date: 2004-05-20
Mark Williams explains how the race for speed during the 1920s and 1930s led to locomotives setting records that are ...
E09
Going Underground
Air Date: 2004-05-27
Mark Williams gets to grips with the oldest subterranean train network in the world, London's Underground, and travel...
E10
Diesel Generation
Air Date: 2004-06-03
Mark Williams explores the introduction of diesel electric systems in 1953 and drives a Class 31 complete with hot pl...
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