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Cornish Steam Giant

Episode number: 1

Overview: Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804.

Rocket Men

Episode number: 2

Overview: Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George Stephenson and son.

Brunel

Episode number: 3

Overview: The creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel

Moving Mountains

Episode number: 4

Overview: Mark Williams discovers how a curious engine used to transport slate down the Welsh mountains inspired an amazing railway through the Rocky Mountains.

Carriage Kings

Episode number: 5

Overview: 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

Death on the Tracks

Episode number: 6

Overview: In this edition, Mark Williams learns how, during the early days of train travel, death on the tracks was tragically common.

Big Country

Episode number: 7

Overview: Mark Williams rides the American railroad to explore how the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad linked the east and west coasts of America.

Speed and Power

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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.

Going Underground

Episode number: 9

Overview: 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.

Diesel Generation

Episode number: 10

Overview: Mark Williams explores the introduction of diesel electric systems in 1953 and drives a Class 31 complete with hot plate, windscreen wiper and ashtrays.