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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...
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Season 1

  • Cornish Steam Giant
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    Cornish Steam Giant

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2004

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

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  • Rocket Men
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    Rocket Men

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2004

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

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  • Brunel
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    Brunel

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2004

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

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  • Moving Mountains
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    Moving Mountains

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2004

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

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  • Carriage Kings
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    Carriage Kings

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/2004

    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

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  • Death on the Tracks
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    Death on the Tracks

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2004

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

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  • Big Country
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    Big Country

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2004

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

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  • Speed and Power
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    Speed and Power

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2004

    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.

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  • Going Underground
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    Going Underground

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2004

    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.

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  • Diesel Generation
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    Diesel Generation

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/3/2004

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

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