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All Episodes of Mark Williams On The Rails

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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 the length and breadth of Britain in an exciting new

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Season 1

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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