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How Trains Changed the World - Season 1
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Title: How Trains Changed the World

Overview: The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods and population, the design of cities, to conquest and warfare, there are few aspects of civilization that were left untouched by these machines.

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  • Narrator: Kevin Spink
  • How Trains Changed the World - Power and Empire: The Great Arteries (Season 1 - Episode 1)

    One of the great advances of the 19th Century, the railways were a tool of empire. How did the Victorians use them to expand their influence?

    How Trains Changed the World - The Great Workhorses: Trains That Move Loads (Season 1 - Episode 2)

    From the Channel Tunnel to carrying iron ore in the Australian Outback, experts discuss the history and the future of freight trains.

    How Trains Changed the World - Express Trains That Link Cities (Season 1 - Episode 3)

    Intended as an efficient, economical way of moving freight, the emergence of express trains revolutionised society with the demand for fast travel.

    How Trains Changed the World - The Commute: Trains That Make Cities (Season 1 - Episode 4)

    The world's 10 busiest metro systems carry more than 22 billion passengers every year. How has the train shaped cities - and changed the world?

    How Trains Changed the World - Trains and War: Weapons and Logistics (Season 1 - Episode 5)

    As weapons and transport, trains transformed the battlefield - from huge railway guns and hospital trains to those taking victims to death camps.

    How Trains Changed the World - The Love of Trains: Power, Prestige and Romance (Season 1 - Episode 6)

    Trains have changed the way people see the world - and each other. What is it that makes them so special?

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