Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed The World

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Ian Hislop's Trains That Changed The World

How the British Empire built railways to rule the world.

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Series 1
The historical impact from the first locomotives during the Industrial Revolution.
In the New World, trains like the Burlington Zephyr were part of the race for modernity.
Advanced freight trains can haul the weight of 170 Boeing 747s across thousands of miles.
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