Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways

Season 1

2013 · 3 episodes · 3h 0m in all · 7.0/10

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   15 Jan 2013 · 60 min

   Dan Snow looks at how, from their beginnings as track-ways for coal carts in the early 18th century, railways developed into the pivotal technology for modern Britain.

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   2. Episode 2

   22 Jan 2013 · 60 min · 7.0/10

   Dan Snow traces the development of Britain's railways, from the beginnings of a true national network in the late 1830s through to the end of the 'railway mania' in 1847.

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   3. Episode 3

   29 Jan 2013 · 60 min

   Dan Snow traces the development of Britain's railways from the late 19th century to the outbreak of World War II. During this time the railways changed the economy profoundly.