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. Air Date : 20th-May-2004

Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804. Air Date : 1st-Apr-2004  Read More

Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George Stephenson and son. Air Date : 8th-Apr-2004  Read More

The creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel Air Date : 15th-Apr-2004  Read More

Mark Williams discovers how a curious engine used to transport slate down the Welsh mountains inspired an amazing railway through the Rocky Mountains. Air Date : 22nd-Apr-2004  Read More

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 Air Date : 29th-Apr-2004  Read More

In this edition, Mark Williams learns how, during the early days of train travel, death on the tracks was tragically common. Air Date : 6th-May-2004  Read More

Mark Williams rides the American railroad to explore how the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad linked the east and west coasts of America. Air Date : 13th-May-2004  Read More

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. Air Date : 20th-May-2004  Read More

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. Air Date : 27th-May-2004  Read More

Mark Williams explores the introduction of diesel electric systems in 1953 and drives a Class 31 complete with hot plate, windscreen wiper and ashtrays. Air Date : 3rd-Jun-2004  Read More