Mark Williams
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Mark Williams On The Rails
Season 1
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Episodes
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Episode 123 min2004-04-01
Cornish Steam Giant
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804.
Episode 223 min2004-04-08
Rocket Men
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George Stephenson and son.
Episode 323 min2004-04-15
Brunel
The creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel
Episode 423 min2004-04-22
Moving Mountains
Mark Williams discovers how a curious engine used to transport slate down the Welsh mountains inspired an amazing railway through the Rocky Mountains.
Episode 523 min2004-04-29
Carriage Kings
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
Episode 623 min2004-05-06
Death on the Tracks
In this edition, Mark Williams learns how, during the early days of train travel, death on the tracks was tragically common.
Episode 723 min2004-05-13
Big Country
Mark Williams rides the American railroad to explore how the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad linked the east and west coasts of America.
Episode 823 min2004-05-20
Speed and Power
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.
Episode 923 min2004-05-27
Going Underground
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.
Episode 1023 min2004-06-03
Diesel Generation
Mark Williams explores the introduction of diesel electric systems in 1953 and drives a Class 31 complete with hot plate, windscreen wiper and ashtrays.