Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation
Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

February 23, 2017

Overview

Nearly 200 years ago, the train revolutionized our lives. It redrew the maps of states and nations, and changed concepts of distance and time like no other invention before. What visionaries imagined the development of the railroad? How did we get from the first chugging locomotives to the smooth giants of speed we see today? How does France's extensive rail network keep running smoothly, 24/7?

Director

Sigrid Clément

Cast

Cédric Allard

Narrator (voice)

Clive Lamming

Clive Lamming

Self - Railway historian

Philippe Hérissé

Self - Engineer, train transportation expert

Christophe Keseljevic

Self - Railway expert