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?
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Cast
Cédric Allard
Narrator (voice)
Clive Lamming
Self - Railway historianPhilippe Hérissé
Self - Engineer, train transportation expertChristophe Keseljevic
Self - Railway expertMichèle Merger
Self - Researcher and historian
Philippe Mirville
Self - President of the French national railway museumLaurent Quessette
Self - Jurist, railway expertJean-Marie Duthilleul
Self - Architect, train station expertJean-Claude Lustyk
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