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Mark Williams On The Rails

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Runtime: 23m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: NR
Origin: GB

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The year 2004 saw two hundred years of railways in Great Britain and to celebrate this historic landmark year, dedicated train enthusiast Mark Williams traveled the length and breadth of Britain in an exciting new TV series. Travelling the length and breadth of Britain, Mark tracks down the nation's fascinating railway heritage and gets to grips with locos such as the magnificent 160 ton Duchess of Sutherland. From the earliest designs of Richard Trevithick and George and Robert Stephenson to the advent of Class 31s, and from the development of London's Underground to the evolution of railway coaches, he reveals how our railways have changed over 200 years of history.

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Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Apr 1, 2004
Network: Discovery
Studio: Southern Star Productions

Time to finish

4 hrs

10 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Mark Williams

Self - Presenter

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SERIES

Mark Williams On The Rails

20041 Season23m episodes8.0

Documentary

TMDB8.0

Votes2

Your rating

Runtime: 23m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: NR
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Apr 1, 2004 · 23m
Cornish Steam Giant
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804.
E2 · Airs Apr 8, 2004 · 23m
Rocket Men
Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George Stephenson and son.
E3 · Airs Apr 15, 2004 · 23m
Brunel
The creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel
E4 · Airs Apr 22, 2004 · 23m
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.
E5 · Airs Apr 29, 2004 · 23m
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
E6 · Airs May 6, 2004 · 23m
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.
E7 · Airs May 13, 2004 · 23m
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.
E8 · Airs May 20, 2004 · 23m
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.
E9 · Airs May 27, 2004 · 23m
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.
E10 · Airs Jun 3, 2004 · 23m
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.