Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

Feb 23, 2017

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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?

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Galaxie

RMC Découverte

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Cédric Allard

Self - Railway historian

Clive Lamming

Self - Engineer, train transportation expert

Philippe Hérissé

Self - Railway expert

Christophe Keseljevic

Self - Researcher and historian

Michèle Merger

Self - President of the French national railway museum

Philippe Mirville

Self - Jurist, railway expert

Laurent Quessette

Self - Architect, train station expert

Jean-Marie Duthilleul

Self - TGV driver

Jean-Claude Lustyk

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