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Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation
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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

Cast

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Narrator (voice)

Cédric Allard

Clive Lamming

Self - Railway historian

Clive Lamming

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Self - Engineer, train transportation expert

Philippe Hérissé

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Self - Railway expert

Christophe Keseljevic

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Self - Researcher and historian

Michèle Merger

Philippe Mirville

Self - President of the French national railway museum

Philippe Mirville

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Self - Jurist, railway expert

Laurent Quessette

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Self - Architect, train station expert

Jean-Marie Duthilleul

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Self - TGV driver

Jean-Claude Lustyk

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