Trains that Changed the World

A look at the origins of rail transport during the Industrial Revolution.

A look at how the railroad ended slavery in the United States, whilst the British Empire used them to oppress and enslave people under their rule in India and Africa.

The steam train reached its zenith in the Old World, and in the New World trains like the Burlington Zephyr were part pf the race for modernity.

The fast advancement of freight trains, that can haul heavy weights across thousands of miles, and are the leviathan that keep the world on track.

Travelling between cities around the world becomes easier, and the solution in the United Kingdom became steam that ran under the city - the London Underground.

The modern supertrains of Mainland China.