Season 1
- 1War Heroes10 Aug 2010
- 2Brilliant Brunel17 Aug 2010
- 3Steam Revolution24 Aug 2010
Climb up on the footplate and join historian and host Dan Cruickshank for a railway adventure like no other as he investigates how trains helped shape modern Britain. This three-part series resurrects an exhilarating age and kicks off by focusing on the railways' role in defeating Hitler, before unearthing the incredible engineering achievements of Isambard Brunel and embarking on a trip on the earliest steam engines.