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Mark Williams on the Rails

Mark Williams on the Rails

Description: Trains have become an important means of transportation for many people across the world over the last two centuries. This programme traces the history of the invention, from the earliest trains in the early 1800s to the building of the railways on which the locomotives travel.
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Cast: Mark Williams
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