E1 - Cornish Steam Giant

Aired: April 01, 2004

Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, charting the development of the first locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804.

E2 - Rocket Men

Aired: April 08, 2004

Mark Williams celebrates two hundred years of trains, tracking the creation of railways in the North East by George Stephenson and son.

E3 - Brunel

Aired: April 15, 2004

The creation of the Great Western Railway under the control of a single engineer I.K. Brunel

E4 - Moving Mountains

Aired: April 22, 2004

Mark Williams discovers how a curious engine used to transport slate down the Welsh mountains inspired an amazing railway through the Rocky Mountains.

E5 - Carriage Kings

Aired: April 29, 2004

Mark Williams explores how the introduction of railways affected society. He rides in an old third-class carriage before travelling in style on the Orient Express

E6 - Death on the Tracks

Aired: May 06, 2004

In this edition, Mark Williams learns how, during the early days of train travel, death on the tracks was tragically common.

E7 - Big Country

Aired: May 13, 2004

Mark Williams rides the American railroad to explore how the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad linked the east and west coasts of America.

E8 - Speed and Power

Aired: May 20, 2004

Mark Williams explains how the race for speed during the 1920s and 1930s led to locomotives setting records that are still a match for modern rail travel.

E9 - Going Underground

Aired: May 27, 2004

Mark Williams gets to grips with the oldest subterranean train network in the world, London's Underground, and travels through an early tunnel under the Thames.

E10 - Diesel Generation

Aired: June 03, 2004

Mark Williams explores the introduction of diesel electric systems in 1953 and drives a Class 31 complete with hot plate, windscreen wiper and ashtrays.