Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation (2017)

Plot Summary

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?

Full Cast & Characters

Cédric Allard

Narrator (voice)

Clive Lamming

Self - Railway historian

Philippe Hérissé

Self - Engineer, train transportation expert

Christophe Keseljevic

Self - Railway expert

Michèle Merger

Self - Researcher and historian

Philippe Mirville

Self - President of the French national railway museum

Laurent Quessette

Self - Jurist, railway expert

Jean-Marie Duthilleul

Self - Architect, train station expert

Jean-Claude Lustyk

Self - TGV driver

Director & Crew

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