Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

  • Movie
  • 2017
  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie

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?

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Director
Sigrid Clément
Starring
Cédric Allard, Clive Lamming, Philippe Hérissé, Christophe Keseljevic

Cast

  • Cédric Allard

    Narrator (voice)

  • Clive Lamming

    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

    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

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