Aired Tuesday June 5,
4:00am - 4:45amon Channel 5 HD
The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant
Series 1 Episode 3: Steam Is Dead, Long Live the RailwaysChris Tarrant tells the story of how the engines that had made Britain finally ran out of steam, the devastating effect of the Beeching Report, how the railways were reinvented for the modern age, and how a sleek new locomotive not only saved the railway network, but reshaped the country.
- Category
- Documentary / History
- Original air date
- 2017-02-27
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