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For over a century, locomotives played a vital role in wartime. We explore some of the trains and railways, from the American Civil War through World War II, that turned the tides of battles and changed history. Rarely seen archival footage and accounts from vets who were there highlight these thrilling stories of engineering genius and extraordinary bravery.
The World's Most Beautiful Railway
2019
Histoire de trains
2000
Die gefährlichsten Bahnstrecken der Welt
2021
Railway Adventures Across Australia
The 800 Million Pound Railway Station
2007
The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track
2013
Great Continental Railway Journeys
2012
Around the World by Train With Tony Robinson
2019
Unlimited...
2012
Trains That Changed the World
2018
2015
From a mobile command headquarters for Hitler to the trains that carried out mass murder, track the history of the Nazi railway.
Discover the shocking story of the construction of WWII's Death Railway from some of the Allied POWs forced to build it.
From ambulance train to cutting-edge mobile hospital, see how the railway industry saved lives for over a century of war.
From Bull Run to the Petersburg Campaign, see how trains affected and defined the American Civil War.
Hop aboard and hear the stories of four rail journeys that changed the course of WWII, the Russian Revolution, and more.
From Lawrence of Arabia to Winston Churchill, discover stories of railway espionage and sabotage in times of war.
See how the efficiency of railways in WWI led not to a speedy victory but to the interminable horror of trench warfare.
Track the vital role British trains played during World War II, through firsthand accounts and rarely seen footage.
