England: Exeter - Plymouth - Liskeard - Looe - St. Erth - Saint Ives - Penzance

16th May 2001 25 mins Season 7 Episode 5

The story of the railroad through the West Country, the South West of England. The builder of the railroad through Devon and Cornwall, Brunel, was a strong proponent of the use of broad gauge and 'atmospheric power', a kind of air pressure that was to drive the train

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Season 7 · Episode 6

Italy & Switzerland: Domodossola - Locarno

The Centovali line through the hundred valleys, which connects the north of Italy and the south of Switzerland. It is a story of the mayor of Locarno, who wanted a railway line between the two major north-south lines in the Alps, the Simplon and the Gotthard line, Italy and Switzerland.

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