Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
The historian and broadcaster examines the impact the railway had on London in the late 1830s, linking it to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. This was the start of a truly national network and one of the greatest civil engineering projects in history, while tycoons including Samuel Morton Peto and George Hudson made fortunes as the stock markets boomed. However, the bubble burst in 1847 and shares plummeted, leaving thousands of people facing bankruptcy courts
Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways airs on U&Yesterday HD at 3:20 PM, Sunday 28 June. (Subtitles, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
General
Dan Snow
Presenter
Helen Nixon
Producer
Eamon Hardy
Executive Producer
Melanie Archer
Series Producer