Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation
2017Nearly 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?
Acted in
Cédric Allard
as Narrator (voice)
Clive Lamming
as Self - Railway historian
Philippe Hérissé
as Self - Engineer, train transportation expert
Christophe Keseljevic
as Self - Railway expert
Michèle Merger
as Self - Researcher and historian
Philippe Mirville
as Self - President of the French national railway museum
Laurent Quessette
as Self - Jurist, railway expert
Jean-Marie Duthilleul
as Self - Architect, train station expert
Jean-Claude Lustyk
as Self - TGV driver