Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation (2017)

Trains : Deux Siècles d'innovation

Nearly 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?

Date of release

2017-02-23

Genres

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Director

Sigrid Clément, Cyrille Massey

Casting

• Cédric Allard — Narrator (voice)
• Clive Lamming — Self - Railway historian
• Philippe Hérissé — Self - Engineer, train transportation expert
• Christophe Keseljevic — Self - Railway expert
• Michèle Merger — Self - Researcher and historian
• Philippe Mirville — Self - President of the French national railway museum
• Laurent Quessette — Self - Jurist, railway expert
• Jean-Marie Duthilleul — Self - Architect, train station expert
• Jean-Claude Lustyk — Self - TGV driver

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