Rent The Story of Trains (2002)

This fascinating programme includes unprecedented access to the footplate on many famous engines, along with commentary from their drivers and firemen. From the humble Victorian tank engines and narrow gauge industrial engines right through to Eurostar and the latest giant freight engines, 'The Story of Trains' is a journey through time, with wonderful archive footage, that brings each decade vividly to life and shows trains at war and the railways' wider role in a changing society. 'The Story of Trains' is testimony to just how much the railway locomotive really has been an engine of change.