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Rob Bell explores the era when our modern railways were born in the industrial heartlands of the North-East, where for over 150 years coal was king. Visiting former collieries, living museums and meeting former miners, he tells the story of the 1822 Hetton line, the world's first railway designed for steam locomotives.
In the series, Tarrant travels worldwide to visit railways that go through the harshest terrain. [2] [3] He also travels on railways that are some of the world's oldest and most scenic, [4] and finds out their history. [5] So far, six series of the programme have aired from 5 December 2012 to 3 December 2020.
The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track is a British television documentary broadcast on BBC Two and narrated by Kevin Whately. It is about passenger railway operations in Britain. [1] The series, produced by Century Films, comprises six episodes and was first broadcast on 12 February 2013.
His works for television and radio include: Between the Lines, Railways in Fiction and Film (2008), [8] Disappearing Dad, Fathers in Literature (2010), [9] The Trains that Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys (2015), [10] all in the Timeshift series, and three essay series for Radio 3, The Sound and The Fury (2013), [11] England Ejects ...
A night-time track walk along forgotten District line stations St Mary's and Aldgate East, and disused parts of Oxford Circus. 6 23 August 2021 Clapham Clapham South deep level air raid shelter used during the Second World War and the remains of the Greathead tunnelling shield at Moorgate. At the depot, they discover an original London ...
The Architecture the Railways Built is a British factual documentary series presented by the historian Tim Dunn, first broadcast in the United Kingdom from 28 April 2020 on Yesterday. Each episode explores railway sites across the UK and Europe, including historical, abandoned, modern and future elements.
Utah Central Railway Extension - the narrow gauge Utah Central Railway (1890-1897), which was nothing to do with the Utah Central Railroad (1869–1881), was building an extension from Park City eastwards to Moon's Mill 1890, and had laid track before it went bankrupt in 1893 and work was abandoned. Proposed to the Colorado state line, 17.5 ...
Catesby Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel in Northamptonshire on the route of the former Great Central Main Line. Its northern portal is about 1,100 yards (1,000 m) south of Catesby Viaduct and 250 yards (230 m) west of Upper Catesby , with the tunnel ending at Charwelton to the south.