Trains: Two Centuries of 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?

• Cyrille MasseyWriter
• Sigrid ClémentWriter
• Mathurin RayWriter
• Sigrid ClémentDirector
• Cyrille MasseyDirector

• Cédric AllardNarrator (voice)
• Clive LammingSelf - Railway historian
• Philippe HérisséSelf - Engineer, train transportation expert
• Christophe KeseljevicSelf - Railway expert
• Michèle MergerSelf - Researcher and historian
• Philippe MirvilleSelf - President of the French national railway museum
• Laurent QuessetteSelf - Jurist, railway expert
• Jean-Marie DuthilleulSelf - Architect, train station expert
• Jean-Claude LustykSelf - TGV driver