Rail Away

Season 7, Episode 5

Episode Title: England: Exeter - Plymouth - Liskeard - Looe - St. Erth - Saint Ives - Penzance

Air Date: 2001-05-16

Overview:

The story of the railroad through the West Country, the South West of England. The builder of the railroad through Devon and Cornwall, Brunel, was a strong proponent of the use of broad gauge and 'atmospheric power', a kind of air pressure that was to drive the train