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  1. Episode 6

    6/6The team learn how cheaper rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians.

  2. Episode 5

    5/6The team head to the South Devon Railway.

  3. Episode 4

    4/6At the National Railway Museum, Alex and Peter help get the Flying Scotsman into steam.

  4. Episode 3

    3/6How railways transformed the British diet, saving a nation that struggled to feed itself.

  5. Episode 2

    2/6A look at how railways began to move people, rather than just goods, around the country.

  6. Episode 1

    1/6How the introduction of steam railways in the early 19th century changed Britain.