Nature on Rails

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

2017

Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe

2018

Elizabethan Express

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along the

1954

Train Time

A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.

1952

Cavalcade of San Francisco

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

1940

Model Citizens

Somewhere in the world right now--much closer than you think--people are playing with trains. You might not see them at first, but they're there. In b

2016

3rd Ave. El

Impressionistic picture of the Third Avenue Elevated Railway in Manhattan, New York City, before it was demolished. Preserved by the Academy Film Arc

1955

How They Dug the Victoria Line

First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings narrates the

1969

Tshiuetin

Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. Come for the celebration of the po

2016

Panoramic View of Conway on the L. & N.W. Railway

A hand-colored ride along the Bangor-Conwy-Colwyn Bay railroad filmed from an express train from the London and North Western Railway; Stations, vista

1898

TGV, la réussite française

2017

Under Night Streets

After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behind the scenes making London's Underground fit to tr

1958

How to Fix a Railway

A multibillion-pound investment is underway to make our railways bigger, better and faster. Over three years, we go behind the scenes with Wales’s new

2023

The Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway

This rich, historical documentary captures the story of the high-speed, electric transit system that sparked the growth and development of Puget Sound

1996

Last of the Giants

A Union Pacific production outlining the Big Boy locomotive and the history of the last great steam engine to rule the rails

1959

A Railroad at Work

A documentary on railroads doing their daily tasks created by trhe The Milwaukee Railroad

1942

End of an Era

A documentary on the passing of the steam locomotive as the primary means of transportation in the United States

1962

A Great Railroad at Work

A documentary outlining railroad work and the effects on the lives impacted by the iron horse

1942

Desert Empire

A travelogue, this film provides a guided tour of pre-World War II Utah and of course does not pretend to cinematic greatness. Recommended viewing for

1948

Big Trains Rolling

A production of the association of American Railroads outlining the wonders of America's rail system.

1955