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    《火车起革命》让我们踏上了这个机车的奇妙历史之旅。走访世界各大洲,发掘个个独特又不平凡的火车故事。先由当年英帝国一个雄心勃勃但尚未完工的开普敦-开罗的铁路计划说起,述说出帝国对非洲大陆的野心,甚至不惜人力物力在乌干达兴建「疯狂铁路」;同样艰钜的美国洛矶山脉铁路工程却改变了美国;而印度次大陆的殖民地铁路建设计划,亦令印度成为今天全球第八大铁路运输机构的雇主和第四大铁路网络,每天载客量超过2200万人次。这套纪录片记录了人类历史发展的进程,从革命和战争,到非凡的技术和科学发展,揭示了火车如何帮助我们去定义这个世界。


    A captivating journey through the rich history of railways Since their invention, trains have changed the way we live. They have brought communities together, unified nations, shrunk continents, and become the power and reach on which whole empires have been built.“How Trains Changed the World” takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of this marvelous machine. It is a voyage of discovery through every continent of the world, each with its own unique stories to tell about “The Iron Horse”. From the Cape-to-Cairo railway, an ambitious yet unfinished project started by the British Empire to establish control over the African continent, a section of which still runs today as “The Lunatic Express”; to the extraordinary feats of engineering and endurance it took to drive a railway over – and through – the Rocky Mountains in the US; and the colonial railway building program in India, which forms the basis of what is, today, the fourth largest railway network and eighth largest employer in the world, carrying more than 22 million passengers every day. Charting the history of mankind itself, from revolution and war to extraordinary technological and scientific advances, this fascinating documentary reveals the story of how trains have helped to define our world.