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How Trains Changed the World

8.0 IMDb tt9383460 2018 Documentary

The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods and population, the design of cities, to conquest and warfare, there are few aspects of civilization that were left untouched by these machines.

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Kevin Spink

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