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Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And by the 1860s, reading on the railwayshad become so popular that there was a whsmithon...

And by the 1860s, reading on the railways
had become so popular that there was a whsmith
on almost every major station

Full Transcript

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And by the 1860s,
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reading on the railways had become so popular
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that there was a whsmith on almost every major station.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:40
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres

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Movie Summary

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
S01 • E01 Almost all of those great trees were cut down long ago. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
Almost all of those great trees were cut down long ago.
S01 • E01 Teak is now one of the worlds' most endangered species of wood. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
Teak is now one of the worlds' most endangered species ...
S01 • E04 But without proper lighting, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
But without proper lighting,
S01 • E01 As a result, sustainably produced teak - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
As a result, sustainably produced teak
S01 • E04 As soon as the sun went down, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
As soon as the sun went down,
S01 • E01 So, rescuing vintage teak panels like this is the team's best option. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
So, rescuing vintage teak panels like this is the team'...
S01 • E04 Now, this is a replica of one of his crab railway reading lamps. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
Now, this is a replica of one of his crab railway reading la...
S01 • E01 What we're going to do next - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
What we're going to do next
S01 • E04 (Laughs) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
(Laughs)
S01 • E01 It's important to get the grain inline, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
It's important to get the grain inline,
S01 • E04 It was the first to make use of a revolutionary new technology - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
It was the first to make use of a revolutionary new technolo...
S01 • E01 And you see where the line of glue is, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
And you see where the line of glue is,
S01 • E04 In Roman times, if you were going to light your house, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
In Roman times, if you were going to light your house,
S01 • E04 2,000 years on, the victorians were using the very same technology. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
2,000 years on, the victorians were using the very same tech...
S01 • E01 We've got about 30 panels to do but some of them are 19ft long. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
We've got about 30 panels to do but some of them are 19...
S01 • E01 The outside might look traditional, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
The outside might look traditional,
S01 • E04 But then it was found that if you heated up coal in a sealed container - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
But then it was found that if you heated up coal in a sealed...
S01 • E01 By 1912, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
By 1912,
S01 • E04 It may not look like it, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
It may not look like it,
S01 • E01 Henry's been discovering how and why it was invented. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
Henry's been discovering how and why it was invented.