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George Stephenson had
achieved the impossible. Today if you build a railway,
you have a whole team of experts behind you and you have a
century of information. But for Stephenson, this was
the first in the world. There were no other experts
to turn to and, actually, he had to be a politician,
an engineer and a manager. It's a lot to ask of
someone to combine all of those specialist roles. But he did it. And he forced
the railway through
achieved the impossible. Today if you build a railway,
you have a whole team of experts behind you and you have a
century of information. But for Stephenson, this was
the first in the world. There were no other experts
to turn to and, actually, he had to be a politician,
an engineer and a manager. It's a lot to ask of
someone to combine all of those specialist roles. But he did it. And he forced
the railway through
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George Stephenson had
achieved the impossible.
00:00:04.092 --> 00:00:09.000
Today if you build a railway,
you have a whole team of experts
00:00:09.999 --> 00:00:13.006
behind you and you have a
century of information.
00:00:13.064 --> 00:00:16.044
But for Stephenson, this was
the first in the world.
00:00:16.048 --> 00:00:19.056
There were no other experts
to turn to and, actually,
00:00:19.006 --> 00:00:23.092
he had to be a politician,
an engineer and a manager.
00:00:23.096 --> 00:00:26.012
It's a lot to ask of
someone to combine
00:00:26.016 --> 00:00:28.002
all of those specialist roles.
00:00:28.024 --> 00:00:30.076
But he did it. And he forced
the railway through.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
