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Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
S2, EP9 "The Railroads That Tamed the West"
In one of the greatest building achievements in history, East and West were joined by a thin ribbon of steel and wood.
S14, EP9 "Locomotives"
Zip through the french countryside at nearly 300 MPH on the TGV, the fastest locomotive in the world; ride on the little engines that could as they guide giant ships through the Panama Canal; watch two locomotives crash head-on.
S9, EP6 "Bullet Trains"
Trains capable of speeds of up to 190 miles per hour can be found throughout the world; scientists are looking at new alternatives to electricity, including magnetic levitation that can move passenger trains 345 miles per hour and beyond.
S6 "The London Underground"
The world's first underground railway holds London together.
S21, EP7 "Freight Trains Plus"
Climbing aboard the complex rail network that snakes through valleys, over rivers and across prairies to get America's goods from the factory to front doors.
