Modern Marvels
Season 9, Episode 49: Great Train Disasters
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Throughout railroad history, disasters lay at the heart of progress since expansion and profit proved the main goals of management. In 1875 alone, an average of 22 train accidents happened daily; in 1890, over 6,000 people were killed. We’ll examine how safety, once a secondary consideration, became a primary goal.
All Episodes - Season 9
Episode 1
Breweries.
Episode 2
War Planes of World War II
Episode 3
The Winchester
Episode 4
Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks and Jeeps
Episode 5
Tunnels of Vietnam.
Episode 6
Helicopters
Episode 7
Private Jets
Episode 8
James Bond Gadgets.
Episode 9
Remote Control
Episode 10
Million Dollar Tech
Episode 11
Pleasure Boats
Episode 12
Bulletproof.
Episode 13
Siege Machines.
Episode 14
The Junkyard
Episode 15
The F-14
Episode 16
Engines
Episode 17
The Magnum
Episode 18
The Wheel
Episode 19
Star City
Episode 20
Ice Breakers
Episode 21
Fire and Ice.
Episode 22
Muscle Cars
Episode 23
Axes, Swords and Knives.
Episode 24
The World's Biggest Machines.
Episode 25
Drag Racing
Episode 26
The Manhattan Project.
Episode 27
The Tackle Box
Episode 28
Hunting Gear.
Episode 29
Camouflage
Episode 30
Models
Episode 31
Hangars
Episode 32
Beach Technology
Episode 33
The Big Dig
Episode 34
Super Guns
Episode 35
Strategic Air Command.
Episode 36
Gasoline
Episode 37
Towing.
Episode 38
Jet Engines
Episode 39
Nordhausen
Episode 40
War Trains
Episode 41
Liberty Ships of World War II
Episode 42
Magnets
Episode 43
The Chrysler Building.
Episode 44
The Autobahn
Episode 45
Home Tech
Episode 46
Cranes
Episode 47
The Internet: Behind The Web
Episode 48
Sherman Tanks
Episode 49
Great Train Disasters
Episode 50
Secret Life Of The Crash Test Dummy
Episode 51
High Tech Sex
Episode 52
The Spitfire
Episode 53
Garbage
Episode 54
More Bond Gadgets
Episode 55
Limos
Episode 56
Digi-Tech
Episode 57
Salt Mines
Episode 58
Concept Cars
Episode 59
Runways
Episode 60
Failed Inventions.