Les maîtres du rail (2018)

Crossing landscapes at more than 300 km/h, comfortably installed in a train, is nowadays a matter of course. However, very high speed on rails is a feat and the result of two centuries of technological epic that has changed the history of mankind. Matthieu Barreau, engineer and teacher in mechanical engineering, tells the story of these pioneers, capable of overcoming technical challenges to design ever more powerful machines. From Great Britain to the United States during the conquest of the West, then to the 20th century, the history of the train and the railroad is traced.