All aboard for 10 fascinating train facts that will leave your jaw on the tracks! From the steam engines that powered the industrial revolution to the bullet trains of today hitting speeds over 300 mph, we're conducing a knowledge train that will shock you more than third rail! Learn the explosive impact ultra-fast maglev trains will have on future transportation and technology. Discover what gives trains an edge friction-wise over truck and car travel. Plus, iconic locomotives like the Orient Express and Flying Scotsman get the spotlight treatment - even the USA's early railroad expansion and pioneering lines like Big Boy get coal-fired up on our whistlestop ride through train history! We're pulling out all the stops digging into railway science, iconic infrastructure like the First Transcontinental Railroad, the nuts and bolts of steel rail tec ...