Motion History
288 videos • 191,881 views • by Ruairidh MacVeigh
Motion History is a series of Mini-Documentaries that cover the history of various forms of transport, including planes, trains and automobiles.
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The Often Forgotten Tale of the Peaks
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The Bumpy Ride of the Class 323
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The History of the Slip Coach
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The Car That Nearly Killed BMW - BMW 507
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How the Class 158 and 159 saved Regional Railways
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The Strange Tale of the Bond Bug
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The History of the Networkers
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The History of the TGV
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RMS Titanic: Factors of Destruction
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The Tragedy of the MV Derbyshire
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Turning Japanese - The Tale of the Triumph Acclaim
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The History of the Beechcraft Starship
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Femme Fatale - The Story of the Dodge La Femme
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What was the Malaise Era of American Motoring?
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Disaster Down Under - Leyland P76
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Britain's Quietest Railway Stations
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The History of the NAMC YS-11
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The Turbulent Life of the London Black Cab
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The History of the ICE
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How Deregulation Saved the US Airline Industry
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The Stylish Story of the Volvo 480
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Britain's Oldest Commercial Train - 1938 Stock/Class 483
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The Regal Rover - Rover P5
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Why the British Rail Modernisation Plan Failed
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What was Airline Deregulation in the UK?
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The Troublesome Tale of the Class 180
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Ambition over Abilities - The Jensen-Healey
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The History of Italian High Speed Railways
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The Last of the Aristocrats - The Daimler DS420
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What Killed the Trijets?
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Americans in Paris - When Cadillac and Chevy came to Europe
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The History of HSTs in the West
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Flying Friendship - The Fokker F27 and Fokker 50
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Case Specific - Hawker Siddeley Trident
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Airport Stories - Montreal Mirabel
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An Unhappy Pilgrim - Triumph Mayflower
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The History of the AVE
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The Worst Selling Commercial Airliners
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Welsh Wheels - The History of Gilbern
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The Colonial Connection - East African Airways
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The Short Lived Tale of Merkur
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The Worst Engine Ever Made? - Triumph V8
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Electric Revolution - The First Generation Electrics
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The Cursed History of BSAA
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The Continental Division - Ford's Brief Ultra-Luxury Fling
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The Story of the Class 31
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Jaguar XJ-S - From Calamity to Classic
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Britten-Norman - The UK's Secret Aviation Success Story
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AMC Gremlin - More Than Appearances
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The History of HSTs in the East
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The Six Lives of Braniff International
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The Mystery of the 1906 Salisbury Train Crash
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The Story of the Ilyushin Il-86 and Il-96
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Reliant Scimitar Part 1 - Scimitar GT, GTE and GTC
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Class 309 - The Clacton Express
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Reliant Scimitar Part 2 - Scimitar SS1, SST and Scimitar Sabre
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Class 50 - The Love/Hate Locomotive
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The Supercar War - 1986 to 1993
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The Story of the Trans Europe Express
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Short Belfast - Britain's Hercules
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Bulleid Pacifics - The Spam Cans
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Taiwan's Shadow Airlines
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Supercar Stories - Porsche 959
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The History of the Island Line
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CP Air - Canada's Second Airline
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Supercar Stories - Ferrari F40
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Near Miss at the World Trade Center - 1981
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BMC 9X - The Mini Replacement That Never Was
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Death of the Quadjets
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Supercar Stories - Bugatti EB110
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The Long and Turbulent History of the Checker Cab
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Kings of the Railway - GWR 6000 Class
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Supercar Stories - Jaguar XJ220
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Class 59 and Class 66 - The American Revolution
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The History of the Beechcraft Baron
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The Ugliest Car Ever Made? - Ford Scorpio
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Push-Pull Trains of the UK
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The Wings Alliance - The KLM/Northwest Partnership
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The HS 748 and BAe ATP Story
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Supercar Stories - McLaren F1
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Jensen C-V8 - A Misunderstood Gem
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Rover R30 - The Car That Killed Rover
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The Wessex Electrics - Class 442
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BAC Three-Eleven - The Great British Betrayal
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MG EX-E - MG's Lost 170mph Supercar
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Mini Clubman - The Mini Impersonator?
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The Story of the Picc-Vic Tunnel
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The History of HSTs on the Cross Country Network
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The DC-9 Story - Part 1: The Douglas DC-9
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The History of the Super Chief
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Vauxhall Calibra - The World's Most Aerodynamic Car
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Borgward - Germany's Second Largest Carmaker
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The Tale of the Diesel Hydraulics
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The History of HSTs on the Midland Region
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The DC-9 Story - Part 2: MD-80, MD-90 and Boeing 717
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The Regal Tale of the Princess Royals
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Death of the UK Car Industry - Part 1: BMC
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Rolls-Royce Camargue - The Italian Adventure
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Death of the UK Car Industry - Part 2: British Leyland
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History of the Big Four - Great Western Railway
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CP Air - Canada's Second Airline
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Supercar Stories - Ferrari F40
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Near Miss at the World Trade Center - 1981
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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BMC 9X - The Mini Replacement That Never Was
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Death of the Quadjets
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Supercar Stories - Bugatti EB110
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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[Private video]
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The Long and Turbulent History of the Checker Cab
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Kings of the Railway - GWR 6000 Class
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Supercar Stories - Jaguar XJ220
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Class 59 and Class 66 - The American Revolution
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The History of the Beechcraft Baron
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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115
The Ugliest Car Ever Made? - Ford Scorpio
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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116
Push-Pull Trains of the UK
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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117
The Wings Alliance - The KLM/Northwest Partnership
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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118
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The HS 748 and BAe ATP Story
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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120
Supercar Stories - McLaren F1
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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121
Jensen C-V8 - A Misunderstood Gem
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Rover R30 - The Car That Killed Rover
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The Wessex Electrics - Class 442
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BAC Three-Eleven - The Great British Betrayal
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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MG EX-E - MG's Lost 170mph Supercar
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Mini Clubman - The Mini Impersonator?
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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The Story of the Picc-Vic Tunnel
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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The History of HSTs on the Cross Country Network
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The DC-9 Story - Part 1: The Douglas DC-9
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The History of the Super Chief
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Vauxhall Calibra - The World's Most Aerodynamic Car
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Borgward - Germany's Second Largest Carmaker
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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The Tale of the Diesel Hydraulics
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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The History of HSTs on the Midland Region
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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137
The DC-9 Story - Part 2: MD-80, MD-90 and Boeing 717
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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The Regal Tale of the Princess Royals
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Death of the UK Car Industry - Part 1: BMC
Ruairidh MacVeigh
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Rolls-Royce Camargue - The Italian Adventure
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Death of the UK Car Industry - Part 2: British Leyland
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History of the Big Four - Great Western Railway
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Death of the UK Car Industry - Part 3: Austin-Rover
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Airbus A340 - 4 Engines 4 Long Haul
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History of the Big Four - London Midland & Scottish Railway
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History of the Big Four - Southern Railway
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Short 330 and 360 - The Feederliners
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Death of the UK Car Industry - Part 4: The Rover Group and MG-Rover
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The Fokker Jet Story - Part 1: Fokker F28 Fellowship
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History of the Big Four - London and North Eastern Railway
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The Fokker Jet Story - Part 2: Fokker 70 & 100
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Jaguar F-Type - The 40-year Itch
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The Collapse of Swissair - Pride before a Fall
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Lotus Elan M100 - The Forgotten Lotus
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The 1957 Defence White Paper - Death by a Thousand Cuts
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Gaylord Gladiator - More than a Name
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Tilting Triumph - X2000
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BMW 8 Series - A Step Outside The Box
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The British Airways/American Airlines Merger - Atlantic Crossing
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Class 91 - The Electra
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The Rise and Fall of Leyland Trucks and Buses
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The HS.125 - Britain's Most Successful Commercial Jet
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Class 60 - Brilliant but Flawed
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Short SA.6 Sealand - Britain's Last Flying Boat
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Airspeed Ambassador - The Silver Wing
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Austin Maxi - The Mini's Big Brother
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Talbot Sunbeam - Putting a Shine on Things
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America's Fastest Steam Trains - Milwaukee Road Class A and F7
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Class 47 - The Understated Workhorse
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Jaguar's Worst Car? - The XJ40 Story
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Silver Seraph and Arnage - The Last of the Classics
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The Scandal that broke Mrs. Thatcher - The Westland Affair
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Lockheed L-188 Electra - America's Most Controversial Airliner
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Class 37 - Compact but Charismatic
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Nightstar and Regional Eurostar - The Stars That Didn't Shine
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The Alstom Coradia - Britain's Most Unreliable Trains
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The Story of Leyland Vans and LDV
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The Story of the Class 321
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Douglas DC-10 Twin - A Self-Destructive Dream
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Mercedes-Benz 600 - Desire of the Dictators
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Daimler SP250 - The Sacred and Profane
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Britain's Most Powerful Diesel - HS4000 Kestrel
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Alfa Romeo Montreal - Italy's Forgotten Sports Car
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Convairliners - The Perilous Pioneers
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America's Failed High Speed Train - Budd Metroliner
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Short Stuff - Boeing 747SP (Reworked)
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The Rise and Fall of the Maybach 57 and 62 (Reworked)
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The Last Stand of British Steam - BR Standard Class 9F (Reworked)
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The Greatest Flying Boat That Never Was - Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess (Reworked)
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Laker's Skytrain - Disrupt the System
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London's Big Red Bus - The AEC Routemaster Story (Reworked)
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The Car That Saved Rolls-Royce - The Silver Spirit Story
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National Grid - The Class 56 Story (Reworked)
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Class 319 - Thames Crossing
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Communist China's 707 - Shanghai Y-10 (Reworked)
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Canada's Failed Sports Car - Bricklin SV-1 (Reworked)
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Austin 1800 - Too Big For its Boots
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The Story of the Golden Arrow and the Night Ferry (Reworked)
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Class 58 - A Career Cut Short
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Too Advanced For Its Own Good - Beech Starship (Reworked)
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Britain Surrenders - The Vickers VC7 and V-1000 Story
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How to Self-Destruct a Car Company - The Docker Daimlers
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The Gas-Powered Steam Train - English Electric GT3
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No one's Business - Aérospatiale SN 601 Corvette
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American Style with a British Heart - Nash Metropolitan
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Class 86 - The Electric Backbone
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