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This course wants to focus on the lives of the people who

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made the railways work. 

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Some of the groups that we'll explore on this course,

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you may already know about. 

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Drivers have long held a fascination

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for members of the public. 

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You may know about the technology of signalling,

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and by extension, the signalers who operated it.

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If you've travelled by train in Britain,

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you'll have passed through the landscapes created

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by the hard work of the navvies

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who reshaped this country with little more

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than a pick-axe and a spade. 

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It's not just about the machines and the technology,

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It's about the human relationship

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to that technology. 

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Join us to explore the history of the people who

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made the railways work. 

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