The Orient Express - A Train Writes History | Full Historical Documentary

Now immortalized in pop culture thanks to books and movies, few realize that the Orient Express was a real train and a supreme feat of 19th-century engineering and logistics. Putting the Orient Express — also called “the train of trains” — on its tracks was a drama of its own. Several times, the ambitious project of Georges Nagelmackers was on the brink of failure as the Belgian entrepreneur was facing the bankruptcy of his sleeping car company, the Compagnie International des Wagons-Lits (CIWL). Yet, he kept on striving for his goal — to link Europe’s capitals by a network of night trains. -- Welcome to the official youtube channel! 🌍 We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to the far reaches of the cosmos. New uploads of full-length documentaries and docu-series every week! Subscribe here: