The Architecture the Railways Built: Season 4, Episode 9

4 - 9: Leeds

Tim explores the birthplace of British locomotive manufacturing - Leeds. Starting at the Round Foundry, the combined engineering works that turned out Salamanca, the world's first commercially successful steam locomotive. In Halifax, Tim discovers a story from the beginnings of the railways, when the canal was still king, and railway architecture demonstrates the rails' deferential position.

And at the National Railway Museum in York, Tim dishes up the facts on railway dining, including the unusual story of Swindon Refreshment Rooms.