Forgotten Transportation Systems

Chapters 00:00 open 01:54 Scene 1: Cold Open — The Ghost Train 02:37 Scene 2: Before — Cities Move Without Answers 03:08 Scene 3: Building the Impossible — Design Meets Incentive 04:09 Scene 4: The Pneumatic Promise — London’s Underground 05:09 Scene 5: The Trolley’s Secret Undoing — Los Angeles, 1936 06:10 Scene 6: Vanishing Ice Roads — Alaska, 1980s 07:11 Scene 7: What the Official Story Got Wrong 08:11 Scene 8: Ruins and Shadows — What Remains 09:09 Scene 9: Closing Some narration and visuals in this video were produced with AI tools. The research, thesis, and edit were reviewed by a human editor. Some stills are in-studio AI illustrations (landscapes and machines), not photographs of people or events. #engineeringhistory #vanishedcompanies #industrialhistory #documentary #thelostmachine