Michael Portillo's 200 Years Of The Railways (BBC2)Rating:Michael Portillo has been celebrating two centuries of rail travel. For the second episode of his 200 Years Of The Railways, he was in Derby at an event called The Greatest Gathering. Michael Portillo leads a landmark journey through 200 years of railPortillo onboard the working replica of Locomotion No. An estimated 60,000 people took the train to London for the 1904 FA Cup final between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers. 'Railways were a transformative technology that changed everything about the way people lived,' said Michael in summary.