Victorian England, London. The industrial revolution is inevitable: previously unthinkable technologies are confidently entering the lives of millions of people. Everyone wants to get to the capital of England, inspired by new opportunities. Everyone wants to take part in creating a new world in which kings lose their absolute power, and money will equalize everyone. Nevertheless, not everyone believes that such a world is a boon. The workers, who move a huge locomotive of the British Empire day by day, are no different from slaves - other people are reaping the fruits of their labor, and they themselves live in poverty and, without suffering severe conditions, die young.