This film is for all those who love the sight and sound of the steam railway and is a tribute to the dedicated bands of people who ensure that the most living of man’s machines, the steam engine, continues to bring hours of pleasure to hundreds of thousands of people everywhere. No stuffed museum pieces, they really work for their living. Smoke and steam pours out from every angle.
In this programme, we feature heavy metal in action as the unrebuilt Pacific 34567 "Tangmere" heads a heavily-loaded mainline rail tour on the Torbay Express service to Kingswear. Everything is against her; there's rain in the air, she's running late and the engine is not steaming particularly well.
An archive film journey along the Highland main line in 1965 from Perth to Inverness, Wick and Thurso, with a trip from Kyle of Lochalsh in an observation car. From British Pathé TV's Railway Collection.
Geoff Silcock’s recordings of memorable railway events from the 1990s to the early 2000s. Recreating a journey through the years of steam, this film features a wide variety of locations and engines. From British Pathé TV's Railway Collection.