The Somerset & Dorset Remembered
Railways • 53m
Filmed mostly in 1965, the final year before its closure in March 1966, this journey takes the viewer on the line from Bath to Evercreech Junction, then along the branch to Highbridge and Burnham, before returning to the main line to continue a journey southwards from Evercreech to Bournemouth. From British Pathé TV's Railway Collection.
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