An exciting and nostalgic series of archive 16mm films. All the material in this programme has not previously appeared in a documentary and covers virtually every part of the British Isles, including private railways, in the early 1950s.
There are over 150 different steam locomotives in this film – too many to list here! Some of these are: LCDR "R" on main line, Ivatt 4, 45XX, 90XX, Webb 2-4-2T around Birmingham, GSWR branch, North Staffs Mental Hospital, Q6s and A8s on the North East Coast, BR Trams at Grimsby and many more.
This film covers a wide area during the first three years of the 1960s. Follows on directly from Volumes 3 and 4 with further coverage of the Scottish Rail Tour of 1960, moving geographically down the British Isles via the Cromford and High Peak Railway, Kings Cross, Birmingham, the Central Wales...
An exciting and nostalgic series of archive 16mm films. All the material in this programme has not previously appeared in a documentary and covers virtually every part of the British Isles, including private railways, in the early 1950s. This volume of the series covers B.R. on a geographical bas...