Steam Trains

In this collection of television and radio programmes, we celebrate the craftsmanship inherent in steam trains and the beauty of the British countryside through which these locomotives have passed.

Unusual Recordings - Some Famous Trains, 1936
audio
Locomotive testing, 1948
video
Standard locomotive, 1951
video
Children's Newsreel - A Dog's Day Out, 1952
video
Sounds from the Mallard footplate, 1960
audio
Strange and beautiful names, 1963
video
The Four Steamers, 1964
video
The Flying Scotsman, 1966
video
Cleaning the Flying Scotsman, 1973
video
Preservation society, 1975
video
150 years of commuter rail, 1975
video
Steam Scene, 1978
audio
Steam into Summer, 1979
video
The Bluebell line, 1980
video
Confessions of a Train Spotter, 1980
video
See Hear! - East Somerset Railway, 1981
video
Steam Days - The Fishing Line, 1986
video
Steam Days - Going Great Western, 1986
video
Steam and Wildlife, 1989
video

4472 - Flying Scotsman, 1968
video
The Past at Work - Railway Mania, 1980
video
Rocket 150 at Rainhill, 1980
video
The West Highlander, 1988
video
The Train Now Departing - Steam on the Isle of Man, 1988
video
The Train Now Departing - The Survivors, 1988
video

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