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| A few films featuring railway relics have found their way onto YouTube, including a couple we made. We've built these into pages on our site. To step back in time, click on their title. |
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A short, silent film capturing one of Britain's forgotten minor railways.
BFI Films (1930)
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A delightfully evocative film recording the last days and dismantling of the Scarborough to Whitby railway. Frank Dean (1967)
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Colour film showing movements at the terminus of the Alnwick branch.
(1964)
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Another film featuring the 24 mile S&D line from Evercreech Junction, with Sir John Betjeman. BBC (1963)
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A Yorkshire farmer up-sticks and moves his business to Sussex by train.
(1951)
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Home movie footage of the line from shortly before its closure.
(1960s)
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A silent collection of shots showing the workings of the long-gone Great Central Railway in and around Leicester. (1960s)
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The last days of the Hayling Billy, set to music.
(1963)
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Jim Clemens' film chronicles the rural lines around the two county towns.
(1964)
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Three contrasting films capturing different views of steam on the island.
(1960s)
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Rare footage of the much-missed Liverpool Overhead Railway which was dismantled in 1957.
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A local landmark captured as it was taken apart.
(1966)
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Capturing the life and death of the Great Central around Nottingham.
(1964)
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Enjoy the freedom of the open railroad by taking your car onto the tracks.
Pathe News (1962)
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The story of the Bala & Ffestiniog, told by the last guard to travel the line.
Four by Three (1997)
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A nostalgic journey along the defunct Somerset & Dorset Railway.
(1984)
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A high quality film recalling a gentler way of getting around the Isle of Wight.
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Evocative cine film of the former Suffolk branch, accompanied by Flanders & Swan's 'Slow Train' lament.
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Cine film showing the awesome Severn Railway Bridge shortly after being fatally damaged by a drifting oil barge.
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A newsreel item recording the dismantling of the bridge's 22 surviving spans. (1967)
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An award-winning classic demonstrates British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling. BFI (1963)
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Clearing a stretch of the Stainmore route, blocked by severe winter snows.
BTF (1955)
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A retired Devon signalman recalls the life, times and decline of the county's rail services.
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The reminiscences of two firemen who used to work the Wensleydale Railway. Four by Three (2004)
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Two films showing the old GN line between Derby and Nottingham, including Bennerley Viaduct.
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Colour cine film showing the last days of the truncated Wansbeck branch.
(1966)
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A different world on the railway of yesteryear.
National Library of Scotland
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