16mm film, original master 'The Last Train from Abergavenny to Merthyr'

Filmed on 5 January 1958, footage of the last train running between Abergavenny and Merthyr in Wales, on the Ebbw Vale and Rhymney branches, led by locomotive No. 58926. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 3 minutes

This film is part of the Railway Roundabout collection donated by the makers of the programme, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. They produced films on contemporary British and foreign railways for the BBC Children's programme 'Railway Roundabout, broadcast monthly between 1958 and 1962 on BBC Television. The commentary was created and broadcast live, so the original films in the collection are silent. The Railway Roundabout collection includes the original masters, prints, some offcuts and working material for Railway Roundabout programmes as well as other films (non-Railway Roundabout) made by the John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and a small number of films made by others. The collection also includes the original un-edited audio recordings made between 1960 and 1965 by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse for the BBC radio programme Railway Roundup. Additionally, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse were both photographers, their respective photographic collections are held by the National Railway Museum. This film is titled 'The Last Train from Abergavenny to Merthyr' on the title frame on film, on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list and on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 20 May 1958 on BBC Television, this title is part of one of the first Railway Roundabout programmes broadcast.