Original 8mm amateur films of Railways and Tramways

Made:
1960-1985 in United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Spain and Europe

8 original 8mm colour film footage of railways and tramways made by the amateur filmmaker Michael Green between 1960-1985, at various locations in the United Kingdom and across Europe. The footage includes images of preserved railways, last days of trams in Sheffield, Glasgow, Blackpool, transports on the Isle of Man, trams and railways in the UK, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Croatia

Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Sequence of a goods train passing at Garstang on the West Coast Main line; Sheffield, on the last tram week, 2 to 8 October 1960; Blackpool illuminations in 1961; Blackpool to Fleetwood tram and various shots are made of the journey on board the tram; ferry between Fleetwood and Douglas; various views of different railways on the Isle of Man: steam locomotive in Douglas station, various window views on board on moving trains, green tram No.29 of Manx Electric Railway, red trams (No.33, 1 and 2) of Snaefell Mountain Railway, locomotives No.10 G.H. Wood, No.13 Kissack and No.14 Thornhill of the Isle of Man Railway; trams in Glasgow; steam locomotive taken in Carlisle; Heatherfield (or Heathfield) garden railway.; Bangor to Afon-Wen line, passing near Menai Strait; Ffestiniog railway (Festiniog), including a shot of people gathered around locomotive Iarll Meirionnydd (Earl of Merioneth); Talyllyn railway; Barmouth Junction, Snowdon Mountain Railway and an unidentified station; Glasgow’s last tram week in September 1962.

8mm Footage 'Sheffield, Glasgow, Blackpool, Isle of Man and Wales'

1960-1962
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Blackpool Illuminations 1962; Blackpool Western Train 733+734 advertising ABC Weekend Television; Last day before closure of Marton route on Blackpool Tramway; Teesdale; Locomotives 61435, and double headed 67646 and 47639; Welsh narrow gauge railway 1963 between Porthmadog and Minffordd on the Ffestiniog railway; Abergynolwyn; Tal-y-Llyn railway; Castle Howard Traction Engines; Train passing Leeds parish Church 1964; Solway Ranger railtour between Carlisle and Silloth; Caledonian Railway Single No. 123; Heysham station on a Lancashire tour; EMU; M28219 ; CLAN 72007; Last day of passenger service on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before closure in March, featuring locomotives 62005 and LNER 3442 the Great Marquees; Kilmarnock station; locomotive 44802; Liverpool Cheshire Lines Railway tour in May; 42113 seen in a station; railwayman gets off the train and goes open the level crossing to allow the train to pass; Darlington tour between Blyth and Tyne; discarded locomotives for scrap; Welshpool and Llanfair Railway; The Earl Locomotive

8mm Footage 'Blackpool, Marton, Castle Howard, Locomotives in England and Wales'

1962-1965
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Royal Albert Bridge in Saltash; Paignton and Kingswear train on coastal route; Copy Pit line (Todmorden to Burnley); Bournemouth central, locomotive 34004 Yeovil station; 73001 and 75073; Moorgate station and its widened lines; Leeds city station shows 42196 passing; Holyhead and Brymbo tour; 9630 is seen passing, also a signal box, then Blue Peter 60532 locomotive in a station with the train plate ‘A.R.E.S Holyhead Brymbo Special’; South Lancashire tour between Wigan and Liverpool Riverside; Lanarkshire Yeomanry 45154 leaving a station; Manchester Central station ; Great Northern goods warehouse; footage of last days of trolleybuses in Manchester and Rotherham; locomotive 68006; Crich Tramway village; tramway cars seen from outside, inside carriage, inside driver’s cabin and close-ups of pieces of mechanism (overhead electric cable); Amsterdam Tramway; Snaefell Mountain Railway; Manx Electric Railway (Derby Castle terminus) and Ramsey Pier tram; Southend Pier tramway; 70013 Oliver Cromwell locomotive; 2226, and 41241 & 72 (30072) at Haworth, apparently shortly after the re-opening of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway; locomotive No. 10 G. H.Wood; Tal-y-Llyn (Talyllyn) railway; locomotive named Sir Haydn; Garsdale station and signal box.

8mm Footage ' Steam, Diesel and Electric Trains in UK and Amsterdam's Tramway'

1964-1969
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway, Laxey; Isle of Man Railway (IMR); Bellawoods crossing; locomotive No. 11 Maitland; trams No.20 and trailer 47 filmed in Ramsey; trams No.22 and trailer 44 around Glen Mona; tram No.23 and trailer 43 filmed near Fairy cottage, Laxey; stationary locomotives aligned on tracks in Douglas; locomotive No.12 Hutchinson; Locomotives No. 10 G. H.Wood; booking office in Laxey with publicity posters for the Snaefell Mountain Railway; footage taken on board the Snaefell Mountain Railway, which includes views of the well-known Laxey wheel (Lady Isabella waterwheel); one steam locomotive is seen hauling several others. This includes the locomotives No.6 Peveril, 8 Fenella, 13 Kissack and 16 Mannin; exterior shot of the diesel engine at Port Soderick station. A shot in Douglas station features the locomotive No.4 Loch; Douglas Horse Tramway, with carriage No.42 and 44.

8mm Footage 'Railways and Tramways on the Isle of Man'

1969-1971
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Tramway Extravaganza shot in Crich Tramway village in August 1970; LMS No.6441 is filmed at Steamtown Carnforth; Blackpool tram; St Etienne tramway in France in August 1971; Ravenglass and Eskdale railway; locomotive- River Mite; locomotive- Fred (Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway); steamer- Ben My Chree in Liverpool sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man. Another vessel (Irini) is filmed, pulled by two tugboats; Manchester canal, taken on-board a boat, with a shot of a swing bridge (either Barton road or Trafford road swing bridge); Ffestiniog railway (likely Porthmadog station); shot with a locomotive too far away to identify, supposed to be Evening Star at Keighley in April 1974 according the filmmaker’s notes; footage of Black Five Class No.45212 at Haworth and Bagnall Class No.2682 Princess locomotive on Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway; locomotive- River Irt; Two men are filmed manually operating the turntable with River Mite; double-decker trams in Pleasure Beach, Blackpool; train on the electric lines entering the Ryde tunnel on the Isle of Wight; Blanes station (Spain) and a white and green electric RENFE train arriving at the station; Arenys DelMar station and the building and platform of Tordera station; diesel electric train going to Mallaig (Scotland) is filmed arriving at Arisaig station; Glenfinnan viaduct; yellow and green signal box of Glenfinnan; Keighley and Worth Valley Railway; locomotive 8431 (or 48431); trams and trailers by the seaside in Dubrovnik and Cavtat in Croatia; view of Oakworth station and a black London Transport locomotive passing; a level crossing managed manually by two persons; L89, emerging out of the Mytholmes tunnel; Heatherfield Light Railway in 1981.

8mm Footage 'Great Britain, France, Spain and Croatia and of the Heatherfield Light Railway'

1970-1981
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway. Tramcar No.6; No.5 car of the Snaefell Mountain Railway; No.20 with trailer is passing a road crossing at Lonan; No.1 and trailer 59 passing on the tracks; open cars No.26 and 56 are featured at Laxey shed; water car with trailer is passing in the landscape of fields; locomotive- No.12, Hutchinson, on the Isle of Man Railway; Ballabeg, Castletown, Colby (with IMRSA special train), Port St Mary (level crossing), Port Erin Shed (also an old six-wheeler is filmed there); horse tramway in Douglas with two white tramcars, No.45 and another; tram driver chatting next to his stopped tramcar No.26 on the rails; Tramcar No.19 is filmed at dusk in Glen Mora; streets of Ramsey, Walpole Drive, Ballajora, Cornaa, Dhoon, Laxey, Lonan, Groudle, Douglas; trams at Derby Castle depot, including No.20, 26 and 23. The tramcar No.1; diesel railcar; inside of the driver’s cab, looking at the tracks, passing near Colby, Port St Mary and Port Erin; closing the Mill road level crossing after the locomotive has passed; tramcar No.1 with trailer is filmed at Onchan and a front shot shows No.9 at Groudle.

8mm Footage 'Trams, Steam Locomotives and a Diesel Railcar on the Isle of Man'

1975
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway (MER) and the Isle of Man Railway (IMR); tramcar No.1 with trailer 37, from the MER with “Douglas and Laxey Electric Tramway” written on the side of the tram; Bulgham Bay and Dhoon Queery; Snaefell Mountain Railway; Laxey wheel (Lady Isabella waterwheel). Tramcars No.1 and 4 at summit; No.6 and 3 are filmed from inside a tram passing by; Dhoon and Dreemskerry; the Isle of Man Railway; diesel railcar stopped at Douglas and the locomotive No.13, Kissack, leaving the station; red steam locomotive No.4, Loch; locomotive No.11, Maitland, and a Foxdale coach; Douglas horse drawn tramway features two horse trams, No.14 (double-decker) and No.12. The first one is baring a poster for the “Horse tram centenary”; tramcar No.5 passing, also the trailer No.72 being pulled out of a shed by a blue truck; poster for the ‘Cavalcade of electric cars’; IMR, in Douglas, locomotive No.12 Hutchinson, a diesel railcar, and locomotive No.13, Kissack.

8mm Footage 'Trams, Steam Locomotives and Diesel Railcars on the Isle of Man'

1979-1982
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. 150th anniversary of the Rainhill trials on 25th May 1980; spectators’ area; locomotives exhibited during the cavalcade. Midland Railway 4-2-2 No.673; LNWR Saddle tank; LNWR No.790 Hardwick with two coaches; NBR No.673 B Maude with coach; Midland Railway No.1000 with dinning carriage; LMS 0-6-0 No.4027 with coach; LMS Black Five No.5000 followed by a replica of Novelty hauled on a Well wagon; National Coal Board (Bold Colliery) Austerity No.7 Robert; LMS Ivatt Class 4 No.43106 with coach; LMS Jubilee Class No.5690 Leander with coach and buffet car; LNER V2 Class No.4771 Green Arrow with coach and buffet car; LNER A3 No. 4772 Flying Scotsman; LNER A4 Pacific No.4498 Sir Nigel Gresley; SR Merchant Navy Class 35028 Clan Line fitted with Golden Arrow headboard and coaches; LMS Princess Coronation Class No.46229 Duchess of Hamilton with coaches; BR Standard Class 4 tank 2-6-4T No.80079; BR Standard Class 9F No.92220 Evening Star; diesel-hydraulic British Rail Class 52 D1062 Western Courier; a yellow track machine; diesel Class 25/3 No.25296 hauling a 10 Ton car transporter and further diesel hauling freight; diesel-electric Class 47 No.47581 Great Eastern; Deltic No.55015 (D9015) Tulyar hauling two electrics, Class 86/2 No.86214 Sans Pareil and Class 76 EM1 No.26020; HST train (High Speed Train); an Intercity APT train (Advanced Passenger Train); working replica of Rocket with coach; working replica of Sans Pareil with coach; Lion with a yellow first class carriage of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway; LMS Princess Coronation Class No.46229 Duchess of Hamilton followed by the Novelty replica on a Well wagon; S&DJR 7F 2-8-0 No.13809 (now 53809) with coaches; Midland Railway No.1000 with coach; LNWR 0-6-2 coal tank No.1054 with coaches; LNWR No.790 Hardwick; Midland Railway 4-2-2 No.673.

8mm Footage 'Rainhill 150, trams and trains in England, Scotland, Wales, Amsterdam, France, Italy and Switzerland'

1980-1985

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2021-1599
Materials:
acetate, plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
type:
film
credit:
Mavis Dagmar Green

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