Original 8 mm amateur films 'A Train Journey Through England'

Shots of the Museum of British Transport in Clapham, London. Interior and exterior shots of the museum. Shots of trains on display in the museum; London Airport- Shots of aeroplane landing at the airport and taking off; The Isle of Wight - Shots from a ferry arriving at Ryde Pier Head and shots from a moving steam

train. The train passes Branding, Sandown, Wroxall and other stations. Shots from the train as it goes through tunnels and travels through the countryside. Shots of South Hampton Docks; Shots of the Canberra cruise ships and other large boats; Shots of a sign for Salisbury and shots from the train station. More shots from a moving steam train going past various stations in England; Shots of a sign for Lyme Regis; More shots from the moving steam train as it passes through Exeter, Kingswear for Dartmouth etc. shots of the train passing through stations and travelling along the coastline and through the countryside and past towns. The film continues with more extensive shots of the train travelling through Southern England. Shots from Land’s End; Newquay branch-More shots from the train as it goes through Looe; Barnstaple; Minehead The Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, Temple meads

John Burnie (1946-2009) was an engineer and a lifelong railway enthusiast. He was a member of the Scottish Railway Preservation Society and he contributed to the development of the Scottish Railway Museum at Bo’ness, where he became a curator. The films and sound recordings were made mostly in the 1960s, when John and his father travelled around the UK on steam trains and John made films of these journeys.