Original 8mm amateur film, reel 5, railway footage, Britannia and V3 locomotives at Slaggyford and Alston

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed circa 1967. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Shot from the footplate, steam locomotive passing along a rural branch line, with crew filmed working. Train stopping at Slaggyford and Alston stations. Britannia class and V3 locomotives at a large junction in foggy weather. Train shunting on an embankment

This film is part of a collection of 150 8mm films made by John Arnott-Brown, railway enthusiast and amateur filmmaker. John Arnott-Brown filmed the railways in the United Kingdom, mostly steam, between 1960 and 1982. A few films include footage of railways abroad, especially Europe (e.g. Portugal, Spain). The collection includes 5 larger 400 feet reels of edited footage, whilst the rest of the collection is made of small 50 feet reels of unedited footage.