Original 8mm amateur film, reel 18, railway footage, steam locomotives and HST

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1975-1982. 25 feet reel. Footage content: A4 60009 Union of South Africa locomotive backing onto a passenger train. Black 5 5305 in LMS livery passing with a passenger train at speed on a stretch of mainline. Princess Coronation 46229 Duchess of Hamilton arriving at a large station. Close-up shot of Duchess of Hamilton nameplate and front of locomotive fitted with 'The Limited Edition' headboard. Duchess of Hamilton uncoupled pulling away from railtour train. HST passing by railtour train. Train continuing, filmed from a carriage window, passing a line of class 37s at arrival in York from the north.

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.