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Original 8 mm amateur films of steam engines in the 1960s

Original 8 mm amateur films of steam engines in the 1960s

1960-1970
35mm film reel and 16 mm film reels for 'Never Stop Railway'

35mm film reel and 16 mm film reels for 'Never Stop Railway'

1923
Video recording of Institute of Railway Studies seminar, APT-E Past & Future

Video recording of Institute of Railway Studies seminar, APT-E Past & Future

1996-09-28
Filmed in 1961 at Newton Heath motive power depot in Manchester. Footage of steam locomotives at the depot, shots of British Railways signs 'Newton Heath Motive Power Depot', 'Engine spotters are not allowed in this depot without a permit', include shots of railway staff, turntable in operation, railwaymen emptying ash pit, locomotives featured at depot include No. 45653, 50850, 52230, 45308, 90408, 90123, 51371, 42492, 49508, 52271 and some freight wagons. 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: 5 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Newton Heath Shed'

1961
Filmed in 1962, on the Cambrian line, between London Paddington and Aberystwyth, filmed in England and Wales. Footage of steam locomotive No. 7002 with 'Cambrian Coast Express' train headboard, footage of Leamington Spa station, concourse, passengers, information display about Western Region modernisation, passengers waiting on benches, auto-shop vending machine, No. 7002 Devizes Castle locomotive at platform, railwayman placing 'Cambrian Coast Express' headboard on locomotive, train departing station, train arriving at Banbury station, passing by semaphore signal and passing by signal box, shots taken from railway bridges of express train passing full steam ahead, Shrewsbury station, locomotive No. 7803 'Barcote Manor' with 'Cambrian Coast Express' headboard, fireman placing lamp on locomotive, driver oiling wheels, fireman in coal tank, shunting locomotive, passenger train passing through Shrewsbury station, shunting locomotive No. 7803 into station, Shrewsbury’s Severn Bridge Junction Signal Box filmed in background, shots inside Shrewsbury signal box, signalmen operating levers, Cambrian Coast Express departing station filmed from signal box, Moat Lane junction station, Cambrian Coast train passing by signal box and arriving at station, train departing, Machynlleth station, shots filmed from platform, train passing with Cambrian landscape in background, train led by steam locomotive No. 7313 departing station, two sheep running on parallel tracks adjacent to platform, steam passenger train pulled by No. 82033 departing station, steam passenger train journey through Welsh landscape, Cambrian Express train led by No. 7823 'Hook Norton Manor' steam locomotive arriving at Aberystwyth station, passengers getting off, families, No. 7823 shunted away from station passing near signal box at end of platform. A film made and produced by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'The Cambrian Coast Express'

1962
Film made in the early 1960s, in the Republic of Mauritius. Footage of Mauritius Government Railways, a railway on Mauritius, Africa, island in the Indian Ocean. Includes close up shots of steam locomotive No. 15 (built by Sharp Stewart and Co. Limited, Atlas Works, Manchester), shunting of locomotive, passengers boarding carriages, train departing, road crossing gate operated manually, people by lineside, children running on tracks, shots of journey taken from locomotive, steam locomotive No. 73, men refilling coal tank manually, goods train passing, locomotive No. 50, goods train departing headed by locomotive No. 40, signalman with flag near tracks, men filling locomotive No. 22 with wood, locomotives No. 61, No. 62, railcar in background, manual operation of road crossing gate, locomotive No.70 pulling freight train. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Mauritius Government Railways'

1960-1965
Filmed in 1961 on the Tenbury and Bewdley Railway, England. Footage of Great Western Railway diesel railcars, parcel loaded into railcar at station, railcar departing station, Bewdley station sign, railcar stopping at Bewdley station, passengers getting off, signal box, token exchange, sign for Woofferton junction station, express steam train passing through station, steam passenger train stopping at station and departing, railcar arriving at Wooffeerton Junction station, passengers boarding, steam trains coming and going, journey of steam train filmed from lineside, token exchange, Tenbury Wells, signalman working levers in signal box, semaphore signals, steam train stopping at Tenbury Wells, token exchange between driver and signalman, footage of different trains and token exchange at station, railcar filmed from lineside then arriving at station, passengers waiting on platform, railcar W 24 W shunting, passengers boarding. 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: 6 minutes

16mm film, original master 'The Bewdley-Tenbury Branch'

1961
Filmed in 1959 in Scotland. Footage of double headed passenger train with steam locomotives, No. 62496 'Glen Loy' and No. 62471 'Glen Falloch'. Shots taken from the lineside showing the locomotives journey to Fort William, shots taken from driver's window and from window at end of the train, train passing over viaducts, under tunnel, through the Highlands landscape and Scottish country stations, arrival at Fort William, view over the harbour, refilling locomotive's water tank, cleaning locomotive, operations on turntable, locomotives set to depart again, return journey filmed from end of the train. 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: 6 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Two Glens to Fort William'

1959
Filmed in 1959 in France. Footage of the French Express train 'Le Mistral', showing steam locomotive led train and electric train. Steam locomotive with 'Mistral' nameplate on front, at Nice-Ville station, driver and fireman in cab, shots taken from the driver's cab window and inside the cab, train journey along the Mediterranean coast, views of the beach, passing over viaduct, Marseille Saint Charles station, Avignon station, Lyon Perrache station, shots of 'Mistral' electric train, railway level crossing, Macon station, interior shots of kitchen and dining car. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the master film reel, colour (original footage shot by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse) and black and white (footage reused from pre-existing SNCF film), silent. Duration: 7 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Le Mistral: Nice to Paris'

1959
Filmed in 1961 at Seaton Junction station, on the West of England mainline. Footage of traffic passing through the station, including non-stop passenger trains passing through the station, passenger trains stopping and departing, steam locomotive shunting, shots of Seaton Junction station sign, exchange of token, locomotives filmed include No. 30048, 30667, 34071 '601 Squadron', 30845 coupled to 30843, 34068, also shots of diesel electric locomotive, coupling of carriage, semaphore signal. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour (one shot in black and white), silent. Duration: 5 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Seaton Junction'

1961
Filmed in 1961 on Bala and Festiniog Railway (standard gauge), Snowdonia, Wales. Footage of British Transport Commission British Railways public notice board, notice of closure of Frongoch, Arenig and Blaeneau Ffestiog (Central) stations on 28 January 1961, shot of a map of North Wales, footage of Bala station, passengers waiting on platform, arrival of SLS special double headed train pulled by locomotives No.4645 and No. 8791, locomotives water refill at water tank, various shots of the train journey filmed from the lineside and further, train passing through Welsh landscape, Arenig signal box, semaphore signal, train arriving at station, water tank refill, continuing journey with shots taken from the top of the locomotive, view over tracks and landscape, photographers and observers occasionally seen on the lineside, passing over Cwm Prysor viaduct, Trawsfynydd station, arrival at Bala station, crowds watching the train, taking pictures, close-up shots of the locomotive, waving goodbye at the two locomotives leaving station. 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: 6 minutes

16mm film, original master 'The Last Train From Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog'

1961
Original 8mm colour footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 33 minutes. Content: Kirby Stephen East Station, Ivatt 2-6-0 locomotive, Standard 3 77002 with passenger train; Brittania at speed, Settle to Carlisle line; Black 5s with passenger train, Princess Royal class with express, , Kirby Stephen East station, fireman at work on footplate, journey to Stainmore Summit; J27 65811 with good strain, marshalling yard, A4 with express passenger service; J27 with Esso tankers, J72 reversing; A3 with passenger train, V3, Newcastle Station, V3 67588; A1 60137 Redgauntlet; A4 60003 Andrew K McCosh with express, A3 60084 Trigo; A4 60034 Lord Faringdon; J72, class 40, K1; 9F 92030 reversing, large yard; Midland Railway 4P Compound 1000 and 9F 92220 Evening Star, stationary; [00:04:15] Perth Station, A4 60034 Lord Faringdon with express; Black 5 45195, Perth station notice prohibiting cycling on the platform; Standard class 5 73153 with passenger train; [00:04:54] Callander Station, Fairburn 2-6-4T 42273 with passenger train; Kings Cross Station, A4 60009 Union of South Africa surrounded by large crowds, travel on East Coast Mainline (ECML), crossing the High Level Bridge, to Newcastle Station, 60009 at Gateshead Shed, class 55 Deltic, train 'Jubilee Requiem 1964' at Newcastle station; Gateshead Shed, V2 60884 under the coaling stage; A1 60124 Kenliworth, class 25; Newcastle, J27 on King Edward VII Bridge with coal train; A3; V2; family in a garden; interior of a shop; [00:08:20] Durham Station, V3 67636, viaduct, travel to Bishop Auckland and West Auckland, B16 61418 with 'SLS Durham Rail Tour' headboard, Port Clarance signal box, train and 61418 at Stockton Station, train to Hartlepool and Newcastle; [00:11:56] sidings, National Coal Board 0-6-0T with steel bodied coal wagons, Q7 63468 with brake van, J94 68054; Q7 63467 with coal train; B1 61216, B1 61199, J27 65805 with Esso tankers; Q6 63352 with brake van at high speed, B1 with passenger train; J94 68011 at engine shed; K1 62048; A3 and driver, viaduct; Durham Station, A3 60040 Cameronian, viaduct; Manors Station, A1 60129 Guy Mannering; footplate of an A4, mainline; [00:15:01] 4F 43960 shunting, station yard; Black 5 45399; Brittania 70012 John of Gaunt at speed, mainline; 4F with goods train; footplate of B16/2 61435 travel on mainline, Northallerton, uncoupling; train towards Hawes, Hawes station, 61435 taking water; women talking, people boarding plane, plane taxiing and taking off; [00:20:12] Newcastle Station, A4 60015 Quicksilver, A3 60076 Galopin; parade with musicians and traction engine in Newcastle; V2 60802; miniature 0-4-0 tank engine, cab and controls; Carlisle Station, Brittania class with passenger train, Princess Coronation class; Royal Scot class with passenger train; two black dogs playing in snow, frozen milk bottles; Newcastle Station, A1 with passenger train; A4 60030 Golden Fleece, class 40, A2/3 60513 Dante; train approaching Berwick, Royal Border Bridge, single track branch line to Eyemouth; people standing by J39/2 64917 at Eyemouth station; [00:26:42] South Shields, car ferry Northumbrian crossing Tyne and return to dock, large vessels, dark interior shots, car ferry Tynemouth on river; V3, suburban train, Newcastle; Standard Class 3 77011 with goods train, rural branch line; interior of house, garden; Drem station, Standard Class 4 tank engine 80007 with passenger train, A2 60538 Velocity, footplate of tank engine; driver closing regulator and braking to stop train; footplate shot, train on branch line to North Berwick; (dark footage); miniature railway; [00:30:42] suburbia, garden; shed, B1 61121, shunting, A4; K1 62035; J50 No 12, sidings; B1 with brake van; A4 60015 Quicksilver; O2/3, mainline; Newcastle Station, A2 60525 A.H. Peppercorn with passenger train, B1 with passenger train [end of reel]

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 3, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 3 of 3)

1960-1982
Digital film 'It’s Quicker by Hearse', made by Esther Johnson, 2013. This film is the tale of the petitioning housewife, the protesting schoolboy and the campaign trail student. It is a documentary about the campaign to save the Waverley Route Borders railway line in 1968, following the recommendations of Dr Richard Beeching’s report, the Reshaping of British Railways. Features interviews with Madge Elliot, Kim Elliot and Bruce McCartney. Master edit QuickTime digital file and Blu Ray High Definition disc. Colour, stereo sound, 16:9 aspect ratio. Duration: 19 minutes 4 seconds

Digital film 'It’s Quicker by Hearse'

2013
Filmed in May 1961 at Marylebone Goods Yard, London. Footage of Marylebone Exhibition held for the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Locomotive Engineers. Footage features the exhibition's entrance arch, vehicles, diesel, electric and steam locomotives exhibited, 1000 Midland Compound, Mallard, No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester, D867 Zenith Warship class, dynamometer car, E3059, D9003, GT3 (English Electric built Gas turbine locomotive), detailed shots inside GT3 driver's cabin, 92220 Evening Star. 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 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Marylebone Exhibition'

1961
800 feet metal canister, Colour, Silent footage. First shots taken at a railway station, shots from platform, locomotive approaching, fiited with 'SLS Special' plate ; 4079 Pendennis Castle (GWR) ; also locomotives 4555 and 3690 filmed ; shots taken on board moving steam train, passing by a signal box, on bridge, trainspotters seen on the lineside and on pantographs ;passing H--field station (?) , Talyllyn station (?) Cut, film not splices - Filming on board steam ride ; at a station locomotive 4079 fitted with plates Z48 Ian Allan Rail Tour, further shots taken on board, passing through unidentified station, along the coast ; Various landscapes ; locomotive 46251 City of Nottingham passing pulling maroon livery coaches ; then locomotive 44255 ; more on board train footage Leader - On board moving train footage, passing Adlestrop station (closed to passenger traffic in 1966) ; locomotive 7029 departing from a station, without carriages, fitted with plates 'X20' Ian Allan Rail Tour ; footage on board moving train window view ; Cut, film not spliced - On board moving train footage ; 7029 Glen Castle stationary at station, fitted with X20 Ian Allan Rail Tour ; (splice) shots taken at sunset, train passing shot from lineside

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways'

1965-1966
Filmed in 1961 at Shrewsbury station. Footage of Shrewsbury station signs, platform, steam passenger train arriving, steam locomotive No. 7025 'Sudeley Castle' shunting, coupled to train, fitted with 'Cambrian Coast Express' nameplate, train departing station, arrivals and departures of steam trains, electric multiple unit (EMU), shunting, including shots of steam locomotives No. 42389, No. 1017 'County of Hereford', No. 9657, No. 7815, No. 6018, young trainspotters on platform watching trains passing, some shots featuring Shrewsbury’s Severn Bridge Junction signal box in the background. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'A Day at Shrewsbury Station'

1961
8mm 400 feet film reel, edited film titled ' Bournemouth shed No. 1', made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge. The filmmaker filmed most of the footage when he worked at Bournemouth Motive Power Depot, between December 1965 and July 1967. Colour and silent footage. This is part 1 of 2 of the 'Bournemouth shed' film. Film shows 35012 coming on shed after bringing in down Bournemouth Belle; Running Foreman and turning gang; Coal; Crane; Fireman breaking lumps of coal in tender; 34034; August Bank Holiday 1966; Standing in pit of 34032; Stainer Class 5 in lifting road; 34040/34032; 34057 passed by up Pined Express; Ash wagon; Buffer moving; Loading ashes into wagon; Long pit being cleared; Sand furnace; Filling sandboxes on 34015; Steam Raiser putting up wood for light up; Blow down pit; using pneumatic tube cleaner in the Liftin Road; Spark Arrester (parrot cage); 76 class; fire lighting in Dec 1966; using water treatment briquettes; staff working; shedman’s mess; 34001 derailed; shots of rerailment of loco and tender; preparing turntable and turning 73020; Shunting; 34093 in Lifting Road; 34004 being cleaned; 41320; 35012 coming to shed; Boiler Washouts; Boiler inspection; 34071; Class 5; fire dropping; Lord Dowding; 35012; 34040; footplate;

8mm amateur film 'Bournemouth shed No. 1' by David Hodge

1965-1967
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in August 1975 in Shildon, County Durham, England. 25 feet reel. Shildon Calvalcade for 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington railway. Footage content: shots of the locomotives prior to their entry into the public display section. Each locomotive stopped by a man with a flag before being allowed to proceed. The locomotives filmed are Midland Railway (MR) Spinner 673, L&YR 752 0-6-0T including a close up of the builders plate, LNWR 790 Hardwicke and carriage, LNWR 0-6-2T 1054, NBR 673 and carriage, MR 1000 and carriage, LMS 13509.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 10, Rail 150 Cavalcade at Shildon

1975-08
Original 8mm colour and black and white footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 33 minutes. Content: A4 locomotives, junction signal box; BR class 2MT, viaduct; Glen Lyon shunting; BR 2MT, A3, rural Scotland; BR 2MT; BR 3MT, rural branch line, locomotive, brake van, shunting; [00:02:44] Newcastle station (NCL), pilot 68723; LNER V3; Midland Railway No. 1000, Eaglescliffe Station, LNER A1 60121 Silurian; road repairs, road rollers, lorries, period cars; suburbia; Morpeth; Bellingham timetable 23/09/1961; LNER V2; DMU; NCL, LNER A3; LNER V3 67691; LNER A4 60033 Seagull; Darlington, WD 2-8-0 90348, RCTS The East Midlander 13/05/1962; Darlington Shed, SR Schools class 30925 Cheltenham, coaling; LMS 2P 40646, shed; 40646, driver in shed; [00:06:20] Darlington Station, 30925 Cheltenham; railtour 30925 and 40646; NCL, LNER A4 Quicksilver; LNER A3 60080 Dick Turpin; pilot 68736; A1 60119 Patrick Sterling; 60139 Alcazar, class 25 diesel; A4 60017 Silver Fox; East Coast Main Line (ECML); Darlington Station, A4 Silver Fox, DMU; 2MT, goods shed; Newcastle area, LNER J72 69008, A3, A2 60516 Hycilla, Class 03 diesel shunter, Q5 0-8-0 goods train, J27 65858 coal wagons, wooden and steel bodied, V3 2-6-2T passenger train, A1 with tankers, LNER Tyneside Electric Unit, V2 2-6-2 with wagons, A4 60027 Merlin; [00:10:23] NCL, A3 60081; multiple unit in train wash; West Jesmond, Q6 63434 with steel coal wagons; A3 60052 Prince Palatine, J27 and class 03; 60052; J39 64855 passenger train; J39 64938, breakdown train, steam powered crane, support coach; V2; A3 passenger on King Edward VII bridge; B1 goods at King Edward South Junction; 0-6-0; A4 express train; Tyneside Electrics Network (TEN), V1/V3 2-6-2T under bridge; NCL, A3 60071 Tranquil, class 37; V1 67675; Newcastle area, V1/V3 2-6-2T on TEN; [00:12:20] A4 60002 Sir Murrough Wilson uncoupling; A1 60154 Bon Accord express train; V2 60974; A1 60156 Great Central, V3 67690; York, Layerthorpe; platform Derwent Valley Light Railway; lorries, trolley buses, cars; West Jesmond, V1/V3; NCL, J72 68680, single van; V3 67687; V2 60831, A1 60138 Boswell, V2 60896 ; A4 60031 Golden Plover; class 40, A4 60028 Walter K. Whigham; [00:16:13] single track line, child climbing signal post; Dock side station, V3 67683, large cranes; woman at dockside, ships and cranes; A3; Darlington Station, A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley; NCL, J21 0-6-0 65033, snow and ice; class 08 diesel shunter, 0-6-0 locomotives, break van, Darlington power station; [00:18:29] NCL, A1 60129 Guy Mannering; V2 60919, vans; King Edward VII Bridge, A3, ECML; NCL, A B1 4-6-0; A4 60005 Sir Charles Newton; A4 at high speed; A4, motor rail; A4 60025 Falcon; 60895, coal wagons, A4 Silver Fox; J72 0-6-0T 68723 and 69023; A3 60108 Gay Crusader; B1 61338; 60061 Pretty Polly, class 25, J72 goods train; V2 60885; [00:23:09] Tebay Station, Black 5 45070 at high speed, Britannia 70018 Flying Dutchman; Black 5 44874, class 40 D321 double head passenger train; Gateshead Shed; A3 60043 Brown Jack; V3 67651; J26 65769 goods train; A3 60106 Flying Fox; A1 60121 Silurian; Q6 63363 on mainline, break van; [00:25:38] Newcastle, A3 High Level bridge, Swing Bridge; Manors Station, B1; A3, V3 67642, engineers trolley; York Station, K1 62049; Leeds City Station, Jubilee 45697 Achilles parcels train, DMU, Jubilee 45643 Rodney; Keighley Station, 4F 43960; Britannia 70003 John Bungan express; NCL, V2 60916, V3 67691; A1 60142 Edward Fletcher, parcels train; [00:28:17] V3 67651, B1 61307, V2 60922; Q6 63411; Newcastle Corporation buses, trolley buses; NCL; A3 60054 Manna; [00:30:18] York Station, A4 Sir Murrough Wilson; O4 63877; Jubilee, gasometer; Steel Works, WD 2-8-0; Doncaster Station, A1, Pullman coaches, A3; class 08 shunter; York Station, B1 with tankers; A1; [00:31:02] NCL, A4 parcels train; A2 60526 Sugar Palm; A4 60023 Golden Eagle, A4. V2 60887; A3 60053 Sansovino; B1 61219 [end of reel]

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 1, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 1 of 3)

1960-1982
Filmed in 1960 in Newcastle, England. Footage of diesel and steam locomotives, passenger and freight traffic at Newcastle station. Shots of steam locomotive No. 68723 pushing freight, shunting of diesel electric locomotive D264, D264 pulling passenger train departing from station, various steam locomotives shunting and pulling goods and passenger trains departing or arriving at station, including No. 60127, No. 65033, No. 60521, No. 68728, No. 68680 pushing Royal Mail carriage, No. 64923, No 60036 pulling 'The Queen of Scots' train, No. 65838, No. 68723. 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: 6 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Trains at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne'

1960
BBC 1 One Life, Selby Rail Crash, TX 26/10/2004 ; actual title: One Life: Asleep At The Wheel which was broadcasted on BBC One on 26/10/2004

TV coverage 'Selby Rail Crash'

2004-10-26
Original Super 8 colour silent film, footage shot by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes in September 1969 of the journey of the Flying Scotsman locomotive to Liverpool, before its departure by sea for the United States, from Liverpool harbour. Footage filmed from carriage window of the train pulled by Flying Scotsman, shots of Pullman carriage with the United Kingdom and the United States flags. 50 feet reel.

8mm amateur film 'Flying Scotsman to Liverpool' by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes

1969
Shots of a sign for Dalbeath. A steam train arrives at the station. Shots of the train driver leaning on the train window. Shots of the train reversing past the control tower. Shots of the train going through the countryside. Shots of Castle Douglas train station and shots of Tarff, Kirkcudbright and Dumfries station as the train drives through it. Shots of the side of a train with the sign: “The Thames Clyde Express” as the train sits in a large station. Shots of a train driving through Dumfries station. Shots of Carlisle Train Station and a train driving through it. Men push around what looks like an ice cream trolley in the station, the conductor blows the whistle and the train leaves. Shots of a sign for Windermere train station. Shots of a ferry and shots of the coastal landscape. Shots of sign for Ambleside Pier. People get off the ferry. Shots of a small dog before shots of York train station. Shots of sign for the Railway Museum. Shots of a train arriving at York. Shots of a train the ‘Northumbrian’ going from Newcastle to King’s Cross

Original 8 mm amateur film 'Railway Miscellany'

circa 1960
Collection of 150 8mm films, mostly footage of railways in the United Kingdom filmed between 1960 and 1982. The Arnott-Brown Collection also includes 5 boxes of colour transparencies and a number of black and white prints.

Arnott-Brown Collection

1960-1982
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed circa 1964. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 40, railway footage, filmed on footplate

1964
Original 8mm colour footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 37 minutes. Content: Newcastle Station, V2 60831, parcels train; V2, Gateshead shed; class 44, 60831, Newcastle King Edward VII Bridge; Black 5, moorland station; Bradley Parish Church sign; West Coast Main Line (WCML), Britannia 70042 Lord Roberts, a station; Royal Scot 46115 Scots Guardsman with mixed goods train, 8F 48470; Black 5 45137; diesel locomotive cab, Black 5 with goods train; Dent Head, 9F with mineral train; Ais Gil, 9F 92130 with mineral wagons, Britannia 70035 Rudyard Kipling; 0-6-0T locomotive Mersey Docks & Harbour Board shunting in sidings; passenger trains at rural station, Standard 4 75048, 4P 2-6-4T 42296; Stanier 2-6-4T with passenger train; [00:05:00] Black 5 44911, Kirby Stephen West signal box; Kirby Stephen, locomotive in heavy snow; J27 65842, large industrial site; J27 65790, empty coal wagons; 3 J27s in shed; Q6 63419 with coal wagons; sidings, B1 with goods train, WD 2-8-0; Black 5 45056 with vans, Black 5 44695; class 44, passenger train, K1 62010 with brake van; B1, goods train, siding; railtour K4 3442 The Great Marquess and K1 pass, rural locations; Filey Holiday Camp Station, K1; [00:10:22] Newcastle Station, A1 60145 Saint Mungo, parcels train; A1 at speed with parcels train; Q6 63453 coal train; 0-4-0T National Coal Board shunter, industrial branch line; Newcastle Station, J27 65814 coal train; A1 60145 with parcels train, class 47 with goods train, King Edward VII Bridge; K1 62017 with coal; A4 60024 Kingfisher, engine shed; Q1 33006; rebuilt Bullied Pacific with parcels train; [00:14:39] Alnwick Station, 9F 92099, shunting at station; Barnard Castle Station, Middleton in Teesdale Station, B1 reversing, single track branch line; Stanier 2-6-4T 42639, V3 67646, Barnard Castle Station; 67646 cab, Tees Valley branch, railtour with 42639, Middleton in Teesdale; Newcastle Station, A3 60051 Blink Bonny, shed, diesel shunter; High Level Bridge, Gateshead Shed with A3s, WD 2-8-0s, V2s, B1s and other locomotives; Q6; over viaduct; [00:19:29] Isle of Wight, Ryde St Johns Road, Small Brook Junction, 0-4-4T; Ryde St Johns Road to Shanklin; buttercups at Shanklin Station, O2 W35; W35 Freshwater,O2 W20, train from Ryde; Ryde, O2; W27 Merstone; 2 O2s at Ryde Engine Shed; W31 Chale, Ryde St Johns Road; Merstone at Ryde Esplanade, Ryde Tunnel; [00:23:45] Machynlleth, Aberystwyth, Dovey Junction, passenger train, Standard 4 75012, Standard 4 75020; running gear of a Standard 475020; mainline, Ivatt 2-6-0 43120, Black 5 45155 with passenger train; journey between Appleby, Garsdale, Hellifield on board train with Britannia 70006 Robert Burns, water tower at Appleby, train at Garsdale station in fog and snow; 70006 on Hellifield turntable; [00:26:51] 4472 Flying Scotsman; moorland, A2 60528 Tudor Minstrel; A1 60126 Sir Vincent Raven; A4 60022 Mallard at Newcastle Station, GMRS Forth Bridge Special, over Royal Boarder Bridge at Berwick; Mallard at Edinburgh Waverly, A4 60004 William Whitelaw; [00:29:08] East Coast Mainline (ECML), Newcastle, A1, A4 60025 Falcon, B1 with goods train; Mallard with passenger train, Falcon with passenger train; A1 with goods train; West Jesmond Station, J27 65875 with goods train; V3 passenger train at speed; King Edward Bridge South Junction, Newcastle, V2 60884; A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley with passenger train; A1 60154 Bon Accord with parcels train; J25, Gateshead shed; mainline, V2, A4 60001 Sir Ronald Mathews with passenger train; Balmbra’s Music Hall in Newcastle, soldiers, sailors and vintage vehicles parade in Cloth Market, Newcastle; [00:32:29] A2 60532 Blue Peter at Aberdeen Station and Stonehaven, Blue Peter taking water at Stonehaven; Black 5 44720 with passenger train; A4 60019 Bittern at Arbroath Station, DMU; [00:35:18] Tay Bridge, V2 60915, Dundee station, shot of driver; 60915 at Kirkcaldy; train passing over the Forth Bridge [end of reel]

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 2, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 2 of 3)

1960-1982
VHS videotape titled "Class 91 and Mallard". This video contains images of the event organised on 3 July 1988 for the 50th anniversary of the Mallard’s record breaking run in 1938 (Mallard 88). The first Class 91 locomotive was on display at Doncaster station, where Mallard took the head of the special train set up for the event, which had set off from London Kings Cross pulled by the Class 89 electric locomotive. Mallard pulled the special train from Doncaster to Scarborough.

VHS videotape of "Class 91 and Mallard" film

1988
Filmed in 1959 in Glasgow, during the Scottish Industries Exhibition at Kelvin Hall. The exhibition ran between 3 and 19 September 1959. Footage shows steam locomotives running on tracks, including double headed passenger train led by Caledonian Railway locomotive No. 123 and Great North of Scotland Railway locomotive, North British Railway locomotive No. 256 'Glen Douglas', No. 3440 'City of Truro' in engine yard, locomotive on turntable, Great North British Railway No. 49 Gordon Highlander, Caledonian Railway locomotive No. 123 at water plant, Highland Railway locomotive No. 103 backed to water plant. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is an 8mm print (show copy), black and white, silent. Duration: 5 minutes

8mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'Scottish Historical Locomotives'

1959
Filmed in 1959 at Kings Cross shed in London. Film shows locomotive No. 60078, D6108, railway workers, worker oiling locomotive's parts, A4 locomotive Mallard No. 60022 leaving the shed yard, Yorkshire Pullman nameplate fitted on font of Flying Scotsman locomotive No. 60103, Flying Scotsman leaving yard, Abbotsford locomotive No. 60141, locomotive No. 60862 on the turntable and then driving backwards, close-up of driver in Woodcock locomotive No. 60029, locomotive then leaving yard. 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: 4 minutes

16mm film, original master 'A Visit to Kings Cross Shed'

1959
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

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

1960-1970
Filmed in 1960 at Perth shed. Footage shows various locomotives at engine shed, mainly steam, either static or being shunted, includes diesel-electric locomotive D3 'Skiddaw', steam locomotive No. 45366 with three boys in school uniform having a close look at wheels and piston with a railwayman, locomotives No. 55215, No. 64606, No. 44253, No. 61244 'Strang Steel', No. 60909 on turntable, No. 57233, No. 56246, No. 54499, No. 54485, No. 61995, No. 43137 on turntable, No. 54485, locomotives at coal plant and water plant, No. 55173 next to Perth station sign. 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: 5 minutes

16mm film, original master 'A Visit to Perth Shed'

1960
3 edited videos, 3 interviews with Richard Bowker by John Gelson likely made to show to Natioanl Express ECML staff; 1st interview talking about 09/09/2007 run of launch train of National Express East Coast (2min15) ; 2nd interview on key priorities for National Express East Coast for the 12-18 months to come (maintain performance, making travel simpler...), how to develop loyalty to new brand National Express, committed investments in East Coast Main Line, current situation for economy in the UK and National Express position, how not to do like GNER, importance of every member of staff in making travel easier, etc. (5min) ; 3rd interview on the National Express Brand ; files dated from 28/09/2008 / Handwritten title on label

TV coverage 'Richard Bowker Interviews'

circa 2008
Filmed in 1960 on Talyllyn railway, in Wales. Footage of Towyn Pendre (Tywyn) station, Talyllyn steam locomotive, narrow gauge steam train departing, manual operation of railway gate crossing, train journey filmed from the lineside, railway posters at station, painter Terrence Cuneo observing and drawing 'Talyllyn' steam locomotive, locomotive pulling carriages, Terrence Cuneo observing and boarding footplate, train backing onto viaduct near Dolgoch station, Terrence Cuneo discussing with two men, Terrence Cuneo installing his easel and starting painting on the lineside, close-up shots of 'Talyllyn' locomotive and of painting in the making, train stationary at station, Terrence Cuneo getting on footplate, train departing, shot of Terrence Cuneo putting final touch on painting in his own garden. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'The Birth of a Cuneo'

1960
6 edited videos, broadcast extracts on 01-02/08/2007 on a new announcer at York station, an American woman, Rhonda Franks; including interviews with Rhonda Franks and John Gelson (East Coast): ITV 1 Yorkshire (2 extracts, Calendar), BBC 1 N. East & Cumbria (3 extracts, Look North), BBC 1 Yorkshire (1 extract, Look North)

TV news coverage of 'Rhonda Franks is the new station announcer at York'

2007-08-01
Filmed in 1963 in Switzerland. Footage of the Furka Oberalp Bahn, a narrow-gauge railway in the Swiss Alps. Film start with shots of map of the Furka Oberalp Bahn, street in front of Brig station, electric tram, electric train departing Brig station, train journey filmed from on board and from lineside, view of trains passing through Swiss landscape, mountain landscape, train passing over viaducts and through tunnels, Niederwald and Furka Grimsel junction, road crossing, shot of Swiss post staff loading parcels onto horse-drawn carriage at Munster station, train continuing journey, couple of farmers working land with hand tools with train passing in background, train stopping Oberwald station, view over the mountains, locomotive fitted with snow blower, men shovelling snow to clear tracks, various shots of snow blower in action and F04 steam locomotive pushing snowplough, snow plough operating in deep snow, workers with shovels assisting snow blower, other snow clearing tools and machines, clearing entrance to tunnel, electrification equipment and workers transported by steam train, workers installing electric poles and cables for overhead electric lines, shots of electric trains operated on the line. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 14 minutes

16mm film, original master 'The Snow Train (Furka Oberalp Bahn)'

1963
Amateur video ‘Norton Bridge and Kidsgrove, two signal boxes’ filmed on VHS videotape by Mark Watson in 1994 and 1995, on the West Coast Main Line. Total duration: 40 minutes. Filmed in 2 parts. Part 1, December 1994, traffic at Norton Bridge Railway station, filmed in station and from inside signal box. Part 2, April 1995, journey from Stoke to Kidsgrove-Etruria railway station, Kidsgrove, signal box, Peter Pan locomotive No.86259.

VHS videotape ‘Norton Bridge and Kidsgrove, two signal boxes’

1994-1995
Filmed in 1962, on PO-Correze, a former French narrow gauge (metre-gauge) railways in Central France. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast date unknown (1962?) on BBC Television. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent.

16mm film, original master 'French Narrow Gauge (PO Correze)'

1962
Filmed in 1962, on Zillertal railway (Zillertalbahn), a narrow-gauge railway in Austria, operating steam, diesel locomotives and railcars, between Jenbach to Mayrhofen. Footage of passengers on station platform and walking on path over tracks, group of railway staff talking together near tracks, departure sign for the destination of Mayrhofen, locomotive coal tank refill, railway crossing gate closing, steam train departing, children boarding in countryside location, footage of journey filmed from carriage, children and adults waiting at countryside station, shots of children on board, children getting off the train, children boarding train, train departing, lineside shots of train journey, Austrian mountain landscape, Austrian houses, shunting steam locomotive, water tank refill at water plant, shunting away, coupling locomotive to carriages, adults boarding train, locomotive No. 4790, passengers waving as train departs, goods train passing with hay, movement of freight wagons and passenger trains, footage filmed from on board moving passenger train, pedestrians crossing tracks as railway gate is closing down, electric goods train passing through station, likely Jenbach station. A film produced by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'The School Train (Zillertal Bahn)'

1962
Filmed in 4 June 1961 following the road transport of Caerphilly Castle locomotive from the North of London (Park Royal/Old Oak Commons) to the Science Museum in South Kensington. Footage taken at British Railways Western Region Park Royal Goods depot, locomotive No. 4073 'Caerphilly Castle' hauled by a Pickford's Scammell Junior Constructor lorry, close-up shots of locomotive on low-loading trailer, lorry convoy slowly exiting Park Royal Goods Depot, footage of the slow journey of the locomotive and the tender hauled separately by another Pickford's Scammell Junior Constructor, through the streets of London, with workmen standing at the back of the trailer behind the locomotive, shots of traffic with convoy passing, passer-by observing the convoy, men helping direct lorry drivers, arrival of locomotive and tender at the Science Museum. 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: 7 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Caerphilly Castle in London'

1961
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1964 in England. 25 feet reel. Footage likely features the following steam locomotives, 34066 Spitfire, 35003 Royal Mail up A.L.E, 34060 25 Squadron Plymouth-Waterloo; 35019 down ALE; 34090 Waterloo-Padstoe; 34107 Blandford F?; 4250-6-0T type 25p built 1922 by Haar Jemstit.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 62, railway footage

1960-1964
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 900ft, a corresponding magnetic sound reel exists within the collection

16mm Film Reel 'Age of Steam'

1960-1985
Filmed in 1959 between Brighton and London Victoria. Footage of the Brighton Belle train, electric All Pullman service between London Victoria and Brighton. Shots showing Pullman coat of arms, interior shots of carriage, carriage (car No. 91) through automatic washing equipment, Brighton Belle at platform in Brighton station, water refill of Pullman carriages, train conductors in Pullman uniform, train departing, train journey filmed from the lineside, footage of arrival at station with passengers getting off, luggage carried by conductors/onboard staff, shots of London Victoria station, water refill of Pullman carriages, close-up shots of some carriages. 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 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Brighton Belle'

1959
Filmed in 1960 between Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Carlisle. Footage of diesel-multiple-unit (DMU) at Newcastle station taken from platform, then journey filmed from on board moving train shots from windows, rear and front, also shots of journey filmed from behind the driver, passing various stations, passing a stationary goods train at Corbridge, Hexham station, DMU departing again filmed from platform, water plant near station, journey continues, filmed on board, passing level crossing, bar in buffet car, Haltwhistle signal box and station, shots from inside the driver's cab, landscape filmed from train's window, passing over viaduct, Lambley station, conductor with passenger buying ticket on board, passengers getting off at Alston station, journey continues filmed from train, driving under rain, Cisland station, shots of tracks approaching Carlisle, Carlisle station, platforms, shots of steam locomotive No. 46255 heading 'The Royal Scot' train and departing station. 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: 8 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Newcastle to Carlisle by Diesel'

1960
Collection of approximately 480 items from British Railways Research, Derby, documenting research, procedures and locomotive tests. Mainly 16mm film reels, as well as one 35mm film reel, one 8mm film reel, one Super 8 film reel, 10 sound recordings and 2 video recordings.

16mm films, videotapes and sound recordings from British Railways Research, Derby

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968. 25 feet reel. Footage likely features Flying Scotsman locomotive No. 4472, Dunfermline, and between Alnwick and Morpeth.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 145, railway footage, Flying Scotsman locomotive

1960-1968
Amateur video ‘Leeky Pot and Culmination, two rail tours’ filmed on VHS videotape by Mark Watson in 1994 and 1997. Total duration: 45 minutes. Filming of two Pathfinder rail tours. Video in 2 parts. Part 1, Leeky Pot rail tour on 28 May 1994 led by class 31 diesel locomotives, departing from Stoke-on-Trent, filming local traffic, including Co-Co diesel locomotives class 58, journey to Cauldron Low Quarry and stop at Leekbrook. Part 2: The Crompton Culminator rail tour on 6 September 1997, with two class 33 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives to Holyhead, Shakespeare Cliff and Hertfordshire rail tours locomotives.

VHS videotape ‘Leeky Pot and Culmination, two rail tours’

1994-1997
8 edited videos, broadcast extracts, on National Express getting ECML franchise, 14/08/2007: Sky News (Sky News Today) footage of GNER trains ; BBC News 24 (Morning News) live interview with Jonathan Metcalfe (GNER Chief executive) talking about GNER losing bid for franchise, transition and working with National Express and footage of GNER train ; ITV Tyne Tees (Pontop) (North East Tonight) National Express replacing GNER on ECML, footage of GNER train in York station, future figures investment by National Express, interview with Richard Bowker (National Express Chief Executive), Jonathan Metcalfe (GNER Chief executive), passengers, live interview with Philip Haigh (Rail Magazine) ; ITV Yorkshire East (Calendar) footage of GNER train in York, interview with Jonathan Metcalfe (GNER) ; BBC TV 1 North H & L (Look North) Lincoln station new rail link to London service to be introduced by 2010 with National Express, footage of empty Lincoln station with reporter, footage of GNER train in York, interview with Lincoln inhabitants, extate agents (Edward Walter, Walter's Property Marketing), interview with David Mitchell (Federation of small businesses for Lincolnshire) skeptical about new service as will not be before 2010, Gillian Merron (Lincoln MP) Lincoln part of the Intercity map, opportunities at Lincoln ; BBC TV 1 East Midlands (East Midlands Today) National Express taking over ECML, interview with Gillian Merron (Lincoln MP), reporter at Newark Northgate station, improvements in stations by National Express, interviews with passengers, Rodney Hughes (Chamber of Commerce) ; BBC TV 1 North East (Look North) National Express taking over from GNER, GNER train in York station, interviews with passengers, Jonathan Metcalfe (GNER), archive footage of Flying Scotsman and Mallard on ECML ; BBC TV North L & S (Look North) National Express on ECML, GNER train footage, interviews with passengers, reporter on tickets sales and fares and National Express payment to the government, interview with Tom Harris MP (Rail Minister), Jonathan Metcalfe (GNER)

TV news coverage of 'East Coast Main Line Franchise goes to National Express'

2007
VHS videotape of 'InterCity 21 trip to Liverpool' film made in 1987 for the 21st anniversary of British Rail InterCity.

VHS videotape of 'InterCity 21 trip to Liverpool' film

1987
GNER printed on DVD, HST A new lease of life, 12/03/2007, GNER corporate/promotional video on refurbished HST (Intercity 225), refreshing the fleet, including footage on board of HSTs being refurbished and completed, footage of public launch of refurbished GNER HST at Kings Cross, GNER representatives and others speaking: Richard McClean (GNER Operations director), John Meehan (Managing director Wabtec Ltd.), David Billmore (GNER Senior Technical Advisor York), Keith Mack (Project engineer HST continuance project), Richard Bourne (Fleet Development engineer), Tony Brown (GNER Manager fleet engineering), Mark Kynman (Project Manager Wabtec Rail), end with inaugural journel on board of freshly refurbished train, footage of first class and Ian McMillan reading/performing a poem about HST as hommage to the Night Mail poem ; duration: 7min50

TV news coverage 'HST A New Lease of Life'

2007-03-12
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot mostly in Southern England, in 1964? by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Shots of station signs including: Epsom, Three Bridges, Tonbridge Wells West, Pevensey & Westham, Epsom Downs, Ventnor, Cowes, Newport, Clapham Junction, Tilehurst, Exeter Central, Wadebridge West, Basingstoke. Wide shot of approaching steam locomotive, followed by passenger footage. Shot of "stop, look, listen" sign out of window. Shot of sign at station: "The Sussex Downsman Rail Tour". Shot of steam locomotive SR N Class 2-6-0 31411, followed by passenger footage, then shot of same locomotive stopped at station. Zoom in to cab of 31411. Lineside shot of train crew carrying out some sort of maintenance to wheels on SR Q1 class 33027. Shot of the filmmaker’s friends on train platform, looking towards camera and smiling. At Tonbridge Wells West, shot of West Country Class 4-6-2 34026 'Yes Tor' at platform. Passenger footage. Shot of passengers on tracks around 'Yes Tor'. Shot from railway bridge of departing steam locomotive. Shot of SR N Class 2-6-0 31411 at platform as passengers depart. Passenger view footage, with shot zooming in on people watching trains from a railway bridge. Shot of BR Standard Class 7MT 70018 'Flying Dutchman' with passenger train, then shot of people at lineside watching 'Flying Dutchman' pass. Lineside shot of LSWR 0-4-4T Class M7 30053. Shot of SR 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class 34064 'Fighter Command'. Shot of BR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 34005 'Barnstaple' approaching platform.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railways (up to Okehampton)'

1964