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Filmed in 1960 on Stapleford Miniature Railway at Stapleford Estate in Leicestershire. Footage of passengers (children and adults) getting onboard the miniature train at station, train led by SMR locomotive No. 750 'Blanche of Lancaster' departing, stop at Stable Hill with passengers waiting on platform, train reversing, Central station, passengers looking at locomotive from platform, sign for 'The Lakeside Express', children and adult passengers boarding, driver oiling the miniature locomotive No. 751 'John of Gaunt', driver chatting with children, close-up shot of semaphore signals, train departing, passing level crossing, train journey filmed from lineside, arrival at Lakeside, close up of locomotive, passengers boarding, train departing, return journey filmed from lineside, stop at station, change of driver, train departing. 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 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Stapleford Miniature Railway'

1960

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