BBC Archive Steam

Not entirely sure if this may or may not have been posted before but just stumbled accross the BBC archives of steam footage. If you us the words 'Steam Train' it comes up with quite a number of old programmes, Including a good proportion of the 'train now departing series'.

Hope this provides some entertainment!

Chris

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/steamtrains/7314.shtml

Link!

 

Nice find, i shall make my way through those videos. Does anyone remember a series that aired on the BBC many moons ago called Making Tracks hosted by Bob Symes, i had a few episode's of the series on video but sadly the video has been lost.

 

Yes i have a few episodes of that on VHS somewhere hidden away, a favourite aspect of it for me was showing Working Foreign steam, I was never going to see QJ's slogging their guts out in the flesh at such a young age so it was brilliant someone brought such footage to us.

 

I can't read the videos: mention of "not available in your area"!
regards
noel

 

"Not available in your area" may be because the BBC thinks your PC is not in UK. If, for example, you are going via a VPN of a US based company then the BBC site sees you as being in the USA.

 

yep indeed my pc is french and , more,smell garlic!:unacceptable for the bib!ainkiller:
regards
noel

 

Great job Chris86! My evening has been a treat!

 

Nice one Ralph.

 

Making tracks was a wonderful show, that I can remember from my very little days. I have quite a few episodes of this on VHS, maybe one day i'll put them onto youtube.

 

Me*de! Vous etes dans le wrong country. Vous n'est pas allowed to watcher les videos anglais! Mais vous might trouver que many of ces videos sont also on YouTube. Bon chance, mate.

 

Que? Je ne parle pas franglais.

Richard

 

I must have watched the 4472 1968 Kings Cross to Edinburgh Non Stop programme on the archive 2/3 times but is the narrator of the first part the late Fulton Mackay (of Porridge fame). I swear its his voice and the narrator isn't listed in the BBC credits.

 

Anyone got any other links to any further steam programmes? I would really REALLY like to find 'Snow drift on bleath gill', and another one that I believe was called ' a wash and brush up'- Detailing the servicing of a standard of some sort. I saw these both a fair few years ago and would really lie to see them again!

In addition, does anyone remember 'All steamed up'- Quite a bit of footage from the east lancs, peak rail and the WHR prior to rebuilding.


*edit* Found these!

Wash and brush up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfqSMKoiiM
- Spot the bluebell loco that makes an appearance in the background!

Snow drift on bleath Gill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuvoJuAtYjM

Chris

 

In fact.. brief search has turned these up!

Snow drift on bleath gill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuvoJuAtYjM

Wash and brush up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfqSMKoiiM

 

"Farmer moving south" is worth seeing, for a view of a long gone capability of the railway to cope with whatever came their way regards freight!

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bWp1-_voBM (part 1) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-ljR1WHqQ (part 2).

Tom

 

Heart-wrenching - I grew up on a farm much like the one in Sussex (actually not at all far from Hartfield) and so much of the kit we used when I was young was much like the stuff they were shifting. It is a world that has completely disappeared with changing technology... how many kids would know how to use a hurricane lamp today? Sigh.....

Foxy

 

My Grandad has these on DVD although I've not it or the video above yet but my Grandad explained what its about and quite an achievement. My Dad was born in Hartfield and used to walk his dog along the trackbed (he was born in 1966 and the line closed in 1967)