Interesting film footage

I came across this site purely by accident, but the transport section includes some interesting footage of the last Woodhead Electric. Also there is a film of the now closed Whitby to Scarborough line. www.yfaonline.com

 

The industrial section is very interesting too, with footage on the Hunslet loco works.

 

Another site found by clicking on links on yfaonline............moving history

 

Another interesting site............http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/steamtrains/7309.shtml

 

Just tripped over this on a routine YouTube trawl. Some of the best colourised (horrid word, sorry) old footage I've ever seen. This clip [22'22"] outlines how it's done and includes plenty of rail and general transport interest. Sorry 'bout the Google link, but some pillock at YouTube has changed the menu and I couldn't copy a link from there. Enjoy

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...BMAB6BAgBEAM&usg=AOvVaw0UO7BOhLUROV051jPDNof0

I'm too damned old and/or thick to understand the minutae (or just too lazy!), but there must be miles of archive footage, just waiting for a fresh airing.

 

Titled 'Steam On The Cambrian - Bill Cross - Vintage 16mm Footage', whilst much of the quality leaves something to be desired (sez the worst photographer ever!), this clip [56'02" - watch that mobile data, peeps] covers the later years and includes some long lost lines.



Don't be fooled by the opening shot of a DMMU approaching Barmouth level crossing, most of the action involves Manors and BR 'standards' (including an unexpectedly clean green 82006), though a few 'panniers' made it into the final cut.

There's even a very old (and very degraded) clip of the original Corris in action [35'05"] .... including No.4 on a passenger train no less!

The final 10 mins show the VoR (named locos in lined green), when the station before last at Aberystwyth was in use (pre-1967).

At 37'37", it unexpectedly shifted to the Isle of Wight. 02s galore and some images of the Ryde Pier trams in service! The shot of a very clean W31 Chale is actually the best quality in the entire clip.

 

Hope this is of some interest. Some old footage of NBL's factory, originally released in 1949 [38'28" Posted to YouTube by one "Chuckles"] and a wonderful example of "RP English".

Evident in many shots, the company had clearly invested in many new machines, several of which look distinctly 'state of the art', rather than wartime acquisitions.

Newbuilders will doubtless cast an envious eye on scarily heavy kit, readily capable of machining four connecting or coupling rods simultaneously and the fashion in which 'big ends' are handled has to be seen to be believed. Ditto boiler riveting.

Although modern traction, in the form of a cab mock-up for a diesel, is mentioned, it's sadly impossible to view without a sense of foreboding. Clearly, looking past the reign of steam wasn't too much of a consideration.