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A collection of digitised Super 8 sound cine film clips from the 1980s and 90s featuring preserved steam locos in action on the British Railways network. The Vale of Rheidol line under BR ownership is also included.
The exact dates of many of the clips have been lost in the mist of time but a rough guide is given below:
4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 19th October 1991
70000 ‘Britannia’ Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 19th October 1991
7029 ‘Clun Castle’ 5593 ‘Kholapur’ Stratford-upon-Avon Mid 1980s
4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ Bicester Mid 1980s
4468 ‘Mallard’ Kings Sutton/Stratford-upon-Avon October 1986
60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ Ais Gill/Dent/Giggleswick June 1983
5051 ‘Drysllwyn Castle’ Hatton Bank Mid 1980s
7029 ‘Clun Castle’ Henley-in-Arden Mid-1980s
46229 ‘Duchess of Hamilton’ Hellifield/Ribblehead/Dent/Appleby Mid 1980s
4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ Ribblehead Viaduct/Ais Gill June 1983
6000 ‘King George V’ Sapperton Bank/Stroud/Magor/Llanvihangel Summit/Hereford 26th September 1987
44932 Newark-Lincoln Line, possibly Swinderby
4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ Clapham, Yorkshire June 1983
46443 Barmouth August 1986
7 ‘Owain Glyndwr’ Afon Rheidol Bridge, Aberyswyth, Devil’s Bridge August 1986
70000 ‘Britannia’ Cambridge 19th October 1991
60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ Bishop’s Stortford June 1994
60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ Hinxton June 1994
A collection of digitised Super 8 sound cine film clips from the 1980s and 90s featuring preserved steam locos in action on the British Railways network. The Vale of Rheidol line under BR ownership is also included.
The exact dates of many of the clips have been lost in the mist of time but a rough guide is given below:
4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 19th October 1991
70000 ‘Britannia’ Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 19th October 1991
7029 ‘Clun Castle’ 5593 ‘Kholapur’ Stratford-upon-Avon Mid 1980s
4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ Bicester Mid 1980s
4468 ‘Mallard’ Kings Sutton/Stratford-upon-Avon October 1986
60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ Ais Gill/Dent/Giggleswick June 1983
5051 ‘Drysllwyn Castle’ Hatton Bank Mid 1980s
7029 ‘Clun Castle’ Henley-in-Arden Mid-1980s
46229 ‘Duchess of Hamilton’ Hellifield/Ribblehead/Dent/Appleby Mid 1980s
4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ Ribblehead Viaduct/Ais Gill June 1983
6000 ‘King George V’ Sapperton Bank/Stroud/Magor/Llanvihangel Summit/Hereford 26th September 1987
44932 Newark-Lincoln Line, possibly Swinderby
4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ Clapham, Yorkshire June 1983
46443 Barmouth August 1986
7 ‘Owain Glyndwr’ Afon Rheidol Bridge, Aberyswyth, Devil’s Bridge August 1986
70000 ‘Britannia’ Cambridge 19th October 1991
60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ Bishop’s Stortford June 1994
60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ Hinxton June 1994
