This video features the work of Alan Wycherley who travelled to several famous venues in the 1960s to film B.R. steam in everyday service.
Visits include Beattock Bank in 1962-1964, the Killin branch train and Shap Bank with 'Princess Coronation' Pacifics, 'Royal Scots', 9Fs and others. A detailed look at Bromsgrove and the Lickey incline in the last days of steam banking. Other scenes around the Midlands include 'Castles' and a 'King' on the Paddington route, a look at the Halesowen branch and steam-hauled expresses thundering through Basingstoke.
DVD
Running time 52 min
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