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Author Topic: British Transport Films....  (Read 269 times)
James Harrison
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« on: September 04, 2009, 10:51:34 am »

...Are there any fans here?  Especially the black and white examples of the 1950s and early 1960s- showing the still largely Victorian infrastructure of the railways in their Indian summer immediately prior to modernisation. 

And which would be your favourite btf film?  For me it has to be 'Under the River'- describing the construction of the Severn Tunnel of the 1880s and showing the wonderful old beam pumping engines still in operation only a few years before their scrapping when electric pumps took over.         
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Persons intending to travel by open carriage should select a seat with their backs to the engine, by which means they will avoid the ashes emitted therefrom, that in travelling generally, but particularly through the tunnels, prove a great annoyance; the carriage farthest from the engine will in consequence be found the most desirable.
OswaldBastable
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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 11:16:32 am »

The Titfield Thunderbolt springs to mind Smiley
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C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre
Mechanic
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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2009, 11:59:10 am »

...Are there any fans here?  Especially the black and white examples of the 1950s and early 1960s- showing the still largely Victorian infrastructure of the railways in their Indian summer immediately prior to modernisation. 

And which would be your favourite btf film?  For me it has to be 'Under the River'- describing the construction of the Severn Tunnel of the 1880s and showing the wonderful old beam pumping engines still in operation only a few years before their scrapping when electric pumps took over.         

Just spent a couple of mins looking at BTI on youtube lovely stuff!
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