Films of Steam in Britain

These films show life in the days of steam in Britain between 1967 and 1972 - not only on the railways but also in a pumping station. The films feature the last steam operations on British Railways (BR) 1967/68, especially the main line freight services operated by steam in the north west. All these films are featured on the DVD "Britain in the Days of Steam".

Some films feature steam operations on non-BR lines, including colliery lines of the National Coal Board (NCB), the limestone quarry lines of the steel industry and the permanent way trains of London Transport (LT).

All these early movies were shot using amateur Standard 8 mm cameras.

	Title	Summary	Places	Date of Film	Minutes
	Tracing Steam*	Some of the last mainline steam railways in Europe in the late 1960's and early 1970's	Britain, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Yugoslavia	1972	19
	North-Western Freight under Steam	Steam-hauled freight on British Railways, mainly in 1967	Settle-Carlisle, Manchester, Wigan, Liverpool, Burnley, Bolton, Shap	1994	13
	End of Steam Blues	Steam ends on British Railways in 1967/68 as the preservation movement develops	Chinley, Bolton, Warrington, Manchester, Tebay, Liverpool, Burnley, Blackburn, Todmorden, Bluebell Line, London	1969	16
	Metropolitan	The last steam workings in 1968-70 on permanent way trains of the LT Underground	Between Harrow-on-the-Hill, Croxley Green and Watford in London	1989	9
	Colliery Steam in the North East	NCB railways in the North East between 1967 and 1970	Backworth and Ashington in Northumberland; and Wearmouth, Birtley and Winlaton in Co. Durham	1995	16
	Ironstone Railways	Loading and hauling iron ore from quarries to the steel works or BR sidings in 1967/68	Quarries at Storefield, Cranford, Gayton Wood Farm and the Corby Steelworks railway network in Nottinghamshire.	1994	11
	Watt à Bolero	An antique stationary rotative beam engine pumping water into the public water supply in 1967	Papplewick Pumping Station, near Nottingham	1967	6

* This film of steam on European railways also includes scenes from the north west of Britain and London

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