Films of Steam in Europe

These films show life in the days of steam in Europe between 1967 and 1975. The films feature some of the last steam operations on national railways of France (SNCF) in 1967/68, Germany (DB) in 1967-1976 and Portugal (CP) in 1970/1973.

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
	Nevers on the G String	Shows 241.P compound class locomotives hauling heavy passenger trains between Nevers and Moret (near Paris) in 1968.	Nevers, France	1970	6
	Swanning Around Hof	A ride on passenger trains between Neuenmarkt Wirsberg and Hof, behind the Class 01 4-6-2 class in 1968 (to be finalised).	Hof, in Bavaria, Germany	1971	7
	Happy End	Main line steam operation between Osnabrück, Bremen and Hamburg in the summers of 1967 and 1968.	Osnabrück, Bremen, Hamburg, in northern Germany	1996	10
	Sadly Mist	Main line railways during February 1976, shortly before the end of steam operation in Germany.	Ottbergen, Rheine, in northern Germany	1996	20
	Vintage Port	Vintage steam locomotives, aged 40-90 years, at work in and around Porto and places in the Douro Valley in 1970 and 1973	Porto, Regua, in Portugal	1998	16
	Une Journée	Operations on the broad gauge using 4-6-0 locomotives, and on the narrow gauge using 0-4-6-0T Mallet locomotives between 1970 and 1973.	Regua, Porto, in Portugal	1998	15
	Daystream	Scenes of locomotive depots and train journeys in 1970 (to be finalised).	Spain, Portugal, Yugoslavia	1971	11

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

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