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Discovering Railways, Short Movie, 1977

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1968 Austin 1300 Countryman MkII

Caterpillar 980

1976 Ford Transit Camper MkI

1973 Rover 2000 TC MkII [P6]

1975 Simca 1100

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dsl ◊ 2017-07-10 15:55	Taken from BFi/British Transport Films Volume 7: The Age of the Train 2-DVD set. Can be seen here - an interesting 12-minute film, probably aimed mainly for schoolkids with lots of so-that's-how-they-do-it stuff. And of course the great Peter Purves as presenter in his sheepskin to attract kids attention. Dockside Bedford TK Ford parts being shipped from Liverpool (= Halewood) to Belgium by BR trains and boats BR Hovercraft and intriguing yellow sporty thing in bottom right - Marcos??? Trains of the future under development - most were abandoned for technical reasons
Gamer ◊ 2017-07-10 15:58	Having watched lots of Thomas the Tank Engine as a young 'un, I recognize a few of these British locomotives.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-07-10 16:41	The most famous steam engine here of course being Hardwicke, the London and North Western Railway "Improved Precedent" Class 2-4-0, which took part in the 1895 race to the north. (Through Staffordshire.) Link to "www.nrm.org.uk" -- Last edit: 2017-07-10 16:46:31
dsl ◊ 2017-07-10 17:50	johnfromstaffs wrote .... the 1895 race to the north. Overtaking would have been interesting ...
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-07-10 19:20	dsl wrote Overtaking would have been interesting ... It was more interesting than that, the two trains started, one on the West Coast line, the other on the East, and raced for Kinnaber junction. Thereafter was only one route. The one arriving first...... -- Last edit: 2017-07-10 19:21:46
Q-Ball ◊ 2017-07-11 03:38	I'm more interested in the APT Prototype high speed train.

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