The
Mallard and Flying Scotsman - Doncaster Rail Anniversary (1978/colour/sound)
Doncaster celebrates 125 years of rail with a visit from the Mallard and
the Flying Scotsman. (1 minute 34 seconds �YFA)
The
Flying Scotsman - Doncaster Rail Anniversary (1978/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman pays a visit to its place of birth - Doncaster. (1
minute 35 seconds �YFA)
The
Bahamas - Doncaster Rail Anniversary (1978/colour/sound)
The ruby-red steam train The Bahamas visits Doncaster as part of the town's
anniversary celebrations. (1 minute 30 seconds �YFA)
The
Blue Peter - Doncaster Rail Anniversary (1978/colour/silent)
The steam train Blue Peter is joined by presenters of the TV programme
at Doncaster's rail celebrations. (1 minute 53 seconds �YFA)
The
Scotsman Revisited - Still in Steam: The Flying Scotsman (1963/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman makes its last trip from King's Cross to Doncaster
for British rail before passing over into private hands. (2 minutes 51
seconds �Alan Pegler)
Flying
Scotsman in Action - Still in Steam: The Flying Scotsman (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman makes a special celebratory trip, demonstrating why
it was king of the steam engines." (3 minutes 23 seconds �Alan Pegler)
Journey's
End - Still in Steam: The Flying Scotsman (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman relives its glory days after its restoration by Alan
Pegler and his team. (1 minute 53 seconds �Alan Pegler)
Restoration
- Still in Steam: The Flying Scotsman (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman is restored to its former glory. (3 minutes 19 seconds
�Alan Pegler)
The
Flying Scotsman Reborn - Still in Steam: The Flying Scotsman (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman steam train is restored to full working order in Doncaster.
(49 seconds �Alan Pegler)
The
Welsh Tour - Still in Steam: The Flying Scotsman (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman takes to the rails for a commemorative tour of Wales.
(2 minutes 53 seconds �Alan Pegler)
On
Tour - Still in Steam: The Flying Scotsman (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman goes on its first public tour since its restoration.
(3 minutes 2 seconds �Alan Pegler)
Hauling
the Flying Scotsman - The Flying Scotsman: USA Tour (1969/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman goes to Liverpool Docks to be loaded aboard a ship
for a journey Stateside. (4 minutes 39 seconds �Alan Pegler)
Winching
the Flying Scotsman - The Flying Scotsman: USA Tour (1969/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman is carefully winched onto a ship at Liverpool Docks
ready for a transatlantic crossing. (4 minutes 32 seconds �Alan Pegler)
The
Panda Pullman - Tender Memories (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman steams out of London on a special UK tour. (3 minutes
10 seconds �Alan Pegler)
Sabotage
on the Scotsman - Tender Memories (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman breaks down as it tours the country. (3 minutes 18
seconds �Alan Pegler)
Express
Run - Tender Memories (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman breaks another speed record twice in one day. (2 minutes
50 seconds �Alan Pegler)
Making
an Advert - Tender Memories (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman becomes a celluloid star when it stars in an advertisement.
(3 minutes 10 seconds �Alan Pegler)
The
Lakes and Fells Tour - Tender Memories (1960s/colour/sound)
The Flying Scotsman takes a trip to Cumbria and Yorkshire through snowy
landscapes.. (3 minutes 27 seconds �Alan Pegler)
Golden
Age of Rail - Locomotion (1969/colour/sound)
The railway pioneers worked around the clock to pioneer major engineering
advances. (30 seconds �BBC)
The
Early Railways - Locomotion (1993/colour/sound)
The early railway navvies were the unsung heroes of the building of the
railways, constructing tunnels and cutting out of the hard rock. " (4
minutes 2 seconds �BBC)
Railway
Pioneers - Locomotion (1993/colour/sound)
Railway pioneers like Hackworth and Stephenson provided the innovations
and technological breakthroughs for the golden age of rail. (3 minutes
45 seconds �BBC)
Steam
Trains - Everybody's Doin' It (1930s/b&w/sound)
Old locomotives steam across the countryside. (52 seconds �BBC)
Normanton
- Rail Men (1975/colour/sound)
The railway town of Normanton falls into decline. (4 minutes 2 seconds
�BBC)
Pay
Rates - Rail Men (1975/colour/sound)
Railwaymen talk about pay differences between railwaymen and miners. (2
minutes 22 seconds �BBC)
Miners
and railwaymen's Pay - Rail Men (1975/colour/sound)
A railway worker talks about the social contract and the declining status
of railwaymen in the 1970s. (3 minutes 8 seconds �BBC)
Steam
King - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1920s/b&w/silent)
Relive the golden age of steam with the Flying Scotsman in this BBC documentary
film. The Scotsman travelled two million miles during its working life.
(1 minute 17 seconds �YFA)
Cholera
- Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Twenty eight railway workers were killed by a cholera epidemic in the
1840s after working in the wild countryside above Penistone. (3 minutes
14 seconds �BBC)
Great
Central Line - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
An extract from a BBC documentary film about the Great Central and Midlands
lines. (1 minute 9 seconds �BBC)
A
Driver Remembers - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
A train driver reminiscing about how he started working in the railways
as a junior cleaner before moving his way up to driving a steam train.
(1 minute 37 seconds �BBC)
Train
Journey - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Take the train to Penistone, one of the remotest places in England. In
Winter snow, frost and bad weather often led to problems for drivers."
(43 seconds �BBC)
Ticket
Collector - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
A ticket collector at work on the Penistone Line between Manchester and
Sheffield. (2 minutes 52 seconds �BBC)
In
the Tunnel - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Take a journey from Sheffield to Manchester and find out what it was like
to go through the Woodhead Tunnel. Sometimes drivers had to crouch down
to avoid the fumes and get breathable air. (3 minutes 32 seconds �BBC)
Signal
Man - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Go inside the signal box with signalman Michael Gatonby and find out about
one of the loneliest and busiest jobs on the railway line. (2 minutes
1 second �BBC)
Passenger
Guard - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
The passenger guard waves off a train on the Manchester-Sheffield line.
Hear the passenger guard talking about his job and the camaraderie of
working on the railways. (3 minutes 23 seconds �BBC)
Sheffield
- Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Watch a short film about the importance of Sheffield as a railway city.
A tenth of all freight once started in Sheffield and 7,300 men once worked
in its railways" (2 minutes 25 seconds �BBC)
Wonders
of Steam - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Relive the wonders of steam and hear engine cleaners reminiscing about
the smell of the steam locomotives. Watch the rail workers arguing about
the merits of steam in relation to diesel (1 minute 56 seconds �BBC)
Mod
Cons - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Visit Euston Station, the most modern of its age with the latest railway
architecture in aluminium, steel, glass, mosaic and plastic. Spend a 6d
in the superloo and mingle with 30,000 other passengers" (2 minutes 5
seconds �BBC)
Containerisation
- Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Visit the new container depot and Tinsley marshalling yards near Sheffield
to see how modernisation changed the type of work being done by railwaymen.
Watch the men talking about their jobs. (2 minutes 52 seconds �BBC)
End
of the Line - Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969/b&w/sound)
Watch a short film about the closure of the Penistone line which had been
operational since 1845. The line would only continue to be used by freight
trains. (4 minutes 35 seconds �BBC)
York
Station - York Travelogue (1920s/b&w/silent)
Crowds of rail passengers at York Station in the golden years of steam
travel. (29 seconds �YFA)
Street
Scenes - York Travelogue (1920s/b&w/silent)
A shopping trip to York - visit The Shambles and the historic shopping
streets around Petergate. (48 seconds �YFA)
Signal
Workers - The Signal Works (b&w/silent)
Signal workers hammering and welding at the signals factory in York. (47
seconds �YFA)
Signals
- The Signal Works (b&w/silent)
Go inside the signal factory and watch what happens behind the scenes,
and see workers attending to the signal racks in the signal works at York.
(2 minutes 25 seconds �YFA)
Assembling
Signal Boxes - The Signal Works (b&w/silent)
Workers in the York railway works assemble signal boxes. This was a vital
job in ensuring that the railway network operated smoothly. (1 minute
32 seconds �YFA)
Inside
the Signal Factory - The Signal Works (b&w/silent)
Go inside the signal works and watch the workers assembling the signal
levers at the York signal factory. (2 minutes �YFA)
Steam
Engines - Marsden Collection (1960s/colour/sound)
Classic rail engines steam through the countryside including the Darlington
K1 engine and the Flying Scotsman. (3 minutes 51 seconds �Marsden Collection)
Engine
Scrap Yard - Marsden Collection (1960s/b&w/sound)
Remnants of old trains lie around an engine scrap yard. (2 minutes 39
seconds �Marsden Collection)
Steam
Engines - Marsden Collection (1960s/colour/sound)
Steam engines relive the golden age of steam. (2 minutes 30 seconds �Marsden
Collection)
Scrap
Yard - Marsden Collection (1960s/colour/sound)
The railway engine scrap yard near Barnsley was the last resting place
for a wide variety of old cut-up locos. (3 minutes 39 seconds �Marsden
Collection)
Old
Locos - Marsden Collection (1960s/colour/sound)
Old steam trains are scrapped and shunted around a Yorkshire rail yards.
(3 minutes 13 seconds �Marsden Collection)
Putting
on Anti-Gas Suits - Mustard Gas Attacks (1939/b&w/silent)
Wartime safety on the railways and see workers dressing in anti-gas suits
designed to deal with a mustard gas attack. (3 minutes 27 seconds �YFA)
Repairing
Rails - Mustard Gas Attacks (1939/b&w/silent)
Rail workers trying out different anti-gas suits. (3 minutes 36 seconds
�YFA)
Buffer
Tests - Railway Workers (1939/b&w/silent)
Railway workers running safety tests on rail carriages to check the risk
of derailment. (1 minute 4 seconds �YFA)
The
Depot - The Layout of Locomotive Depot Facilities (b&w/silent)
Visit York Station and watch routine maintenance work being carried out.
See engines being turned around and watch the rail workers labouring in
the coal depot. (1 minute 43 seconds �YFA)
Cleaning
out the Slut and the Slag - The Layout of Locomotive Depot Facilities
(b&w/silent)
Locomotive maintenance workers clean out the slut and slag from engines
at York Station. (2 minutes 45 seconds �YFA)
Greasing
the Engine - The Layout of Locomotive Depot Facilities (b&w/silent)
Behind the scenes at York Station, watch the railway workers greasing
a steam engine." (2 minutes 26 �YFA)
Steam
and Water - The Layout of Locomotive Depot Facilities (b&w/silent)
A short film about railway workers at York Station filling up a steam
engine with water. (1 minute 47 seconds �YFA)
Steaming
Ahead - The Layout of Locomotive Depot Facilities (b&w/silent)
Railway workers turn around an engine, couple it and prepare the train
for a journey. Join the engine as it steams off on its journey from York.
(3 minutes 38 seconds �YFA)
Packing
Sleepers - Railway Workers (1948/b&w/silent)
Railway workers lay sleepers on the tracks. The film compares this old
style of putting down sleepers with new machine-based technology in the
shape of the Marisa Automatic Tester. (3 minutes 33 seconds �YFA)
Laying
the Troughs - Water Troughs (1950/b&w/silent)
Railwaymen lay water troughs in the middle of railway tracks so steam
engines can take water from them. (2 minutes 2 seconds �YFA)
Laying
the Lines - York Station (1928/b&w/silent)
Gangs of railway workers laying tracks at York Station in spectacular
footage of major rebuilding works at the station. (3 minutes 20 seconds
�YFA)
Timetabling
- Transport 1950 (1950/b&w/sound)
Railway company staff draw up new timetables for the trains. (4 minutes
38 seconds �BBC/British Transport)
Just
On Time - Transport 1950 (1950/b&w/sound)
Rail workers deal with train delays and the knock-on effects of late trains
on other services. (2 minutes 51 seconds �BBC/British Transport)
Loading
- Market Weighton Station (1960s/colour/sound)
A farming company loads railway trucks at Market Weighton Station. (1
minute 10 seconds �Marsden Collection)
After
Closure - Market Weighton Station (1960s/colour/sound)
The bulldozers move into to demolish Market Weighton station. (1 minute
15 seconds �Marsden Collection)
Heavy
Snow - Snow On the Tracks (1947/b&w/silent)
Relive the harsh winter of 1947 with railway workers toiling on the tracks
to clear heavy snow falls to enable trains to run. (2 minutes 40 seconds
�YFA)
Snow
Blasting - Snow On the Tracks (1947/b&w/silent)
During the severe winter of 1947 railway lines were blocked with heavy
snow and railway workers had to blast the snow away so rail services could
run smoothly. (1 minute 58 seconds �YFA)
Repairing
the Damage - Snow On the Tracks (1947/b&w/silent)
Gangs of railway workers as they repair the damage to the track caused
by heavy snow and flooding. (1 minute 24 seconds �YFA)
Aftermath
of Heavy Snow Falls - Snow On the Tracks (1947/b&w/silent)
Heavy snow falls in 1947 wrecked havoc on the railway lines - railwaymen
worked to restore the lines and ensure that services were up and running
after snow and flood damage. (2 minutes 38 seconds �YFA)
Derailments
- Safety Testing (1942/b&w/silent)
Railwaymen laying track to make accidents happen in this derailment testing
film from the Second World War. (1 minute 42 seconds �BBC)
Track
Layers at Work - Laying the Tracks (1942/b&w/silent)
Railwaymen working on the tracks using new machines during the Second
World War. (2 minutes 3 seconds �BBC)
Rails
Put in Place - Laying the Tracks (1942/b&w/silent)
Railwaymen laying curved sections of track during the Second World War.
(1 minute 20 seconds �BBC)
Huland's
Quarry - Stone Blasting (b&w/silent)
Visit Huland's Quarry in Barnard Castle where stone was blasted for ballast
for LNER railways. Watch the workers digging and filling wagons. (1 minute
53 seconds �YFA)
Blasting
- Stone Blasting (b&w/silent)
Men blasting stone for ballast at a quarry in Barnard Castle in County
Durham. Take cover as the explosives are set in place, the fuse is lit
and the workers shelter from the massive blast." (3 minutes 25 seconds
�YFA)
From
Quarry Face to Crusher - Stone Blasting (b&w/silent)
Visit Huland's Quarry in Barnard Castle and watch the progress of the
blasting stone as it makes its way from the rock face to the stone crusher.
(2 minutes 6 seconds �YFA)
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