Classic Steam Train Collection
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Classic Steam Train Collection

2005
1 season
8 episodes
Documentary

Tells the story of classic steam locomotives including King Edward I, Green Arrow, Taw Valley, Flying Scotsman, Clan Line, and the Black Five, Castle and Manor classes, beautifully capturing the sights and sounds of a bygone era. Filmed by steam enthusiasts from ITV and the BBC, using high-definition broadcast equipment to make movie-length portraits of British steam locos at work.

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  • Ep 1

    1.King for a Day

    01-01-200580m

    This is the most comprehensive coverage of a steam rail trip ever made, as cameras at more than 50 locations followed the beautifully restored 6024 “King Edward I” from London to B...

  • Ep 2

    2.Green Arrow Goes West

    01-01-200570m

    In what is believed to be the most intensive coverage of a single steam railtour, a team of professional TV cameramen follow “Green Arrow” to the West Country. But it was a railtou...

  • Ep 3

    3.Orient Express Steam

    01-01-200569m

    This is the story of the Southern West Country- class 34027 "Taw Valley". She was saved by a single minded Yorkshireman with a romantic streak who rescued it from the scrapyard in...

  • Ep 4

    4.Flying Scotsman: A Day in the Life

    01-01-200570m

    The ultimate pictorial record of how the world’s most famous express locomotive steamed triumphantly into the Millennium, reborn with far greater power than Sir Nigel Gresley had e...

  • Ep 5

    5.Clan Line: A Day in the Life

    01-01-200570m

    Way back in the 1960s, when steam was on the way out, a group of kids decided they simply weren’t prepared to let the Merchant Navy class die – so they bought one straight out of B...

  • Ep 6

    6.Black Five Green Train

    01-01-200576m

    On April 1st 2000, a Black Five answered an SOS from the Mid-Hants Railway to work a Daylight Railtour outing from Alton to Bridgnorth, home of the Severn Valley Railway. Known as...

  • Ep 7

    7.Castle and Manor on The Torbay Express

    01-01-200562m

    This film takes a look at clash between the Bradley Manor and the Earl Bathurst engines for the Torbay Express route between Bristol and Kingswear. See how Castle class locomotive...

  • Ep 8

    8.Driving and Firing the Western Engines

    01-01-200577m

    This film joins the drivers and engineers on the Western Line engines for live sequences of different journeys. Every aspect of driving a steam locomotive is covered. From observin...

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