pointstaken Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 For anyone interested, the "Timeshift" programme at 7.00 PM is "The last days of steam" - why we invested in steam instead of oother means of traction after the war. Dennis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 The cynic in me hopes that they come up with the truth - what's the chance ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2011 For anyone interested, the "Timeshift" programme at 7.00 PM is "The last days of steam" - why we invested in steam instead of oother means of traction after the war. Dennis The cynic in me hopes that they come up with the truth - what's the chance ?? It's been on on several times, the most recently on Yesterday about a week ago. It was made in 2008 and features the completion of Tornado as well as lots of disconnected film/commentary. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted December 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2011 Having just watched this it lacks something like a...... script, continuity or purpose. The talking heads obviously know a lot more but were not given time to say what they knew in detail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I think a lot of the conclusions seemed to be drawn with the benefit of hindsight. No one on the programme questioned the economics for building of hundreds of relatively low powered diesels which ended up pulling loose coupled goods trains at almost the same speeds that the steam locos they replaced had done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon020 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 On again now... at 11pm, just watching a bit before bed time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Colin Posted December 30, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2011 Very disjointed but worth it for some of the archive shots. The one of 6256 "Sir William A Stanier FRS" emerging from works is a real gem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 30, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2011 The cynic in me hopes that they come up with the truth - what's the chance ?? If - as seems likely from other posts - it's repeat of an old programme the answer to that question is 'not much'. In my view it never got round to tackling the nitty gritty of the industrial/manufacturing situation in Britain and its importance in the dieselisation programme or the various political imperatives (or negatives), let alone the labour market and its impact on decisions. Nice pictures (in places) shame about the script. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 When I watched it I realized it was about 2 or 3 years old, and had probably been on before, but it was the first time I saw it, a few good old nostalgic shots ( but I didn't see myself at the platform ends ??), otherwise I wasn't impressed, yes I agree with you Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 30, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2011 When I watched it I realized it was about 2 or 3 years old, and had probably been on before, but it was the first time I saw it, a few good old nostalgic shots ( but I didn't see myself at the platform ends ??), otherwise I wasn't impressed, yes I agree with you Mike. There are some nice stock images including the double headed LMS train with a Claughton (5976?) as the train engine (although it's been in other programmes). Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 30, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2011 Deb and I were somewhat shocked by the appearance of a former colleague as a talking head in this film. He and I met in April 1966 on a week's Careers Course run by Southern Region for Sixth Formers. During that week, we enjoyed a memorable moment on the harbour wall at Dover, when the Asst Harbour Master was explaining the various moves and routes, culminating in him pointing at two superannuated vessels in the corner of the harbour, with rather tall stacks."If all else fails" he said "We've always got the Twickenham and Hampton up our sleeve!" My teenage friend was impressed "The man's a contortionist - he can get his hampton up his sleeve!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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