Saddletank Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Hi, just been rummaging around the British Pathe website and stumbled upon these wonderful films from the early 60s, showing the future of British Railways and featuring innovations such as electronic ticket machines, robotic freight tugs, new stations, hump shunting yards and brand new TMDs, all pre- Beeching. I particularly love the image of the old weatherbeaten steam locomotive passing over a freshly constructed and immaculate concrete rail bridge. I'm away to see what Manchester Oxford Rd station looks like nowadays! The Electronic Railway http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=436 The Electronic Railway - outtakes (no sound) http://www.britishpathe.com/video/out-takes-cuts-from-cp-329-reel-2-of-2-electronic/query/wildcard The Railway Today http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=949 Enjoy, hopefully it spurs some sort of inspiration to model a more aspirational time for our beleaguered rail network. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted January 4, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2013 . I'm away to see what Manchester Oxford Rd station looks like nowadays! Oxford Road has had a bit of a refresh recently and is also a Grade II listed structure. It handles around 7m passenger journeys annually, no doubt considerably more than when it was rebuilt in 1960. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted January 4, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2013 Very good thanks for bringing to the attention of the RMweb Eltel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletank Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Oxford Road has had a bit of a refresh recently and is also a Grade II listed structure. It handles around 7m passenger journeys annually, no doubt considerably more than when it was rebuilt in 1960. But does it look anything like as good as it did in the film? I suspect like all the headline projects of BR in the early 60s, it was built then forgotten about til it fell apart... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushType4 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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