60021 Pen-y-Ghent Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Hope this is in the right place - can't find anywhere better to put it. I've just been watching episode 2 of Robert Redford's The West on the History channel. Among other things this dealt with the construction of the Union Pacific railroad and the golden spike at Promontory Point. Among the bits of docudrama the usual dosage of archive pictures was rolled out, including one that looked incredibly like a view from near the southern portal of Blea Moor tunnel showing the signal box and siding with Ingleborough in the distance. Then at the end of the programme an Ivatt 2-6-0 and maroon coaches appeared running over a small viaduct, but I couldn't recognize the location. Very strange bit of film editing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60021 Pen-y-Ghent Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 I've done a bit of googling and I think that the second clip to which I refered was of the Great Central Raikway crossing over Swithland reservoir. Very bizzare!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Nothing on railway programmes surprises me. The ruling idea seems to be, "Oh, it's a train, it'll do..." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Nothing on railway programmes surprises me. The ruling idea seems to be, "Oh, it's a train, it'll do..." Exactly! That program about the ealing comedies didn't really deal with the titfield thunderbolt, it just had a segment with Richard E Grant riding on a 15xx pannier tank and calling the whole thing 'a load of hot air' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken.W Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hope this is in the right place - can't find anywhere better to put it. I've just been watching episode 2 of Robert Redford's The West on the History channel. Among other things this dealt with the construction of the Union Pacific railroad and the golden spike at Promontory Point. Among the bits of docudrama the usual dosage of archive pictures was rolled out, including one that looked incredibly like a view from near the southern portal of Blea Moor tunnel showing the signal box and siding with Ingleborough in the distance. Then at the end of the programme an Ivatt 2-6-0 and maroon coaches appeared running over a small viaduct, but I couldn't recognize the location. Very strange bit of film editing! With the usual standard of film editing, lucky you didn't get a clip of an American 'Casey Jones' type 4-4-0 entering the tunnel, and emerging from the other end as a Midland Compound Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 One of my favourites is the Midland signal box at "Zagreb" in "From Russia with love". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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