009 micro modeller Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 10 hours ago, Smiffy2 said: The boy said he wanted to see his 'favourite train' running again. He said it was the Flying Scotsman. I understand that the real Flying Scotsman loco has been heavily overhauled multiple times in preservation and hardly any of it is definitely known to be original, so this actually seems very appropriate, given the attempts at restoration you mention in the rest of your post… 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Can't find this film mentioned elsewhere, tiny railway snippet: https://www.reelstreets.com/films/frieda/ SR territory, named Denfield for film scene, actually Shalford. Also a clip, probably out-take: https://lolaclips.com/footage-archive/studiocanal/SC-01-0596/train_8 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 04/04/2024 at 23:48, 009 micro modeller said: I understand that the real Flying Scotsman loco has been heavily overhauled multiple times in preservation and hardly any of it is definitely known to be original, so this actually seems very appropriate, given the attempts at restoration you mention in the rest of your post… It's like Trigger's broom. As a frugal Scottish person, I despair. I must prefer Tornado. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Ah, Tornado... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lff2s/top-gear-series-13-episode-1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold StuAllen Posted April 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6 (edited) I was watching Boys in the Boat (George Clooney directing the story of the University of Washington’s rowing teams journey to the 1936 Berlin Olympics) I was surprised to see their rail journey to Poughkeepsie started on MK1 coaches from Kings Cross. Turns out was all filmed in the UK Edited April 6 by StuAllen 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6 On 24/03/2024 at 22:20, steve1 said: Beyond Paradise, Friday 22nd. That was the South Devon Railway I assume? steve Couldn't understand why everything (Loco, Coaches, Station) had to be labelled "Devon Railways"! Why not just call it "Shipton Abbot Heritage Railway" and leave everything as it is. The green patches on the loco looked stupid. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 13 hours ago, melmerby said: Couldn't understand why everything (Loco, Coaches, Station) had to be labelled "Devon Railways"! Why not just call it "Shipton Abbot Heritage Railway" and leave everything as it is. The green patches on the loco looked stupid. Agreed, and why bother renaming it at all? I thought it was all part of trying to convince us that Shipton Abbot is somewhere mysterious in Devon. Not around Looe in Cornwall at all. Like the house boat the Inspector is living on. Which I think is close to Pentille Castle on the bend of the Tamar, https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=50.459217~-4.239171&lvl=18.0&style=h 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, KeithMacdonald said: I thought it was all part of trying to convince us that Shipton Abbot is somewhere mysterious in Devon. Not around Looe in Cornwall at all. According to Radio Times(?) they use about 6 different places woven together to depict Shipton Abbot. Looe definitely has a major role in that. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) Blitz with Jason Statham at the Paddington rail depot with 3rd rail stock https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_(2011_film) Edited April 10 by ess1uk Add link 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 The video for SmallTown Boy does he change from his Glasgow train at Old Oak Common to get to Paddington? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RichardT Posted April 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10 On 06/04/2024 at 21:58, KeithMacdonald said: It's like Trigger's broom every British steam loco in the last 200 years which lasted more than a couple of years in service. “FTFY”, as I believe the young shavers say nowadays 😉 RichardT 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 13 hours ago, ess1uk said: Blitz with Jason Statham at the Paddington rail depot with 3rd rail stock https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_(2011_film) Otherwise known as Stewarts Lane. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morello Cherry Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) Not the UK but the Twin Cities chosen few, Husker Du, the album cover for Zen Arcade (not the album cover below but another from the shoot) Was shot in Minneapolis at the rather brilliantly named 'Pig's Eye Railyard' which is now part of CP. Apologies if these have been posted before but I also give you R.E.M. Driver 8 . And the Doves at about 2 mins 30 in. Edited April 10 by Morello Cherry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold C126 Posted April 17 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 17 (edited) Just a quick note to say, for those of us who have not seen every episode of The Sweeney, it is starting again on I.T.V. 4, Monday, 22d April: https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-fyec17/the-sweeney/ Queenstown Road Battersea* station makes an appearance, I believe... This is part of the 'eternal loop' alternating with The Professionals. *Sorry, it was Peckham Rye. Edited April 28 by C126 Correct station. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 (edited) 2 hours ago, C126 said: Just a quick note to say, for those of us who have not seen every episode of The Sweeney, it is starting again on I.T.V. 4, Monday, 22d April: https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-fyec17/the-sweeney/ Queenstown Road Battersea station makes an appearance, I believe... This is part of the 'eternal loop' alternating with The Professionals. Peckham Rye station appears in the first episode 'Ringer', with Dennis Waterman chasing a petty villain along the platform. (It's fifty years this month since the pilot episode 'Regan' was shot!) Edited April 17 by Rugd1022 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 (edited) Which series of The Sweeny had the shot in the opening titles of the pedestrian overpass (long since dismantled) over Shepherds Bush? Edited April 17 by Pacific231G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) 7 hours ago, Pacific231G said: Which series of The Sweeny had the shot in the opening titles of the pedestrian overpass (long since dismantled) over Shepherds Bush? That'll be the closing titles of Series 4. The opening and closing titles were changed for Series 4 and, let's just say, it divides opinion amongst devotees. Personally I prefer the "classic" tinted stills opening and closing titles used in the first three series and I suspect I'm not alone. Edited April 18 by DY444 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18 For those of us who are not such in depth aficionados of the Sweeney, I find this an interesting channel; https://www.youtube.com/@Sweenealogy Mike. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18 On 10/04/2024 at 07:38, ess1uk said: The video for SmallTown Boy does he change from his Glasgow train at Old Oak Common to get to Paddington? He gets on a 210! Shame no exhaust thrash might have drowned him out 😀 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 BBC News Channel is currently showing a fascinating edition of The Travel Show - "Germans and their Railways-a Love Story". It's based on their young reporter exploring Germany with a "Deutschland Ticket" - which gives access to the country's regional rail network for I think 47€ a month (You have to subscribe to get the ticlet and, if visiting as a tourist, remember to cancel before you pay for the next month) . It includes the Alexanderplatz station on the Berlin U-Bahn, which was a ghost station during the Berlin Wall period as it was in East Berlin on a West Berlin line that passed through a bit of East Berlin. Also, the Wuppertal Schwebenbahn and its new museum that's just opened and, most interesting of all for me, the Lorenbahn that serves islands on the north coast that regualrly flood and on which locals run their own homebuilt railcars (the railway is actually owned by the government agency that protects the coast from erosion) Unfortunately visitors aren't supposed to ride on them unless staying with someone on the islands (in this case the owner of a B&B) The programme is inevitably a bit superficial but nevertheless very interesting and well shot. It's on the BBC News channel I think once more today and once tomorrow before the next edition appears. 1 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted April 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21 (edited) Link to BBC iPlayer Edited April 21 by keefer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) 8 hours ago, keefer said: Link to BBC iPlayer Thansk foir this Keef Though it's listed, it doesn't appear to be available for viewing yet- there is no hyperlink though there is for the other editions listed-. I think though that the final Tx was today so it should be avaialable very soon. It's well worth seeing Edited April 21 by Pacific231G 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 It does work, I watched it on iPlayer yesterday, though I wasn't as impressed with it as you two, perhaps your hype had over-hyped it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted April 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22 Working on iPlayer via browser or app. Full link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001v91y Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) ER; Season 9, Episode 1. Between 40.42 and 41.25. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/er/on-demand/32059-001 That is most definitely not the right train for Heathrow 😜 Edited April 23 by dseagull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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