RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 2, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2012 I think it is a Class 71. So do I Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Just thought of another one, think it was a sketch on the Dick Emery show where he got out of the cab of a DMU, walked along the track and inserted a large clockwork key into a convenient aperture and began winding it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 there is an LMS and a LNER works plate on the wall of the kitchen on "George and mildred" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Not seen it mentioned, but one of my favorite films is 'School for Scoundrels' (1960 - Alistair Sim, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael). Near the beginning, the hero (Ian Carmichael) is on his way to attend 'The School of Lifemanship' in Yeovil. When the train pulls into 'Yeovil' though, I seem to remember that the loco is an Eastern Region tank (poss J50). The fingerpost directions to the school then take him on a journey across the goods yard. The film finishes in the same place, only this time, Terry-Thomas is looking for the school. Anyone know where it was filmed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lakeview770 Posted March 23, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2012 According to Wikipedia it was Hertford East Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 23, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2012 Not seen it mentioned, but one of my favorite films is 'School for Scoundrels' (1960 - Alistair Sim, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael). Near the beginning, the hero (Ian Carmichael) is on his way to attend 'The School of Lifemanship' in Yeovil. When the train pulls into 'Yeovil' though, I seem to remember that the loco is an Eastern Region tank (poss J50). The fingerpost directions to the school then take him on a journey across the goods yard. The film finishes in the same place, only this time, Terry-Thomas is looking for the school. Anyone know where it was filmed? And it looks very much like a J69 to me (especially as the number is 685XX). The yard also has some very interesting contents but alas not at all well lit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ah - thanks gents, I knew you'd know. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) has anyone seen "Young winston", a film about the younger days of winston churchill. there are a few bits from his army days with railway scens that are supposed to be sudan and south africa. but a good film though Edited March 26, 2012 by sir douglas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Take a Girl Like You (Hayley Mills/Oliver Reed). Opens with scenes on the WR (blue class 47). Then a blue Hymek arriving at Slough up fast platform. Hayley Mills alighting from blue & grey coaches in the Windsor branch bay. Station renamed Henge. Street scenes are some nice views of Staines (most of which since demolished). Later in the movie Oliver Reed stops his Moggie Minor at Pooley Green level crossing, Egham, as a 2BIL/HAL Reading train goes by. The Rebel (Tony Hancock). His sculpture "Aphrodite at the Waterhole" is decapitated by a footbridge whilst travelling on a flat wagon on the rear of the 'Golden Arrow'. Edited March 26, 2012 by dibber25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thanks for that Chris... I have 'Take A Girl Like You' on my Amazon 'item saved for later' list at the moment, based on the above it'll be going straight into the basket In an epeisode of 'The Persuaders' Roger Moore leaps onto a SR unit at Worthing station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 26, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 26, 2012 has anyone seen "Young winston", a film about the younger days of winston churchill. there are a few bits from his army days with railway scens that are supposed to be sudan and south africa. but a good film though Is that the one where the train goes into a disguised tunnel? Once in a gate is shut and all traces of the train vanish under the camouflage and it just looks like an empty siding. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 has anyone seen "Young winston", a film about the younger days of winston churchill. there are a few bits from his army days with railway scens that are supposed to be sudan and south africa. but a good film though Saw this at the weekend. Still a great film. The Boer War armoured train ambush looked like it was filmed in Yorkshire. (KWVR perhaps). Mac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Saw this at the weekend. Still a great film. The Boer War armoured train ambush looked like it was filmed in Yorkshire. (KWVR perhaps). Mac It was filmed at Colbren, on the former Neath and Brecon line just beyond Onllwyn colliery; the line was still in use to a quarry near Craig-y-Nos at the time. The loco was a heavily disguised 14xx 0-4-2t, I recollect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) It was filmed at Colbren, on the former Neath and Brecon line just beyond Onllwyn colliery; the line was still in use to a quarry near Craig-y-Nos at the time. The loco was a heavily disguised 14xx 0-4-2t, I recollect. 1466 I do believe - and somewhere in the film there is a very brief glimpse of that number painted on the bucket hanging on the fireiron brackets. Edit to add the PS that the other railway scenes were I believe filmed at Longmoor. Edited March 26, 2012 by The Stationmaster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve K Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 In one of the recent Titianic-themed dramas (thus pretty much fixing the supposed date, I should have thought...), some of the passengers arrived in Southampton in a rake of blue-grey carriages! Can't remember if it was Channel 4, 5 or whatever, but it had David Calder as the Captain, if that helps (sorry, too tired for Googling). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Towards the end of the film Billy Liar is a very evocative late-night scene at a terminal station. Whenever I see it I think - ah, that's just how it used to be. Hard to explain to anyone who wasn't there, but big stations had a special atmosphere at night in steam days, something that just doesn't exist any more. Any road, I googled the film and found the location used was Marylebone. Which surprised me, as I would have put money on Bradford (Exchange) - that is, the old version, not the modern interchange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Towards the end of the film Billy Liar is a very evocative late-night scene at a terminal station. Whenever I see it I think - ah, that's just how it used to be. Hard to explain to anyone who wasn't there, but big stations had a special atmosphere at night in steam days, something that just doesn't exist any more. I think it lasted a bit longer than steam though that did add its own atmosphere. In the mid 1970s I had a room for about a year in a flat near Paddington and used to enjoy going there late at night to get tomorrow's newspapers today (i.e the regional editions). After most passenger trains had stopped there was a new bustle of parcels, mail and newspaper trains that was very seductive and in those days it was one of the few places where you could get a coffee and a bun/pie after midnight . You get some hint of it in Night Mail in the scene in Crewe (?) but the whole atmosphere was about more than mail trains. Termini did usually have a closed period between about 1AM and the early morning when nothing happened but some stations down the line and particularly in Europe seemed to be alive all night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 has this been mentioned? starts at 1min25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52qJaoSuHX4&feature=related Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) Oh, to be young. 1967 is when I started with Decca Records,"Swinging London" and all that publicity crap, I ended up being in a German film representing "London".... Thank God I've forgotten the name - if it turns up somewhere I'll just deny it anyway. By the way I never saw "Smashing Time" either, never heard of it. Looks crap too! Best, Pete. Edited May 9, 2012 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted May 9, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2012 has this been mentioned? starts at 1min25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52qJaoSuHX4&feature=related Just watched this. All the graphics feature St Pancras, the shot from the train shows the St pancras approaches but the actual arrival is at another station with pillars supporting the roof bays, (Not sure which but could be Marylebone) then the girls exit St Pancras. Brilliant continuity, perhaps not. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 British Rail had some kind of rule that any filming inside a London terminus had actually to be done at Marylebone. Why? Dunno, something to do with it being the less busy I suppose..... You can't blame the film unit this time. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 has this been mentioned? starts at 1min25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52qJaoSuHX4&feature=related There is more at approx 1hr 23 mins where they are in a railway yard. Blue peak in the sidings and green peak on blue mark 1 passing. Mike Wiltshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 well spotted, I havent watched it just caught the beginning wonder if some of the outtakes from diesels and electrics on 35mm of blue peaks arriving at st pancras are from this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 9, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 9, 2012 British Rail had some kind of rule that any filming inside a London terminus had actually to be done at Marylebone. Why? Dunno, something to do with it being the less busy I suppose..... You can't blame the film unit this time. Best, Pete. I expect if the film folk went via BRB Marylebone would have been the natural place to direct them to - on the doorstep plus, as you've said, nice & quiet. I suspect that going through Regional or Divisional offices would have produced either a 'we have so & so which will be just right for that' or a 'you'd better go to so & so because they have a nice quiet station in London'. All depended on what the film company were prepared or able to pay and how accessible teh site was for them or what the design folk wanted. With the 'Magic Christian' it happened that I was the first person they contacted and their production assistant asked for a 'Blue Pullman train and someone told me to speak to your office'. A bit of chat and asking leading questions revealed that what the producer wanted was a 'blue & white train' and that a shiny blue & grey one would suit nicely and was much cheaper than the price I quoted for a'Blue Pullman'. So they used a 'blue & grey train' and got the exact sort of facilities they needed. If you think some of the stuff we see in films is daft you ought to come across some of the things they ask for - the producers of the Tom Cruise 'Mission Impossible' film originally asked to film the 'Channel Tunnel' scenes in the Tunnel on the roof of a moving train and apparently were surprised to learn there were overhead live wires which supplied the electricity which mad the train work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 was watching "Hindenburg" last night. i noticed that in the landing scene in new york (just before the explosion) there is a rope winch on light rail waggon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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