Andy Y Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtK_h9rygk I'm sure you'll laugh at some of the script but there's some cracking detail in here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 That was always my favourite of the BBC2 trade test films. Come the internet it took ages to track down an online version rather than a for-sale copy from the archives. Mostly filmed around East Anglia but with sudden continuity breaks to include the Lake District and an arrival into what I was led to believe was Sheffield but have never been sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 The rather poor splicing of places that are obviously not flat Norfolk or Cambs rather spoils what would otherwise be a good film. But interesting features from a time gone by nevertheless. Also some interesting and I thought odd coach formations early on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2012 Excellent Andy. And that movie still at the top reminds me of someone... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2012 The last shot of the signal gantry is Ipswich I think. Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 And that movie still at the top reminds me of someone... - I'm not that old The last shot of the signal gantry is Ipswich I think. I'd agree Andi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2012 The sequence at the end is -I'm fairly sure - arriving at Ipswich from the Norwich direction (the signal gantry is very definitely GE), the single line part is somewhere on the CK&P I think, towards the end the double line section is very definitely North Eastern Region but I'm not sure where. The beginning is all East Anglia but the major engineering work wrong line scene is somewhere in former Midland territory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Priceless, took me back to 'Saturday morning cinema!' So, c'mon then, who else used to sit behind the driver and pretend they were driving? ps anyone else notice the seasons changing through the film? pps prefer this on the tele to most of the dross we get now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 838rapid Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Cheers AndyY, thats a classic bit of film. Time to spend some cash here to collect them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 The Guard looks suitably creepy. I was once accosted by a Guard at Waterloo "'ere do you like leather, then?", leer, attempted grope, when I was 16. The Mountains are, of course, The Gog, Magog before the erosion caused by Hippies in the late sixties... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Interesting piece of nostalgic film: take a look at the headwear of everyone. No H&S high-viz with the PW gang. Happy days............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky W Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I liked the little girl saying "if you want a train you can whistle for it". How, then, did she know all about current rail franchise policy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Pete - If you knew Gog-Magog back then you'd not recognixe it and Wandlebury now! Time has marched on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 towards the end the double line section is very definitely North Eastern Region but I'm not sure where. Could the NER station be Wetheral near Carlisle as visited by Portillo? The film sort of jogged my memory and with a bit of "old-mapping" and "Google Streetviewing" it seems to fit well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Pete - If you knew Gog-Magog back then you'd not recognixe it and Wandlebury now! Time has marched on! Jack, I said that they had shrunk............ Why what has happened? Housing estates? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 TIC (Tongue in cheek) 1959 film? looking at the clothing fashions on the females, looks earlier, oh, yes, of course it's Norfolk... When I worked in Norwich in the late 60's, they reckoned Devon was 10 years behind London and Norfolk was 10 country years behind Devon, (e.g. that's more than 20)..... Are we sure around the 3min area those aren't computer scenics, like some of the golf games etc., (Real comment now) Great Video Andy, honestly.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckjumper Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 East Lynn swing bridge at 1.21 thru 1.26... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Priceless, took me back to 'Saturday morning cinema!' So, c'mon then, who else used to sit behind the driver and pretend they were driving? Well I did until the miserable s*ds took to pulling the curtains down so you couldn't. Some of them were such doubly miserable s*ds that they even pulled down the curtain on the other side where you couldn't see them working just to stop anyone enjoying the view The first bit brings back horrible memories of travelling on these things from Oxford to Potter Heigham with the Sea Scouts. It took most of the day feeling slightly nauseous from the constant diesel fumes- Ughh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2012 The East Lancs line used to have the Cravens power twins and the drivers often left the door open. I remember sitting on the front passenger seat watching things going on, when a pheasant flew out and hit the front window. I jumped in surprise, the driver unflinchingly turned to me and said "I'll pick that up on the way back........" Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Does anyone know where the bow-string arch (Ithink that's the correct terminology) bridge at around 6m 52s is/was? Does it still exist and does it still carry a railway? Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at C&M Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Could the NER station be Wetheral near Carlisle as visited by Portillo? The film sort of jogged my memory and with a bit of "old-mapping" and "Google Streetviewing" it seems to fit well. The NER station is indeed Wetheral, being approached from the eastern side on the Newcastle to Carlisle line The tunnel before the Ipswich gantry is the one to the east of Haltwhistle, and I suspect that the bowstring bridge could be the one at Wylam, currently being modelled by our very own Ron Heggs, but I would appreciate confirmation on this. There are also several shots on the Penrith - Keswick route. The mountain looking like a saddle is "Saddleback", more commonly known as Blencathra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Thanks for that. It does seem to be the Wylam bridge, which now carries a foot/cycle path. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 No-one has mentioned the 114 unit which was never a common sight in East Anglia! Soon after I first watched this film on DVD - available either on Volume 4 of the Britsh Transport Film Collection or as part of a boxed set - I came across a reference to the filming in an old magazine. Such is the state of my memory that I have been unable to find it again, which distresses me deeply. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Horn Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 4.56 in, looks like Spooner Row, heading towards Norwich. Lovely! Cheers Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 4.56 in, looks like Spooner Row, heading towards Norwich. Lovely! Cheers Tim 'Tis, you can just about read the nameplate on the 'box. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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