Trains Old And New 1957

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Brighton, East Sussex.

M/S of a Class E-4 locomotive being turned on turntable. M/S of a man pushing it round the turntable. Here the locomotive come to be broken up. This one is "the hulk of a "King Arthur" class engine built at Eastleigh in 1820." Several shots of people dismantling the locomotive....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
1273
Sort Number:
CP 129
Time in/Out:
01:02:42:00 / 01:04:09:00
Canister:
CP 129
Film ID:
63.02
Issue Date:
17/06/1957

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  • The engine on the turntable is Class E-4 locomotive number 32562.

    jamied 4th May 2012
  • Thanks.

    British Pathé 23rd May 2012

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