Railways At War

On Guard! (1940)

Good footage of the Home Defence Battalions - forerunner of the Home Guard.

Moving A Farm Issue Title Is Look Out (1943)

An entire farm, including all the animals, relocates by train from Derbyshire to Surrey.

Signal Box Story Issue Title - Taken As Red! (1943)

Mr and Mrs Chris Attwood both work different shifts in Reddish signal box.

Oh, Miss Porter! (1945)

Strong lady porter Madge Ireson carries luggage about at Euston Station.

Woman Station Master Issue Title Is Mum's The Word! (1943)

A look at work of woman station master, Mrs Moore, in Bishop's Stone, Sussex.

Railway Breakdown Crew At Work (1941)

Railwaymen at work repairing bomb damaged lines.

Railway School (1940)

Royal Engineers learn signalling and locomotive maintenance in special classes.

Women Loco Workers Issue Title - All In Good Time (1943)

Good item about women railway workers during the second world war.

Her Majesty Inspects Inspects Casualty Train (1939)

Queen Elizabeth inspects casualty train at Victoria station in London.

Railway Breakdown Gang (1940)

Railway engines on the move in foggy weather - railway workers set out to repair tracks.

Sussex AKA Last Journeys Of The Devils

Footage of the Devil Dyke Baby railway in Sussex.

Crowds At Waterloo Station (1945)

Holiday crowds queue up at London railway stations for their trains.

Railway Guns (1940)

British Army railway gun crews in training.

Trains AKA Loco Cleaners Issue Title - Man And Machine (1944)

Women volunteers clean trains at the weekend. London.

Signal Women (1943)

Item showing signal women at a railway station in Saughall, Cheshire.

Women Rail Workers Issue Title - Rolling Stones (1943)

Footage of women at work on railway during Second World War in Wortley, Yorkshire.

Fire Fighting Engine (1941)

A steam engine is rigged up for use as a pump to fight railway fires.

World's Smallest Train Demobbed (1946)

After use by army during war Hythe's mini train goes back to carrying holiday makers.

Toy Train Goes To War (1944)

A miniature train is armoured for the war as soldiers use it to patrol Dymchurch in Kent.