Trains

Transport Makes News (1964)

Giant Side Loading lorry, Railway loco 'Mallard' and Professor Piccard's Submarine.

History On Wheels (1963)

Museum of British Transport opens new section, featuring old locomotives.

New Loco For RES (1964)

New Army Locomotive for the Royal Engineers. Named by General Lord Robertson.

Railway Engine (1946)

Train driver in action.

Railway Rolling Stock Exhibition At Marylebone (1961)

Shots of famous steam trains and their diesel replacements.

All Aboard The 11:29 (1934)

Good footage of the a steam locomotive travelling at speed through the countryside.

Rail Strike Threatens Industry (1955)

Industry begins to suffer as the rail strike chaos grows.

Wealth Of The World - Transport - Reel 1 (1947)

The development of road, rail and water transport in Britain - focuses on nationalisation in 1947

Wealth Of The World - Transport - Reel 2 (1947)

The development of road, rail and water transport in Britain - focuses on nationalisation in 1947

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 55 (1939)

Stories in this item include lion cubs at Amsterdam Zoo and a British steel works.

Cities Of Great Britain No. 4 - Derby AKA Derby - Scenes Of City & Its Surroundings

Views of industrial Derby - factories, Roll Royce etc., and of the parks and cathedral.

Goodbye To Steam AKA Railway Modernisation (1958)

Detailed look at plans to modernise Britain's railway system.

Exeter Flyer's Last Run AKA Last Run By "Exeter Flyer" As A Steam Engine (1965)

The 'Exeter Flyer'. The last steam express train to leave Waterloo.

Railway Exhibition (1957)

An exhibition showing plans for the modernisation of trains.

Diesel Train (1954)

One of British Rail's lightweight diesels in action between Bradford and Leeds.

Deltic Diesel AKA Deltic Train (1962)

A look at how the diesel engine is replacing the old steam train and some of the benefits of this progress.

English Electric Review 1950 - 1951 (1950)

Collection of stories about the Canberra jet bomber and new diesel electric train.

Diesel Electric Train (1948)

Electric diesel train on journey from London to Derby.

Ancient Railway Engine

Footage of a very old locomotive - probably an Agenorra from 1828.

A Giant Am I (1932)

Good footage of large steam locomotive having trial run in France.

"A Symphony In Steel" ... And All British! (1932)

Great views of the massive North Shore Bridge over Sydney Harbour in Australia.

All Scotch! (1933)

Steam trains destined for India are loaded aboard ship in Glasgow.

Engines Old And New (1920)

Victorian steam engine and modern steam engine seem together.

Train Graveyard (1961)

Heartbreaking story about old steam engines being broken down for scrap at Stratford, East London.