London's Railways in the 1960s

The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news were there to capture it. Compiled here is never before released colour footage of Southern steam at Waterloo (with Nine Elms depot), all the major London stations, The Blue Pullman and early diesels, The Golden Arrow and Night Ferry service, goods and mail, steam on the Metropolitan Railway and building the Victoria Line.

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How They Dug the Victoria Line

How They Dug the Victoria Line

1969

Let's Look at Water

Let's Look at Water

1947

Strangers for the Day

Strangers for the Day

1962

The Canal Map of Britain

The Canal Map of Britain

2024

Cavalcade of San Francisco

Cavalcade of San Francisco

1940

747: The Jumbo Revolution

747: The Jumbo Revolution

2014

The Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway

The Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway

1996

De Gaulle bâtisseur

De Gaulle bâtisseur

2020

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

A&C to S

2014

Elizabethan Express

Elizabethan Express

1954

Train Time

Train Time

1952

The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific

The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific

1983

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery

2012

The White Pass Journey

The White Pass Journey

2017

Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster

Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster

2022

Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

2017

Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe

Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe

2018

The Station

1952

A Hundred Years Underground

1963