The Glory Days of Steam

By the late 1950's the writing was firmly on the wall for the heavily subsidized state-run British Railways. The labor intensive steam engines would have to go along with hundreds of stations and many branch and secondary lines. As local objections were rapidly set aside the changes seemed inevitable and soon the everyday scenes of steam locomotives would disappear

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Status

Ended

Original Name

The Glory Days of Steam

First Air Date

January 1, 2008

Last Air Date

January 15, 2008

Seasons

1

Episodes

3

Language

English

Production Companies

Go Entertain Ltd

Networks

S01E03

The South West

This Video highlights steam action in Wessex and the West Country including: Somerset & Dorset Line London & South Western Route from Salisbury to Exeter. Great Western Branch Steam Operations. Great Western Main Line Steam from Bristol to Plymouth London & South Western Branch Line from Lyme Regis to Axminster. Cornish Branch Lines from Bodmin to Wadebridge Steam Loco Classes: S&D 7Fs, Bullied West Country & Merchant Navy, Maunsel S15 & U class, M7, T9, Beattie & Adams tanks, Castle, King, Hall, Manor, Grange, County, 1400, 4200, 4500, 6100, 9400 and various Pannier Tanks, Standard 4MT & 5MT Ivatt 2MT, 4F, 8F,. 9E

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