The West Somerset Railway Past & Present
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At 20 miles in length The West Somerset Railway is the longest heritage line in Britain. The first public trains ran in 1976 and the full length of this preserved section of the former Great Western Railway branch line to Minehead was re-opened in June 1979. Since this time huge strides forward have been made, to the point where the West Somerset Railway can today rightly be regarded as one of the country’s leading preserved railways. This programme marries together cine archive footage of the early preservation days with up to date sequences of trains as they pass through the countryside. All the stations along the route are looked at and it’s amazing to compare the near dereliction that existed after British Railways had closed the line in the early 1970s with what exists today. The opening day train back in 1976 is featured and comparisons can be seen between the small industrial locomotives that were used back then and the large main line engines that regularly haul trains now. |
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Format: PAL DVD -R 4:3| Region: 0 | Reference No: CMV 7093 | Running Time: Approx. 90 Minutes | |
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ASSOCIATED PRODUCT: Past & Present Publishing Book
The current West Somerset Railway runs from Bishops Lydeard near Taunton to Minehead, and at over 21 miles is the longest preserved line in the UK. For that, and for the scale and quality of restoration over the past twenty-five years, it fully deserves to be classed among the premier heritage railways. It incorporates many of the classic ingredients of a traditional GWR branch line: steam-hauled trains and beautiful stations, set in an idyllic countryside of rolling hills and seaside resorts. |
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Format: Paperback | ISBN: 978 1 85895 251 8 | Author: David Williams |
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