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About this collection
In this collection of television and radio programmes we celebrate the craftsmanship inherent in steam trains and the beauty of the British countryside through which these locomotives have passed.
For additional archive television programmes visit the BBC Four Steam Railways collection.
Features
- Steam Days: Going Great Western
- Children's Newsreel: A Dog's Day Out
Children's Newsreel
A Dog's Day Out
Steaming down to Eastbourne with a canine passenger on the footplate.
- Secret Nature: Steam and Wildlife
Secret Nature
Steam and Wildlife
How the arrival of the rail networks changed the British countryside.
- Time Out: The Four Steamers
Steam Trains Collection
Unusual Recordings
Some Famous Trains
The atmospheric sounds of railways and trains from a bygone era.
Children's Newsreel
A Dog's Day Out
Steaming down to Eastbourne with a canine passenger on the footplate.
On Railways
P Ransome-Wallis Studies Mallard
The Mallard's swansong on the line from Grantham to Peterborough.
Tonight
Railways
A lyrical memorial to some of the stations closed by 'The Beeching Report'.
Time Out
The Four Steamers
'Diesel engines are machines, steam locomotives are practically human.'
Blue Peter
John Noakes on the Flying Scotsman
John Noakes gets his hands dirty on a trip from London to Brighton.
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Flying Scotsman
Non-stop from London to Edinburgh - can the Flying Scotsman do it again 40 years later?
Steam Scene
Reminiscences about Birmingham Snow Hill station in the 1920s.
The Getaways
Bluebell
Which hobby unites an airline pilot, a carpenter, a schoolboy, a diplomat and a science teacher?
The Past at Work
Railway Mania
Take a trip through the Yorkshire Dales on the Clan Line.
Great Railway Journeys
Confessions of a Train Spotter
Join Michael Palin as he travels from London to the Highlands of Scotland.
The Great Railway Cavalcade
Rocket 150 at Rainhill
A celebration of locomotion, from the Rocket to the APT.
See Hear!
East Somerset Railway
Restoring the Green Knight at East Somerset Railway.
Steam Days
The Fishing Line
Travel on the footplate on the West Highland Line.
Steam Days
Going Great Western
Visit the Cornish and Devon Riviera on the Great Western Railway.
The Train Now Departing
The West Highlander
A stunning journey from Fort William to Mallaig with a very contented train driver.
The Train Now Departing
Steam on the Isle of Man
The story of the Isle of Man's Victorian steam railway.
The Train Now Departing
The Survivors
Enthusiasts keep steam alive on Britain's tracks.
Secret Nature
Steam and Wildlife
How the arrival of the rail networks changed the British countryside.
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