Steam action on the south end of the East Coast Main Line, filmed in 1960 and 61 and edited to progress northwards from Kings Cross.
Summer Saturdays along this line was a continual procession of steam-hauled expresses. We also visit two signal boxes and see a very minor incident.
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Over the years much has changed with intersecting lines, stations, rolling stock and things of interest along the route:
Great Northern Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_route
Great Northern Railway GNR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)
Kings Cross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station
Somersault Signal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_semaphore_signal
Wild Swan Loco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4
Turntable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_turntable
Kings Cross Sheds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Cross_Top_Shed
Merlin / Quicksilver / Mallard A4 Loco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4
York Rd/York Way/Maiden Lane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_Lane_railway_stations
Holloway & Caledonian Rd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holloway_and_Caledonian_Road_railway_station
Finsbury Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finsbury_Park_station
Finsbury Park Depot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finsbury_Park_TMD
GER Tank Engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNR_Class_N2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNR_Class_L1
Bounds Green Depot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounds_Green_TMD
Locos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotives_of_the_London_and_North_Eastern_Railway
Harringay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay_railway_station
Nigel Gresely Loco Designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Gresley
Hornsey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsey_railway_station
Wood Green Ally Pally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Palace_railway_station
North Woolwich Line https://youtu.be/27259L4WT-o
Hertford Loop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford_loop_line
Thameslink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thameslink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway
New Southgate & Friern Barnet Colney Hatch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Southgate_railway_station
Standard Telephones & Cables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Telephones_and_Cables
Oakleigh Park for East Barnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakleigh_Park_railway_station
Doncaster Works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster_Works
New Barnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Barnet_railway_station
Greenwood Box Terance Cuneo On Early Shift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Terence_Cuneo#Railway_paintings
Hadley Wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_Wood_railway_station
Potters Bar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters_Bar_railway_station
Brookmans Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookmans_Park_railway_station
Welham Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welham_Green_railway_station
Marshmoor Signal & Points Control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_control
Bell code Block Code Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_block_code
Detonators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonator_(railway)
Hatfield disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_rail_crash
Hatfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_railway_station
Hatfield & St Albans Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_and_St_Albans_Railway
Welwyn Garden City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City_railway_station
Diesel Multiple Unit DMU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit
Welwyn Viaduct / Digswell Viaduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digswell_Viaduct
Deltic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_55
East Coast Main Line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line
British Rail BR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail
Contemporary Kings Cross and the Flying Scotsman feature in the highly recommended @NatRailwayMuseum's https://youtu.be/gFbi5EH00rE
Do also see their films Mallard https://youtu.be/LYwFavyERsI (a famous A4) & Deltic https://youtu.be/AgJifFs8T60 & https://youtu.be/5pH6k71rREI
See @MarshSteamVideosTM recent A4 Class footage along with other LNER locos at speed https://www.youtube.com/user/Pmarsh1952/search?query=Mallard
I didn't quite reach Stevenage but @hstecml5008 did, capturing contemporary class365 sights/sounds https://youtu.be/2509s0PnBwo