This video program sets out to offer a real feel of what it was like to observe the busy railway network of the Midlands in the last decade of steam operations. Not surprisingly, in an area renowned for its heavy industry, freight workings and the locomotives designed for heavy goods duties, play a prominent role in the proceedings.
Centred on Staffordshire, but with much of the footage drawn from the surrounding counties, this programme will bring back many happy memories to those who watched the trains go by in the 1950s and 60s and will be a revelation of a lost age to those too young to recall those halcyon days.
Note: Please note this video was recorded many years ago and suffers from quality issues. Some colour and image correction has been performed to improve overall viewing experience.
Directed by Wilf Watters 1995