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The Survivors
First transmitted in 1988, preservation societies strive to keep services running for new visitors 20 years after the last passenger steam train ran on mainline railways.
First transmitted in 1988, preservation societies strive to keep services running for new visitors 20 years after the last passenger steam train ran on mainline railways. Accompanied by footage of engines on the Bluebell Line and the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, enthusiasts talk about their passion for steam and why all the hard work involved in restoring and operating a steam train is worth it.
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Sun 22 Aug 1993
23:10
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Navvies of the 1980s
Duration: 01:37
±«Óãtv Four Steam Railways Collection
This programme is part of a collection of programmes celebrating Britain’s extraordinary Steam Railway legacy.
More about this programme
Some of the footage in this series
was shot by the renowned photographer, steam enthusiast and former racing
driver Ivo Peters. He took some 4,000 images of the Somerset and Dorset Line
alone and shot 25,000ft of film about railways. After he died, a street in Bath
that leads to Green Park station was named after him.
About ±«Óãtv Four Collection programmes
Programmes are selected, in part, for their historical context and reflect the broadcast standards and attitudes of their time, which may not accord to some current ±«Óãtv editorial guidelines. We aim to select programmes which can be shown in their entirety but in some cases edits are required.
Broadcasts
Tue 20 Dec 1988 20:00±«Óãtv Two except East, South East & Yorkshire- Wed 29 Aug 1990 13:55
- Sun 10 Nov 1991 08:40
- Sun 22 Aug 1993 23:10
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Steam Railways
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