The steam locomotive was one of history's greatest inventions and it revolutionised transport throughout the world. Great Britain's railways were eventually all brought together to form the national system of British Railways. It inherited many great steam locomotives but continued to develop them to form its own range of universal or Standard types incorporating the best from all the constituent companies designs. In this programme we see many of the products of British Railways from the first - Britannia - to the last Evening Star - through the backbone of the range... the class 5 and class 4 tender classes the ultimate tank engine the class 4 2-6-4Ts the solitary Duke of Gloucester and the last ever working Pacific Oliver Cromwell. Appropriately for these universal locomotives we see them all over the land working on the Settle and Carlisle line in the Scottish Highlands on the Welsh Coast in the West Country and out of the Capital London. The last steam locomotives of British Railways were amongst the greatest of all. [show more]
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Documentary focusing on the steam locomotives that formed the backbone of the early British Railways. From the 'Britannia' to the 'Evening Star', the locomotives are shown working all over Britain, from the Scottish Highlands to the Welsh coast and London.
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