B.R. Steam Scenes of 1961 to 1966 (1961)

This video features the work of Alan Wycherley who travelled to several famous venues in the 1960s to film B.R. steam in everyday service. Visits include Beattock Bank in 1962-1964, the Killin branch train and Shap Bank with 'Princess Coronation' Pacifics, 'Royal Scots', 9Fs and others. A detailed look at Bromsgrove and the Lickey incline in the last days of steam banking. Other scenes around the Midlands include 'Castles' and a 'King' on the Paddington route, a look at the Halesowen branch and steam-hauled expresses thundering through Basingstoke