Fred Dibnah's Steam Collection

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The Story Of The Traction Engine From the first steam powered road carriages at the beginning of the 19th century & the early development of the traction engine for work on farms, to the great road locomotives, showmans engines & steam lorries of thetwentieth century & the birth of the reservation movement, Fred tells the story of steam power on the roads. Filmed on location at some of Britain’s major traction engine collections – Thursford, Strumpshaw, Hollycombe – & with enthusiasts & builders of replicas of some of our earliest steam vehicles. Britain’s Biggest Engines Fred travels round Britain to unearth some of Britain’s biggest & most powerful steam engines. Starting near home he takes us to see the biggest mill engine in Britain in Trencherfield Mill at Wigan Pier & goes to see groups of enthusiasts who are dedicated to preserving some of these engines at the Northern Mill Engine Society in Bolton & Ellenroad Engine House near Rochdale. He visits the biggest pit head winding engines in Britain at Astley Green Colliery Museum in Lancashire & the Scottish Mining Museum. He takes us to the biggest steel rolling mill engine at Kelham Island in Sheffield & some of the biggest pumping engines at Papplewick Pumping Station, Bratch Pumping Station & Kew Bridge Steam Museum. On the way he tells us some of his stories about mill engines & disasters. On The Road With Fred The story of Fred’s epic journey round Britain on his traction engine in 2004 for the television series Made In Britain. This specially edited version covers the first half of the journey with all the teething troubles Fred & his mate Alf Molyneux had as they set off from Bolton for the first time; then we follow them on the engine to Cumbria, Central Scotl&, the North-East & Yorkshire. For the first time you will see all the bits of Fred you never saw on the television – every stage of this first half of the journey & every stop along DVD Extras: Subtitles Special
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