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Britains Railways Then & Now - GWR, LMS & British Railways

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- This superb programme looks at the GWR, ' God's Wonderful Railway', as it was in the 1950s & 1960s & more recently. Archive scenes capture the true essence of the GWR with its Brunellian stations & station platforms, engines, lines, freight yards & engine sheds & provides a reminder of the brilliant engineers & designers from the company who brought us such wonderful locomotives as King George V, Gloucester Castle, King Edward I & Pendennis Castle. LMS
- This fascinating programme visits the LMS, the largest railway company in the British Isles that served the heartlands of industry of the Midlands, the shipping of the Manchester Ship Canal & the River Mersey, the holiday resorts of the North West coast as well as North Wales & Scotl&. We also see the significant changes within this operator between the age of steam & the modern railway. BRITISH RAILWAYS
- This programme featuring rarely seen archive footage offers a glimpse into British Railways & Britain's Railways as it recalls how things have changed from the 1950s & the glory days of steam to recent times. We see flagship projects, steam specials, heritage lines plus an array of Pacifies, Stanier 8 Fs, Paniers as well as diesel multiple units & pacer units.

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