Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding

Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding 1969 Released

Directed by Malcolm Brown

Documentary · 47 min

 

Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding 1969 Released

Directed by Malcolm Brown

Documentary · 47 min

 

First transmitted in 1969, this film looks at a handful of the 280,000 railwaymen who work in Britain, especially the men who worked on the former Midland and Great Central routes, as they reflect on their changing industry. Inside Sheffield Railway Men's Club former steam locomotive crew discuss the transition from steam to electric and diesel engines, and heatedly debate their respective merits. Meanwhile, on the Manchester-Sheffield line a former... see more
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First transmitted in 1969, this film looks at a handful of the 280,000 railwaymen who work in Britain, especially the men who worked on the former Midland and Great Central routes, as they reflect on their changing industry. Inside Sheffield Railway Men's Club former steam locomotive crew discuss the transition from steam to electric and diesel engines, and heatedly debate their respective merits. Meanwhile, on the Manchester-Sheffield line a former... see more
BBC,
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Nov 4, 1969
COUNTRY
GB
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
BUDGET
N/A
REVENUE
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