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Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969)

ALL 11/04/1969 (en) Documentary 47 Min
  • Release
    11/04/1969
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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 steam locomotive driver remembers what it was like to go through the Woodhead Tunnel, where driver and fireman had to crouch down to avoid the fumes and get breathable air. Signalman Michael Gatonby reveals life inside the signal box, one of the loneliest and busiest jobs on the railway line.

  1. Malcolm Brown

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Peter Barber

    Editor

  4. Malcolm Brown

    Producer



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  1. Roger Snowdon

    Narrator (voice)

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Casts : 1 , Crews : 8

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Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969) 47 Min

ALL 11/04/1969 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 11/04/1969
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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 steam locomotive driver remembers what it was like to go through the Woodhead Tunnel, where driver and fireman had to crouch down to avoid the fumes and get breathable air. Signalman Michael Gatonby reveals life inside the signal box, one of the loneliest and busiest jobs on the railway line.

  1. Malcolm Brown

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Peter Barber

    Editor

  4. Malcolm Brown

    Producer



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