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@chuyflaco There are no "boxcars" shown. They're all covered hoppers.

Video taped at the Isabelle Reader Theatre in suburban Langford, Victoria, BC. And the band cleaned up the mess and didn't leave it to yours truly. Full marks for the drummer, he's a trooper and full marks to the band for cleaning up afterwards. The Air Cadets are an amazing group of young peo...

I live in Canada. You don't know what snow is! We can't even use that piddling amount of snow as an excuse to be late for work. :-)

Portsmouth, a great place to be from. I should know,

I now live on Vancouver Island, in a small village not far from Victoria BC. I'm surround by forest, mountains, wild life and a beautiful lake and wouldn't change it for anywhere else,

And it's where I was born, let alone this person Dickens, whoever he was. ;-)

The Hard, Guildhall Square and the grey railway bridge just after leaving Portsmouth Harbour. Can't recall the name of the road after all these years. Trolley busses were withdrawn early November 1963. :-(

Well I can hear the camera operator's breathing.

Excellent modelling but learn how and when to use the whisle. Far too much use in video I'm afraid.

Loads on reels looks like high voltage electrical cable as the reels appear to be wrapped in a protective cover. Hard to tell. Or, it could be green plastic pipe.

Typicaly American. " Armed federal marshals......."

Last time I did this trip was some 44 years ago. Hasn't changed too much. No semaphore signals, no signalboxes, more trees, no crossing gates, no goods yards and the junction at Havant slewed and the through lines have gone and, of course, no goods yard at Fratton. Even in 1966/7it was busy en...

Excellent modelling. :-)

Starting at 9:20 the clip show Douglas Bader boarding his Spit. Coded "DB" for his call sign, Dog's Body".

Filmed at the Isabelle Reader Theatre

Filmed at the Isabelle Reader Theatre

Filmed at the Isabelle Reader Theatre

It was videoed at the "Isabelle Reader Theatre" NOT the "Isabella Readers Theatre".

That's NOT a mixed train. It's a freight train. A "Mixed" train is one with both freight and passengers.

How many more versions of this movie are there? :-)

Look how bad that track is in the telephoto shots. It's terrible.

You do not address a Canadian Prime Minister as "Mr Prime Minister" nor do you address any minister of the crown as "Mr" nor even "Miss" nor "Mrs" nor "Ms". The addition of the honouriific "Mr" et al is an Americanism. You address the Prime Minister as "Prime Minister" and any minister of the c...

My father was on HMS King George V involved in this action. He saw the HMS Hood blow up. The sequence was something like, over, under direct hit

When the Bismark sank, the RN rescued only 115 men and then sailed away leaving hundreds of survivors to drown. It's claimed because the RN (mistak...

The "informal attitude" of people on the running lines is so common in North America on fan trips and at other times as to pass un-noticed. It's only noticable in the UK because of the "Nanny State". :-)

Joking of course but really, in North America they really are way more lax about such matt...

So that's what Havant station and junction looks like these days? Haven't seen it since I was last there in 1968.

I rode on the Hayling Billy many, many times and was also on the very last public train from Hayling to Havant.

Excellent job.