British Railways in the 1950's - "Portrait of an Engineer"

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Uploaded by on May 31, 2011

Produced in 1954, this film depicts a typical day of production engineer Ted Wilson who has spent 30 years working at the Vulcan Foundry (located at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire). At this time the foundry was building both steam and electric locomotives for Britain and other countries.

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  • Very good video. It is sad that Vulcan are no longer with us.

  • Brilliant- When we actually built things.

  • Excellent, makes me proud to be following in a great tradition in my own small way. More please!

  • Really a very interesting film.

  • Great historic movie.

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