Pennine Steam Vol 1 part-2

Huddersfield to Marsden
Between 1964 and 1967 Geoffrey Whitwam systematically filmed the last days of steam in the Colne Valley - between Huddersfield and Marsden in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
His personal record of Black Fives. Jubilees, 8Fs, Britannias, Standard Fives, 9Fs, and Stanier and Fairburn Tanks has been collected together on a video for the first time.
What has more than 20 years done to the line? Using brief modern footage to contrast the archive film, Pennine Steam paints a unique picture not just of blackened workhorses, but of a stretch of line where progress will never erase the memory of pre-diesel Britain.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• steam
• train
• locomotive
• 1960s
• black five
• stanier
• fairburn
• 8f
• 9f
• jubilee
• railcar
• britannia

[therealtombliss]

T%hanks - I did the music for these and don't have a copy any more :-)

[cjandreggie]

@therealtombliss The music is one of the great aspects of this video :-)

[palmerstonian]

Beeching was just a guy hired to do the government's bidding. If he hadn't done the dirty deed they'd have got someone else. Barbara Castle - for example - authorised the closure of many lines (Waverley, S&D, Great Central) after Beeching had gone.

[volvot5se]

Bastard Beeching where ever he is now I bet he is ruining it