Living the Steam - A Day in the Life of Colne Valley Railway (Documentary)

A Short Documentary showing the day-to-day operations of Colne Valley Railway, a working Heritage Steam Railway near Castle Hedingham and Great Yeldham (a short distance away from Halstead) in Essex (UK).

Many thanks to Brian Smith, and the other Staff and volunteers at Colne Valley Railway that made this production possible.

If you wish to visit or find out about Colne Valley Railway yourself, please visit their official website at:
http://www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk/


Producer's Notes:

My first original production!
Filmed in May 2010.

Also special thanks go to Ian Chapman and Amy Todd, for being such a fantastic camera crew.


Additional Notes:

For the interest of Locomotive enthusiasts, the Tank Engine featured is Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T, otherwise known as 'Jennifer'.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Living
• the
• Steam
• day
• in
• life
• of
• Colne
• Valley
• Railway
• Locomotive
• loco
• Heritage
• Train
• Tank
• Engine
• Castle
• Hedingham
• Great
• Yeldham
• Hudswell
• Clarke
• 0-6-0T
• 0T
• Jennifer
• Reverse
• Polarity
• Films
• Craig
• Greenslade

[paperbagprincess20]

I am very proud of my Step-Dad and former General Manager, Brian Smith for all the hard work he put in at the Colne Valley Railway.

[ReverseThePolarity]

@paperbagprincess20 Absolutely, it's such a great place, and over the years its just got better and better, and I'm sure that Brian was the main positive force behind it. It was such a joy to work with Brian on this, he was so kind, helpful and supportive. This was definately the smoothest running and easiest video I've ever made, and I loved every minute of it, and I have Brian to thank for that. :)

[ReverseThePolarity]

Please feel free to comment anyone.

[therealKINDLE]

What a Strange thing to put on your Channel! Still, I'm all for versatility!

[ReverseThePolarity]

@therealKINDLE Thanks, well my channel has never been exclusively Doctor Who, but as I'm usually too poor or busy or produce anything original, I just end up doing short title mix projects. This was part of my video production degree, so I had the help I needed to be a bit more ambitious. This project was why I haven't made any significant videos for months. I think I wanted to prove to myself that I could do more than just clip videos.

[therealKINDLE]

@ReverseThePolarity Ah NOW I understand! I Guess it's your name that maybe makes people think that your Dr WHO only! Neutron Flow!

This is definatly a work of art. You can tell that heart & soul went into it. Must have been a Bitch to Render in Vegas. nice one tho man

[ReverseThePolarity]

@therealKINDLE Thank you, you're very kind. It's funny you should say that actually, as the handheld footage was in HD orginally, but took days to render down into a useable form for the project. As I was partly using University resources, this project was actually edited in Final Cut Pro, which I'm reassured is much better than my own Vegas software, even if it is harder to handle.

[Lapdog1]

Outstanding! Absolutely wonderful video. My old Dad would have loved to have seen this :))

[jet936]

Excellent........I've seen lots of railway videos on youtube and this is amongst the best, more please !

[ShaurntheSheep]

you say you made this. its amazing great job from your camera men looks just like something from bbc

[therealKINDLE]

@ReverseThePolarity Really? You have that problem too? I Find it a Frustration rendering videos. I haven't a dual Core Processor computer, So I have to dedicate the whole thing to it for a whole Day in order to do some Vids. It Sucks. The Good thing is that in 5 Years time, this won't be such a problem due to the Rate at which Technology is progressing!

Final Cut Pro? I haven't heard of that. Perhaps it's more advanced? The BBC use Adobe Premiere Pro, but its So Extensive! Elements is ok2 tho