The Miniature Railway at The International Garden Festival

Scenes of the Miniature Railway around the Festival Gardens,Liverpool in 1984, featuring loco's 'River Irt' from the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway and 'Black Prince' from the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. The clips have been transferred from Super 8 sound cine film

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• steam
• trains
• miniature
• railway
• liverpool
• garden
• festival
• 1984
• river
• irt
• black
• prince
• ravenglass
• eskdale
• romney
• hythe

[colinlothlorian]

Magic, brings back so many memories. I was newly married then so couldn't ride trains all day, but what music to the ears. Last time I drove past the dome building had gone, but the overbridge was still there. Thanks, great cine.

[acw71000]

Thanks, glad it brought back a few memories for you. I couldn't get over the sound of those engines working so hard when I went to the Festival

[teaface1976]

I went on that train...I feel so old watching this

[acw71000]

Thanks, it was a long time ago now, you must have been just a babe in arms!!

[Engineer5344]

wow, thanks for clearing that up for me. wow i bet for the drivers it must of been tough to keep up steam. you wouldn't happen to know how steep the grades were when the film was taken.

[acw71000]

No sorry, I have a programme for the Festival somewhere so I will try and see if it is mentioned in there. I do remember the first time I went I couldn't believe the noise they made, could be heard all round the site!!

[teaface1976]

I was 8 at the time, remember it was October 12 because my parent's made it as an anniversary thing and I got the day off school :) The site was due to close a few days after this but it was a sunny day.

Remember on the train passing lots of things I hadn't managed to see in the day, it was so huge.

[acw71000]

Hi Daniel, yes I can assure you that is the actual sound taken straight from my cine film. The line around the Festival site was quite steeply graded and made the locos work hard. they are 15 inch gauge and are still in use on their home railways.

[Engineer5344]

acw71000, are you sure the sound is from the actual fair, those engines sure sound more like the prototype, than live steam models. but in any case it's a great videos.

[acw71000]

Thanks, glad to have brought back a few memories. I live just up the road from the site and really think it would have been better to have left it as parkland for everyone to enjoy.