I watched this film whilst being engaged in another task. That may indicate my
appreciation of it. No matter.
Toward the end of the film the train caught my attention. As they invariably do. The carriages bore the logo ' LMR '. Which puzzled me.
It could mean the London Midland region during the time of British railways.
But to my knowledge they never permanently assigned stock to one particular region or other.
On examining the locomotive all became clear to me.
The filmmakers used the Longmoor Military Railway for the railway scenes.
There they would be able to start and stop the train at will as they required. Which they could not possibly have done on the British Railway system for considerations of rail safety.
I believe the locomotive to be ROD 2-10-0 ' Gordon '. Which is now in the possession of the Severn Valley Railway in Worcestershire.
Had I been permitted to enjoy a railway career. I would have been the sixth generation of a railway man. In my extended family.
Instead I had to settle for a long career in the army.
Toward the end of the film the train caught my attention. As they invariably do. The carriages bore the logo ' LMR '. Which puzzled me.
It could mean the London Midland region during the time of British railways.
But to my knowledge they never permanently assigned stock to one particular region or other.
On examining the locomotive all became clear to me.
The filmmakers used the Longmoor Military Railway for the railway scenes.
There they would be able to start and stop the train at will as they required. Which they could not possibly have done on the British Railway system for considerations of rail safety.
I believe the locomotive to be ROD 2-10-0 ' Gordon '. Which is now in the possession of the Severn Valley Railway in Worcestershire.
Had I been permitted to enjoy a railway career. I would have been the sixth generation of a railway man. In my extended family.
Instead I had to settle for a long career in the army.