Home of the “Quorn Transport Films”, this page is to promote the history and present day goings on at Quorn & Woodhouse station on the preserved Great Central Railway.
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Great film, QTF. It does depend on us, where there's still line and routes still unbuilt on. Nice work and all the best to all the concerns and associations involved in the Heritage movement and those who would see the GCR and other axed lines opened for business again. Cheers.
What a truly fantastic film. Well thought out, Narrated and Edited. A modern film that takes you back in time. I worked on the railway for 42 years and loved every minute. I started as a Porter, Parcel worker (Nottm London Rd), Office Lad, Shunter, Guard and then progressed onto the Footplate as a Frieght Driver at Toton and finally to Passenger Driver at Derby. Times and shift working were hard, but I loved every minute. I'm so glad to have worked in a time when the Railway was still great.
Amazing.... Brilliantly well done. If you ever need some aerial footage, then don't hesitate to ask. I'm local to Loughborough and would be delighted to help out. I've just started to share some videos on a channel. I'll be updating these regularly. www.youtube.com/@GCRAerialExpress
02:57 я из России, и у меня в детстве ( когда был СССР) на Новый год мы делали такие же цепи, из цветной бумаги (иногда просто сами раскрашивали красками белые листки, не было готовой цветной бумаги).
Love the way they use 'The Lost Lady Found' from Percy Grainger's 'The Lincolnshire Posy' as an intro. The same piece of music was used on John Betjeman's 'Branch Line Railway' made in 1962.
Great film, beautifully made in what I thought until now, was an inimitable style! Deserves a lot more views. But don't be disappointed, those who have seen it; love it!
1962/3 was a very bad winter, people would say, it's a ice-age coming. Gawd it went on for months. Started in December ended somewhere around March I think.
oof! they fuckingly leaned on that V-Day muzak, hadn't they 💡 queer, how folks around those BI concoct the storybook card as perpetual afterthought 💡💡💡
I am a child of the fifties and this film brings tears to my eyes! The choir singing, the DMU departing and the paper chains all bring the past flooding into memory fresh and exciting as Christmas was in those now far off days. My home was in Eaglescliffe, my bedroom window directly overlooked the 4 track main line. I spent many happy hours watching trains instead of sleeping, listening to the chatter of the crew when halted at a signal, the blaze of the fire when the firebox doors opened and much more! Stupid I know, but I can smell that Christmas tree! I long to go back to those days when my Father would read a Christmas story before bed with only the tree lights on and a coal fire for warmth. Well done to everyone involved in making this video, you had me fooled for a few minutes!
My grandfather worked on a rural length to the west of Swansea. When I was a kid back in the 50's, during the school holidays, I sometimes used to work with "the gang", on the length which was one hundred yards from my front door.
Nice film. Just a pity that the recruitment team at GCR are so poor. I wanted to volunteer on loco overhaul as an engineer or on Signals and Telegraph but was met with complete indifference and offered a position as platform staff! Plus was told I would have to attend interview in the week when I was working. Subsequently I went to GWSR and was welcomed with open arms, I'm now a member of the Steam Dept management team and the Technical Director of Cotswold Steam Preservation Ltd restoring GWR 2807. I'm happy where I am but it's a bit of a drive and I literally pass the GCR 40 minutes into my 2 1/2 hour drive. I know others who have had similar experiences so you need to sort out your recruitment or you will be in trouble.
