No, that was Wendling Railway Station on the Dereham to Kings Lynn line, which had recently closed at the time of filming. They also used some stock footage from The Titfield Thunderbolt in the 'Battle School' episode. Weybourne Station on the NNR, was used for the episode 'Royal Train'.
As a family we travelled by train from Nottingham to Caistor Holiday camp in 1957 and 1958 for our annual weeks holiday and from which we used the timetabled trains into Yarmouth vauxhall Station. The journey from Nottingham being a tortuous 4. 1/2 hours running for many miles as single track. However, the camp facilities were worth it as there was plenty to do throughout the day and at night. Plenty of good memories.
@samtaylor858 a journey I would love to travel back in time and take. The view of the sea on the run into Weybourne from Holt on the NNR, is the closest I get to the experience.
That's very true, a lot of attention when looking at the Beeching axe falls on passenger services and closures of lines. The GCR did a great job recreating BR in the 1960s.
But the point that is invariably overlooked is that Dr.Beeching compiled a report as he was bid by Ernest Marples, the Minister of Transport at the time. The report then had to be sanctioned by Marples and then presented to the Government for approval. It's one of those ironies of history that Beeching was blamed for the recommendations in his report that had been approved by both Marples & Government. The following Labour Govt. with Tom Frazer responsible for transport, then renaged on their election promise to stop the closures and also caused further closures that weren't even suggested in the report - !
@simongee8928 in doing research for this video, I discovered that the Beeching Report totally failed. It failed to take into account so much of what the railways did and how they worked, closing of lines didn't mean an instant stop to losses. I think it was only a few million a year that was saved. Many lines fed into the wider network, making up money elsewhere. The reforms were an attempt at the British Rail becoming a for profit business, when really as they are seen in other parts of the world, they are a public service. This, should have been decided at the inception of British Railways.
@@AdventureswithTrains Also for years successive Governments had been financially and legally encouraging road haulage and passenger services to the detriment of the railways. That certainly didn't help the rail situation.
I think it was, my Grandpa who worked for British Rail during the transition period, recalls seeing what was the last steam service into Paddington. Except, it wasn't! A diesel failed the next day, and the steam loco took the train instead!
That`s a bit like the Ipswich to Felixstowe line .Trains would arrive at Felixstowe Town, then forward to Beach station.. It`s a pity they closed beach station as the name implies ,you only had too walk a few yards to the beach ..........
It's my understanding that West Runton although opened with very basic facilities was a permanent station opened with the rest of the Melton Constable to Cromer line in 1887. Caister Camp Halt was the second station built near to the village, and as a halt was request only.
No problem, glad you liked them! I have a real like for the M&GNR, its closure really coincided with a loss of a way in life that came during the 1960s, especially with the railways closures.
Such a good video, i have subscribed to see more. Its nice to see the preservation society recreating this type of event. It might have been sad back in 1964 to see the end of the British railway trains there, but its good to see they managed to keep it going for everyone to enjoy.
Thanks for the sub! I think the NNR Poppy Line was really a phoenix rising from the ashes, it has become such a popular tourist attraction, that I'm sure it contributes to keeping the Bittern Line open.
1958 I was at the Met Office training school in Hemsby staying at the Gables Guest House. If we wanted to watch the end of the film in Gt Yarmouth on a Saturday night, we missed the last bus so it was train from Yarmouth Beach station.
That bit of music at the start sounds familiar from my childhood! What a good job the people running that line have done bringing it back from oblivion.
Let's hope ITV don't recognise it! I agree, they have come such a long way from the condition it was left in after BR closed it! It was almost all gone, when BR looked at closing all of the Bittern Line in 1968!
If it wasn't that one, it was the other one about policing in the 1960s! It had the tone I was going for though, and apparently doesn't flag up as copyright on RU-vid!
In 1944 my family took me from Norwich City station to East Rudham via Melton Constable. I can still (just) remember the train arriving at MC from the east. At ER we were met by a horse and trap. Feels like a piece of pre-history now.
My Grandfather was working for British Railways during the era of 'modernisation', from what he witnessed at the time, he firmly believes that the people wanted a modern 1960s railway system running on an 1860s railway infrastructure!
It's a shame more of the M&GNR could not have been preserved. The route between Lenwade and Fakenham remained open until around 1980 to serve freight traffic from a factory manufacturing concrete beams..
The era of closures when rail was seen as old fashioned has proved to be incorrect, our roads are now overcrowded, what was wrong with going by train? It is a great way to see Britain! I have done a video covering the Themelthorpe curve, it went against the grain of those many rail closures in the region.
I am a die hard steam lover, but having travelled onboard a BR Class 104 DMU restored to original condition, I can see why they were popular upon entering service. Great views of British scenery from onboard, are hard to be beaten!
Thanks for your comment! It was my understanding that the Wensum Curve was built to do away with the need of express trains to Cromer and Gt Yarmouth to reverse. It has a speed limit of 20MPH, and is still occasionally used by trains entering Crown Point. The Themelthorpe Curve on the other hand, was built at a time when railways especially in rural Norfolk, were being closed and lifted. 468 yards in length, it had a 10mph speed limit to prevent freight trains from derailment as the curve was so sharp.
Earlestown station. The south-to-east and south-to-west curves there are both extremely tight, with the former being perhaps a bit tighter, to judge from the OS 1:25k map. Until 2010 when the platforms were remodelled, it was impossible to have trains in both Platforms 4 & 5 at the same time (the remodelling of the platforms has not diminished the tightness of the curve that serves trains from Manchester to Warrington/Chester/ North Wales).
You need to have a look at the exceedingly tight curve ("bends" are curves on the Railway) between Barry & Barry Island stations in South Wales... I'm a retired train driver & we sometimes used to have great difficulty getting class 142 or 143 pacer units (now all scrapped or preserved, quite why, I don't know) to go round the curve; class 150, no problem. This piece of railway is still very much in use today... You can easily see how sharp the curve is by looking at it on Google Earth
The curve out of Bury to Heywood on the now East Lancs Railway is very tight. In BR days I would think that was well up there, Crimple viaduct as well, which is the tighter of them I could not say
1 in 5 turnouts frequently found in power stations and collieries have a radius of 3 chains. As another contributor has said the CHP had an incredible curve round a village which I think was longcliffe.
Have a look at the Transport for Wales website and at the track layout at the new depot at Taffs Well. There is such a tight curve off the main line to and from the depot that the new tram trains accessing the main line for testing, so I’m informed, have actually got stuck!
Driving veteran railroad cars on narrow gauge tracks, sharp curves are standard. If there was a big boulder, they built the tracks around it we say......
It doesn't look as tight as the Northam Curve after Southampton Tunnel heading North. This also has check rails and horrendous screeching in the cab when the rail is dry. You can see it on Google Earth. There also used to be a tighter curve connecting the line from the station to the straight line that you can see heading towards the docks. Ex SWT/SWR driver.
What a coincidence! I was a track engineer (based at Bournemouth ACEO) and relaid the Northam curve about 1982ish for the St Denys - Totton resignalling project. I was based in a portakabin at Northam junction. If I remember correctly the curve radius at Northam was 200m just reaching the requirement for a check rail. I then moved to Norwich for the Anglia electrification at Norwich DCEO and had responsibilty for the Themelthorpe curve! which by the time I got there was in the process of being lifted. Plenty of sharper curves about but not many on a passenger route. Each Engineer's office had a curve register listing the radius/speed of every curve, now replaced by the"five mile diagrams" in a lot of places.
@@petes6814 Probably after that resignalling that it became bi-directional Pete unless it was before too? I used to be a BR guard before becoming a driver and working with a Waterloo driver we hit a pushbike on the curve with a Pig (442) on the UP. The driver put a short circuit bar down and I phoned the signalman at Eastleigh (pre CSR). I told him about the circumstances and that the driver had put a bar down and that he would remove the bike from under the front bogie. He said that he wanted to run a couple of trains by first so after checking with the driver I said OK. 25mph with very short signal sections of course, a train approached from behind us and stopped at the signal. Due to the curvature it looked like he had stopped at the signal on the DN on the reversible. In the opposite direction a slammer approached on the DN and I thought 'OH SHIT!' I gave him a red from my Bardic and he came to an emergency stop. Driver jumped out, Alec from Eastleigh, someone I had previously worked with with. He said 'what's up?" I said 'train...your line' He said 'nah, that's on the UP, it's the curvature. Makes it looks like it's on the other line.' Nice bloke, he was alright about it. Better safe than sorry. I also found it funny if you were going DN into P4 at Soton and a train was leaving UP from P3. Two sets of points into P3 but the closest ones made it look like you were going to have a head on collision in this situation. Only experienced it a few times in 31 years and 20 driving.
