Steam Days - 'Going Great Western' 

Micheal Burke's version is emblazoned into my brain, was something about these old tapes that were so awesome. It was more the interesting classic visuals

My childhood too recorded on Betamax then transferred onto VHS

Mark Salisbury Me too. I was 5 years old when this series aired and I’m now 38. Watching these again literally takes me back all those years to being sat in my bedroom wearing the VHS tape out from watching them so much.

I like them to

Me too

Wonderful, many thanks! Geoff C

The BBC is now full of people who call railway stations, train stops.

They were on iPlayer and then all but one episode was taken down. Send them a mail or tweet to get them to reinstate it!

I think he meant you can't lift if from above using a crane. They had to jack it up from underneath instead.