Old Railway Film (1955) - Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (England)

[UKrailwayman]

I came across this lovely old film from 1955 a short while ago.

It tells the story of a freight train travelling between Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle which becomes snowbound in the Westmorland hills in the north of England during a really cold winter in 1955.

The film was made by the British Transport Films (BTF) unit which was a Government organisation which dealt with film publicity for the various then Nationalised transport industries.

This link tells the story of the film.

http://www.britishtransportfilms.co.uk/ ... BT213.html

and this link is to the film itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlC4Z4OOc-0

Hope you enjoy.

[johnthefireman]

The Railway Magazine (published in UK), November 2016 issue, p 71, reports that the locomotive which features in this film has just been restored to "front-line service almost exactly 50 years after it was withdrawn by British Railways".

Incidentally, there have been two further posts linking to this film on Railroad.Net, at viewtopic.php?f=149&t=163787&p=1405284& ... l#p1405284" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and one some way down the page at viewtopic.php?f=149&t=157690&hilit=bleath+gill&start=15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;