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10.35 was Wycombe Middle and 11.05 was Wycombe North Goods.

Spellbound. A wonderful snapshot of early 1960s London.

Back in the day when boxcars were the most common freight cars.

Never mind the station master, Minnie the cat is in charge!😸

Ah, sweet memories, steam and boat trains, Ki-Ora orange juice & Woodbine cigarettes.

Love the way the guy handles the bees, no precautions whatsoever. Guess those bees had to work really hard in that environment.

Too bad some idiot "stabilized" the entire video

So pleased this was filmed and shown on TH-cam. Certainly brought back very many memories for me. My mother used to take me to Euston, to travel to the Midlands to visit her family . I was about 7 or so. I have a clear picture of mother being frightened by those big steam engines and we would hover as far away as possibly till the train stopped. But she didn’t mind being in the carriage, which was a delight for me, with all the countryside to look at!

I wonder if Matthew Perry has any memories of that day. He'd be heading towards 70 now.

Question? I as a little lad remember an Electric Pullman (including the engine) train THE BRIGHTON BELLE anyone else?

Minnie the cat!

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Great film. My dad would have been working at Waterloo then. Tried to spot him in this film but no joy. He worked there for over 40 years as a porter and then doing seat reservations. I remember going to see him at work many times over the years. I remember well the old wooden escalators and the Lost property office. My dad would always bring home nice umbrellas and fountain pens from there. Happy days the 60’s & 70’s

It's easy to see that this railroad's network alone was all too soon not viable. (Sorry "Nickel Platers"!)

He talks about soyabeans while the film shows corn being harvested!

I hate that i missed the good ole days of the red and silver war bonnets, silver light weight passenger coaches, i was born in 1979, i missed it all, the SP, UP, MP, AT&SF EMD, ALCO'S yeah i know there's a few on display here and there, but not like they were in revenue service. I've bought up every one i could find n scale/g scale I've got a lot of old photographs and i ordered # boards and put them on display with the photos behind them, that's okay but, that's not like seeing it in person, great video.

Man they don't make promotional material like they used to.

So this is what happened when ATSF moved the lines north of Ash Fork.

What a wonderful film. Gold dust.

The only thing missing is Dustin Hoffman appearance :)

As the chauffeur pulled that posh car away, I almost saw Sir Norman Wisdom, cycling also setting off, going alongside. I miss that chap, sorry for being totally off-topic, because ho's not even in this..Little wonder this film won awards, total result finding it here, thank you so much for posting. I'm watching it on Talking Pictures TV right now thinking about if I want to watch it again, here it is :0) nice to be one of the many that found it in 11 years. British Film Forever.

Alas, the Olympian Hiawatha was discontinued less than ten years later, and in 1980 the Pacific Extension became the only transcontinental route to be abandoned and dismantled. It doesn't look like maintenance of way was too good even in 1952, as the swaying of the passengers shows.

Great piece of history. Can watch this over and over. Love the music. Some were actors especially lady who lost her umbrella.

Railway staff who did a good job dealing with the public, not like todays staff who strike at the drop of a hat.

When this film was made the iconic Routemaster bus was already on the streets of London.

Cat in the lost property store as well.Seems cats were a thing on British Railways.

Anyone else love the cat in the signal box ?

Wonderful bit of London nostalgia ! I was 4 at the time of this release.

Lovely stuff.

Nostalgic video 62 years on ,Born in 1973 ,Wish I could be transported back to those Golden years before the world wide web and when the world was a simple place to live in ,Just watched this documentary on Talking Pictures on Sky Channel 328 ,Everybody in this looked dapper and Smart to Royal Mail being sent by train ,The little laddie that was lost being reunited with his mum had me in tears and what a lovely thing letting his mum know 😢,Long before Decimalisation also ♥️ love BFI films from those Glory times and years .😢😍 Well done John Schlesinger,Bring back those simple times when my Mum ,My Dad born in the 1950s to my Gran 1923-2017 and my Grandad 1914-1994 were all growing up in 1961 with change when Steam was still the norm ,The fashion was suits and Trilbies back then to the way ladies looked looked like Royalty ,Nowadays the world is a disaster 😢

When people actually spoke to each other , it wasnt perfect then , but a damn sight better than the present horrible mess we are in

The poster on the wall at 4:40 is from 1960 ( Wednesday Sept 7) so its not all (if any) 1961.

I went through Waterloo in 1960, aged 10 on a visit from Ireland. Everything looked so exciting to me. I remember the treat of having egg and chips on the train to Petersfield.

Ive been trying to find the reggae song at 22 minutes

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I was five years old in1953 and it was the year of my first visit to Waterloo. I had just arrived from Egypt in a troop ship with my family. I was thrilled by the steam engines and the electric multiple units, and this is where my love of railways began! Seven years later we moved much nearer to London and I became a regular visitor to the station. I was very impressed by Pullman cars, and enjoyed watching the Bournemouth Belle slowly gliding out of the station. In later years I became a commuter and watched the end of steam and the introduction of 4 VEP units and a host of others., Including some fast runs in a 4 TC set behind two class 73's ! I suppose the greatest thrill was a trip to Paris in an early Eurostar from Waterloo. Rush hour was very exciting with the forecourt covered with people all moving in different directions and heading towards their destinations. The brolly was an essential piece of kit for the well dressed businessman, and of course the smart briefcase. He had to make sure he had today's copy of the Times, as the advert at the end of the station told everyone that ' Top people read the Times ' ! The 'Drain' was exciting. Such small trains so wonderfully quaint with dim lighting and attractive wooden interiors. Really atmospheric. Now gone for ever, but not forgotten. I count myself very fortunate to have experienced a much gentler way of life. We had less materially after a terrible war, but people really cared and helped each other not expecting something on return. The selfish , 'I want ' society had not yet emerged and that generation had pulled together to keep Herr Hitler out of our green and pleasant land Thanks for the superb film. It brings it all back, just for a little while.

Beautiful film

Perlman is the reason that almost no NYC steam locomotives still exist.

Lovely film. With cats too! Fascinating, especially the bag lady.

At 27min 41sec you can see where there was a road going through the middle of the station

Directed by John Schlesinger same director as Midnight Cowboy

This is a part of my history while growing up!!!

Mainly well turned out people, but by 1961, standards were beginning to slip a bit ... but those passengers who seemed to be coming in from the Caribean were really smart and well dressed.

Love the P way gang in the era of no high viz vest and hard hats

Lovely film

I'm watching on talking pictures tv freeview 82

Imagine. Someone could get a roast beef plate for 55 cents at one point.

a 70mph. railroad, on plain babbit bearings.

I didn't realize that Al Perlman was such a good speaker.

Egham is mentioned in the station announcement! I remember Waterloo in those days the steam engines scared me when they let of steam.