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So from the driver's nameplate, this was in fact 1958.

too much cringey cheese, bye now.

With a hoor looking to her victims on the engines! Willing victims it seems!

Look at the beautifully maintained PW unlike tne disgrace it is today

Such a lovely, nostalgic film, thanks for posting. One can pick out the familiar land marks along the way that are still there.

We used to get the Devonian, from Leeds to Weston-super-mare, in the days of steam

Great footage. Certainly different times….

Evidently shot in the early days of British Railways, with a clip of a light engine move to Haymarket depot from the station.

If only we had archive film from Broad Gauge days!🧐

And now everything comes to a stand for an IT blip. 🤦‍♀️

1950d the decade of my birth. As a child I used to believe that the locomotives were alive as they seemed to have a personality all of their own, to stand at the bottom of its footplate and look into the cab was fascinating, enchanting and a little scary too. I also remember the sudden grasp of mums hand on my collar pulling me away form the edge as there was a non stop coming through. So thrilling for a small boy and whilst I struggle to remember last week I remember this as if yesterday

4:35 "The only train booked to run at 100 mph". I'm sure that's wrong - 70 mph would have been more like it.

Yes, indeed. I also noticed this. Quite unfair to those who paid extra for first. I recently travelled third in a Great Western carriage on the Severn Valley Railway and thought if only we could travel in such style today.

As I recall, in the late 60s trains were just as comfortable, less crowded, could be lengthened to suit traffic requirements and were at least as frequent. A major difference lies in the relative cost of fares. As a student in 1968 I could afford to travel by train. Not having anything to remortgage, I can’t now.

The guard / (T.I.) seems to have turned a blind eye to the family travelling in a first class compartment on second class tickets

Nice car , except those seats are a bit pale!

In 2002, my family was in Glasgow, our youngest was competing at the Irish Dance World Championships there. A side trip to Edinburgh allowed us to travel the same rails as shown in this video. Traveling back to Glasgow after our visit, I was seated next to a young lady and we had a nice conversation. I told her why were in her country and that I rode commuter trains in the San Francisco Bay Area similar to what we were riding on then. It was a very enjoyable trip. Back to Ennis, Ireland 3 years later for another World Championship but did a lot of driving then.

British engineering at it's finest.

Has this clip from the film been colourised? In the British Film Archive I remember 'Waverley Steps' being in black-and-white.

It's interesting to think that "Union of South Africa" was a regular sight on the East Coast main line running steam excursions into Waverley up until 2020. Her boiler certification ran out that year, but I doubt that we`ve seen the last of her.

Sadly none of the films made of this great book are correct, try listening to the audiobook read by Robert Powell.

Today's generation of plastic kids don't know what they missed by not traveling on a top link steam train !

And 2 66s that have European horns

Taken,I think,from a full length feature film.

There's logic in them words!!

This version .. are you joking !!

What a great little film, thanks for sharing.

This dialogue could've been between Chico Marx and a straight man.

Well not a lot has changed in the delay dept!!

who was that large gentleman in the dining room who had food spilled on him?

one of my most FAVOURITE movies!!!!

I just wasted 1:42 of my life...

1969 represents an interesting transition era for our railways. For many enthusiasts born in the 1960s, the steam and pre Beeching era which we missed by a short time will always be the one which we yearn after, yet so much has also been lost even from these BR blue days of 50 or so years ago, especially the loco hauled train, and most of the freight traffic. Time passes so quickly.

I KNEW it was the Firth of Forth bridge from the very 1st external scene with the bridge in the distance - its unmistakable profile to this lifetime civil engineer / railroad buff.

That woman Elg wasn't chosen for her acting ability, wooden as a church pew.

"Hey, we've got a timetable to keep, can't wait here all day!" How times have changed. If this was today, the whole line north of Edinburgh would be closed for hours.

Probably the poorest part of the film - its always risky mixing models (the flying carriages) and real trains - is the immediate impact, but the beauty of the whole movie is the amount of live action steam shots throughout it. Favourite lines - Jack "What's wrong with Sid? He's a good, steady lad with a job that's really going places.... Daughter - Yes, Rugby, Neasden and Virginia Water..... Jack - He can't go to Virginia Water, love. That's on the Southern.....

A very funny film!😂

This version is from about 1959.

6 degrees of Sam Kydd

When was this made, please? I've only ever seen the version with Robert Donat.

Civil of him To take time To close the door English manners don’t you know

you know that Scottish Police did not wear helmets after 1948. The standard uniform was the diced cap

'Money is the curse of all modern sport Sir'

I love this film. Perhaps my favourite version, though the 1978 one with Robert Powell is closer to the fabulous John Buchan book as is the original Hitchcock film.

When this happens to me I always climb up on the roof. But I am also wearing sneakers.

I stood behind Sam Kydd in an unemployment queue in 1966. My claim to fame!

The leading class 66 has a great livery, Shame it couldn’t be seen under all that grime….

Proper carriages

Kenneth Moore fantastic,Sam kydd cameo performance ,who played the police inspector ,great British character actor Brilliant for a wet Sunday afternoon in front of the fire👍