Fred Dibnah filmed at the Bo'ness railway.

[@craigbrett672]

Met Fred at the Inchyra Grange hotel in 2004 when he was on this tour. Absolute legend, RIP

[@markvines7308]

A bit of footage of Fred I hadn't seen yet! Great post, you were very fortunate to have met him.

[@alexandermckellar4001]

Fantastic Machine, you could see how much he cared for it. Great footage in my home town.

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mickb6285]

I had the pleasure of meeting Fred when he did a talk at a local rifle club back in 2002. One of life's genuine characters and a true gent. Much missed.

[@casper1240]

RIP Fred .sadly missed ,a great bloke

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Ronnie sadly missed indeed what a lovely guy he was.

[@michaelobrien9825]

A VERY INTERESTING MAN FROM HIS ERA, AND ALL HE COULD TELL US.

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Fred Dibnah gave us all so much with his enthusiasm for our industrial past and the rich legacy he left behind .

[@BillyF2LJeffs]

Difficult to accept that he died the very same year :(

[@michaelfranklin6329]

I could watch Fred all day 👍👍👍

[@antonyhowell6189]

Thanks for showing this film, what a great man . And he's friend.

[@doubleboost]

Thank you for posting this you made my day

[@scottishwarrior8014]

Fred is great guy love to watch him and bo ness is amazing place great we day out there love it ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

@scottishwarrior8014 We all loved our Fred he was such a lovely guy and what entertainment he brought to us all over the years and it was a absolute pleasure to have meet him god bless

[@oddball1711]

Thankee very kindly for posting

[@ianbetts4435]

So sad he died when he did, but he lived life to the full.

[@dct1]

Great footage!

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@oldjackrustle]

Excellent footage !! ........thanks for posting.

[@TheSavagederek]

I replaced a lot of the timber lining and leadwork to the front of the station and the toilets around 15 years back . We used to take the kids to the various event days held there .

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Thank for your comments so take care

[@mattseymour8637]

Good old Fred! Sadly will be missed for his talents and character. Didn't know he had a low loader ?!

[@laddersman]

Alan Atkinson Haulage used to help Fred with moving around country from Shots to Shots .

[@mattseymour8637]

@@laddersman thought he used to drive it everywhere on the road ?

[@laddersman]

no mate

[@mattseymour8637]

@@laddersman so did they make it look like that?

[@laddersman]

@@mattseymour8637 yes they did specially early 2004 when Fred had cancer in Made in Britain documentry .Alan Atkinson took Fred place to place on low loader .theres a video on You Tube called a moving story .look it up mate .

[@alanfromdarwen]

@ecksfilesbonyuk8 yes "i liked that" alot.. yes i know how you feel, i only saw him as he passed me by on his steam roller.. one of the best for sure...

[@alanfromdarwen]

i love "our fred"

[@abk2k3aaronkauflin83]

Did he ever finish his traction engine?

[@mattwood1988]

That's it.

[@abk2k3aaronkauflin83]

Matt Wood oh cool!

[@mickmackem1479]

It's going it's going

[@D33J3nk1]

Dun foh

[@alanfromdarwen]

"i liked that" have you anymore of fred.

[@Pragmatist23]

Gradely, lad!

[@stevenmason6234]

Where are his engines now????

[@martblack1778]

Roger his son has got the roller and living van, the tractor was sold, last I heard it need all new boiler tubes. His daughters have got both his land rovers

[@BionicRasta]

@@martblack1778 Ive seen his red Landrover at the Lancashire Mining Museum in Astley where his coal pit head is at. Look it up on google maps & you will see pictures of it. I didnt know he had another, the old black one seen in his 80s documentaries i thought he replaced it with the other?

[@MrJimbaloid]

Now that's irony for you an E.R.F. man called Atkinson lol.

Fred rescued this steam engine when thousands before had been scrapped for a couple of grand they now go for hundreds of thousands of pounds, If only we knew, its a bit like the old war documentaries when you see nazi Tiger tanks sitting rotting in a field, a fully restored one of those is in the millions now......pity we cant go back in time and tell our grandads to grab one.

[@paulhorn2665]

Haha good Point. My Grandpa photographed a steam loco around 1965. One shaddy photo. He said if he had known that steam locos where gone a few years later, he said,he would have taken some more photos. But at this time in 1965 nearly nobody knew that, if you where not a "steam guy" my Grandpa never was...

[@JintySteam1]

You get to see how staged the series with footage like this. Not saying its bad tho. Its nice you was able to capture fred in action off the BBC cameras

[@organbuilder272]

+ JintySteam - For your information at the time this was filmed Fred was literally dying of cancer. They production crew realized how sick he was and decided to spare him the long and difficult time consuming runs between his destinations for his final tour by trucking the traction engine and his caravan to the site. This was not staged. It was an effort to spare Freds waning strength. This tour was his last and was completed only 3 months before he died. Shame on you for saying things you don't understand. Fred would NEVER have all wed anything to be staged. He was not that knind of man. Stalwart to the end, he completed his final task before his illness made it impossible for him to go on. He died in a hospice in November 2004. Hand your head in shame for your shallow comments about this great man. You are not worthy to lick his shoes.

[@jaylinton300]

Well said Sir, I to was upset with that moron saying it's staged. I'm sad 😭 that I never got to meet Fred but I loved all the programs he made and the 2 steam engines he so much loved. I learnt so much from Fred his enthusiasm was infectious. RIP Fred we well always love you ❤️❤️💜💜❤️❤️

[@guitarplayerforu]

@@organbuilder272 Well said pal 👌🏻 Loved Fred and his programs, I didn't get to meet him sadly though, Miss him so much 👍🏻 You could tell just how unwell Fred was in that last photo of him, heartbreaking to see 💔😢

[@TheSavagederek]

​@@organbuilder272 aye ok Karen . The person could have meant how it was behind the scenes of the normal programme . Why act like such a knob ? The guy was a wanker anyway . Great worker and brilliant at his job , but a complete narcissist and Mysoginist .