Isle of Wight Railways, 1940s - Film 1018387

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Little Steam trains at Ventnor on the pier and new Church. Horringford, Blackwater, Wootton 1940's
Map of Isle of Wight Railways "To the Railway" finger post. Pier railway. Steam trains at the platform. Tracks going by. Point of view hanging out of the carriage looking at the engine. Out of the carriage window shots. Station bench "Brading" signal box. Sign for Brading. Signals. Taking on water. "Southern Railways Ventnor West Station" sign. Little station, small train pulls in. Diesel car? Point of view driver's eye along single track railway line through the countryside. Merstone. Signalman walks towards us then up the steps to his signal box. Crowded platform. Level crossing opens as if we are a car waiting to cross the road. Steam train passes, shot from a bridge. Newchurch. Level crossing. Man opens gates of a crossing to allow the train to pass. A young porter, probably 14 year old, poses in his cap.
Horringford. Another porter poses. Level crossing sign. Blackwater. More signs. Wootton station. Point of view the driver looking through the train over the boiler and chimneys into tunnel. Looking at locomotives in a siding down a cutting. Hand driven turntable. Man coupling up. Driver sets off. Taking on water. Driver and fireman close up.
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