Last Steam from Liverpool Manchester to Carlisle

[@stephensmith799]

I recall how miserable I felt that day... but few realised what a fantastic future steam had in preservation....

[@studio-flash]

I ran down to Edge Hill station the worlds oldest railway station where I use to live. I was 5 years old. I use to play on the sidings at Edge Hill, it was safe as the trains use to pull up and stop there and any day there were trains getting fixed, pulled up for days or overnight. Great memories...just wish I had a camera it would be 10 years later that I got into photography and at 16 I got my first 35mm an old Mamiya with 50mm f 1.8 lens.

[@studio-flash]

The 15 guineas special as it was known. Imagine Liverpool having the overhead railway ( the worlds first) today ..what a tourist attraction..that with Steam trains underneath..what little foresight was shown by councillors.

[@peterbuckley265]

NO THE DOCKERS UMBRELLA LIBVERPOOL WAS THE WORLDS FIRST ELECTRIC OVERHEAD RAILWAY.

[@allan5919]

Great memories of the historic day. Excellent video!

[@PeterEllwood]

Thank You - might do another version of this film as it deserves to be seen by a wider audience!

[@allan5919]

That would be nice Peter. I was looking for myself at Carlisle in the footage but your fathers camera never pointed in my direction. :-) I love seeing any video or photos from that day.

[@v2factoryman]

Wonderful! Bittersweet memories.

[@steamagedaydreams23]

wonderful, thanks for sharing

[@JulianThurgood]

Superb movie - thanks for sharing.

[@dogfromblackburn2]

Simply Brilliant!

[@djburland]

Another brilliant post looking back at the end of BR steam

[@edwardbarnes2702]

Another by Ken, some lovely classic Railway footage, he by gum.

[@SammyBFilms]

Wonderful! Nice final shot, and the food looked good too! :-)

[@stephensmith799]

Hear it. See it. Smell it. Touch it.

[@johnbrown9092]

Thank God for Heritage Railways now.

[@stephensmith799]

Look! Seats that line up with windows. Very unusual these days...

[@anthonymcinerney6422]

I think I saw William awdray in 1 of the coaches

[@philnewton3096]

That guitar music is in the way of the romantic musical rhythmic fast slow powerful emotional machine !!

[@PeterEllwood]

Hi Phil, the films are 16mm Cine silent films. It should be fairly easy to watch for you with the volume turned down on your TV, PC or mobile phone. I do not have a library of SFX steam loco sounds and welcome any suggestions as regard backing sounds.

[@patasnegras2807]

@@PeterEllwood What is that guitar piece please ? I am trying to find it.

[@zedcharlie]

Raymond Watton Watering at blackburn, Raymond Grimshaw at Carlisle, Blackburn men, worked with them many years. Superb Quality, Kodachrome i suspect

[@Bolivar2012able]

Far better inventive use of sound with a Soundless Super 8 Film. WEL DONE!!

[@PeterEllwood]

Super 8? Dad never used anything but 16mm.

[@anthonymcinerney6422]

Better known as the r.e.v .w awdray

[@Jaidencharlotte]

Something tells me health and safety officials wouldn’t approve

[@levelcrossing150]

We took our own responsibility for our own safety.

[@walkingtheboogie]

I think this is wonderful but personally would have prefer it without the music. The numbers uo signal posts and other infrastructure, not to mention tracks is not something you'd see today. Another era. Thanks for sharing.

[@philnewton3096]

Gee! Thanko!!for the totally inappropriate !muisc" hiding the reality of self contained sheer power of staem weather sun romance nostalgia ---more -chuffing snorting -Can some one erase that PLEASE!!