Steam In The Midlands 1950s-1960s - UK British Railways Archive Series

[@iantaf5559]

Living to the north of Wolverhampton, this has been a fascinating watch for me. You have got to shed a tear or two at what has been lost.

[@davidkitchen7941]

Having lived in Wolverhampton and Wellington in the 1950's this was great for me to watch.

[@waldenhouse]

Just wonderful to watch! Thanks for the compilations. Remembering happy days……

[@jameswright7284]

Not even got through 10 mins and this is very enjoyable to watch

[@waldenhouse]

Same here! Fabulous reminiscence of days long gone. 😢

[@GreatBritishRailways1]

Those were the days with happy memories. Many thanks for sharing. Regards, John

[@johnlladron735]

Thanks for uploading this. A great video.

[@railwayarchives]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SuperDougstar]

I'm too young 😢 would loved to have seen all this

[@djh1947]

Thanks for uploading. For the record D3136 was a 0-6-0 Shunter. The film shows a Co-Co that could be a type "4" . I can't read the number unfortunately. Can anybody identify it correctly?

[@Truerealism747]

Any engines survive

[@tango6nf477]

I have seen film of long goods/freight trains being pushed from behind at some speed and there is one here. I cant understand why this was allowed, I'm no expert but surely the Driver could not possibly see clearly ahead from the rear of the train and this would surely have been very dangerous?

[@staffordian]

It would generally only happen in sidings when rakes of wagons were being shunted into dead end sidings, so the loco would have to push them. There is a clip of what appears to be a loco pushing a train at just after the 19 minute mark but there is a loco at the front, and this one is on the rear banking, or assisting the train engine up a gradient.

[@tango6nf477]

@@staffordian Thanks for the response