North East Steam - The Woodburn branch

8mm cine film which I shot in 1966 on the Woodburn branch in Northumberland.
Starting with an unplanned brake van trip from Scotsgap to Woodburn and back on the 4th of January at the invitation of the guard, the twice weekly pickup goods from the lineside in mid summer and finally shots of the Wansbeck Piper special train on 2nd October.
The video is complete with an authentic soundtrack.

Пікірлер: 18

  • @rodsmith3911
    @rodsmith39112 ай бұрын

    The best part of the railway system was the country branch line. Sadly lost forever the sounds of a loose coupled goods as it went about its daily work, shunting each wayside goods depot on the way. Lots of great memories in this lovely video.

  • @swiftymorgan5064
    @swiftymorgan506417 күн бұрын

    Great little film! Seeing an engine working tender-first seems so implausible, particularly when you consider all the footage and photos showing otherwise. Obviously it's impossible to do otherwise on so many, or most, of the branches

  • @kuhlemeier
    @kuhlemeier2 ай бұрын

    Surely the best to date quality footage of the Wanny Line.

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299Ай бұрын

    That J27 just sets up the whole thing from the start. Wonderfully off beat!!!

  • @RaisedOnSteam
    @RaisedOnSteam2 ай бұрын

    if only all vintage footage could be like this without someone talking over it!

  • @tonyday7233
    @tonyday72332 ай бұрын

    Lovely.

  • @toolmaker9411
    @toolmaker94112 ай бұрын

    What a gem. Thank you.

  • @larx4074
    @larx40742 ай бұрын

    Fabulous!! Well edited and many thanks for sharing.

  • @stewartmarshall5853
    @stewartmarshall58532 ай бұрын

    Nice to see the guard using his shunting pole knocking wagons off and loose shunting, something that was an everyday occurrence on bread and butter trip jobs not every train was on the mainline pulling express trains ,

  • @dodgy1954
    @dodgy19542 ай бұрын

    Fantastic filming (a real treat). Hard to believe that it is as 'recent' as 1966.

  • @jonathanhall7815
    @jonathanhall78152 ай бұрын

    Great video, I would love to see this line reopened.

  • @HoggRyan
    @HoggRyan2 ай бұрын

    Cracking footage!

  • @AllenORourke1954
    @AllenORourke19542 ай бұрын

    Wonderful footage, just looked up the J27 on BRDatabase, a tired old engine with a service life of 59 years, scrapped in 1967.

  • @philipeldridge7346
    @philipeldridge73462 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @jimbaker1767
    @jimbaker17672 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for that upload. I live just a short walk from Woodburn station, and have walked sections of that line on many occasions. The film is from my year of birth, and it's so special that we can see how it looked then. Thanks for preserving that.

  • @ianmackie1526
    @ianmackie15262 ай бұрын

    Lovely footage, loved the detonators on the line right at the end!

  • @tulyar1043
    @tulyar10432 ай бұрын

    Many thanks for posting this video, especially it shows the track layout at the Morpeth end of Scotsgap Junction. Will you be posting anymore videos like this please?

  • @PeterHutchinson-jc6wv

    @PeterHutchinson-jc6wv

    2 ай бұрын

    Hi, Yes I have more footage to post but it needs some work first.