
Railway Roundabout 1961
Documentary
Overview
Another volume of highlights from the 1950s and 1960s television series about the vanishing train lines. Includes a journey from Bath to Evercreech Junction; the last train from Bala to Ffestiniog; the Lancashire and Yorkshire Special and the Severn and Wye in the Forest of Dean. Welsh narrow gauge highlights are also featured in addition to the locomotives of London Transport and Swindon.
Top Cast
Peter Woods
Peter Woods
Narrator
Peter Woods
Narrator
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