Look at Life - Letting off Steam - May 1959

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Look at Life - Letting off Steam from May 1959.

Another video from the Look at Life Series from Volume 1 - Transport - from May 1959 - Letting off Steam.
Celebrating British Railways' change of technology with the phasing-out of coal-powered steam and their replacement with oil-powered and electrified trains and signalling to bring in the modern age of travel.

Filming locations - Crewe Works, Crewe in Cheshire.

Several Steam and Diesel Locomotives are featured in the film.

Steam

70006 Robert Burns - Britannia Class - Built April 1951 and withdrawn May 1967.
30567 - Class 0395 0-6-0
30350 - Class 700 0-6-0 Built 1897 Withdrawn 1962
67715 - Class L1 (This class was introduced in 1945)
64677 - Class J20 0-6-0 Built 1920 Withdrawn 1961
92250 - Standard Class 9; 2-10-0 Built 1958 Fitted with Giesl oblong ejector. Cost to build - £33,500.
61142 - Thompson Class B1
92144 - Standard Class 9F

Diesels

D202 - Class 40 Built 1958
D5518 - Class 31 - Preserved and under repair.
D5522 - Class 31/1 Preserved and under restoration

Several other locomotives are shown but their numbers can't be seen.

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