Film Number |
10234 |
Title |
[ROCKET 150] |
Producer |
Chris Coffey |
Date |
1980 |
Gauge |
spr8mm |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
27 mins 28 secs |
Description |
Railway scenes in St Helens from the150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials. Beginning with the view from a moving train coming into Rainhill station, the film, shot from a fixed viewpoint, records passing locomotives, including ‘Lion’, ‘Leander’, ‘Evening Star’, ‘Golden Arrow’, ‘Green Arrow’, ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’, ‘Drysllwyn Castle’, ‘Princess Elizabeth’, ‘Flying Scotsman’, ‘Duchess of Hamilton’, ‘Western Courier’, an Inter-City 125 and APT. |
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