STEAM TRAIN STORY
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Bill Tennent talks to steam train driver Jack Irving about the controls of his Black Five locomotive no. 45363. (clip)
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Title: STEAM TRAIN STORY
Reference number: T0179
Date: 1965
Production company: Scottish Television
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 6.43 mins
Description: Bill Tennent presents a programme about steam engines. Features interview with steam train driver, who explains his work and why he loves steam engines. Interior shots of the engine and drivers cab, as well as shots of the train moving out of the depot. See also ref. T1620
Shotlist: No credits. Bill Tennent standing beside steam engine; attempts climbing up (1.10) Tennent in cab talking to the driver, now in boiler suit. Driver speaks of driving in poor weather conditions; signals; and describes the function of the controls (4.33) Shot of engine [mute] (5.54) Shot from cab (6.43)