Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection (2008)
Documentary
Creator: Fred Dibnah
Fred at Britain's railway workshops, museums and preservation lines. Features The Story of Britain's Railways; Great Little Steam Railways; and Made in Britain: Railway Yards and Workshops, taking one from the earliest wood wagon ways in the 18th century to the last great days of steam and the birth of the railways preservation movement. Locations include the National Railway Museum; the Bluebell Railway; Didcot Railway Centre; Birmingham Railway Museum; Llangollen, Middleton, Ravenglass and Eskdale, South Tynedale, Tanfield and East Lancs Railways; the Bo ness and Kinneil Railway; Midland Railway Centre; Great Central Railway; Severn Valley Railway and Ffestiniog Railway.
Cast
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
Episode 1
The Early Pioneers
Episode 2
George Stephenson and The Rainhill Trials
Episode 3
Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Episode 4
Great Locomotive Engineers
Episode 5
The Record Breaking Years
Episode 6
Branch Lines and Industrial Railways
Episode 7
Railway Preservation
Episode 8
Narrow Gauge Railways
Episode 9
Standard Gauge
Episode 10
Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
Episode 11
Midland Railway Centre
Episode 12
Severn Valley Railway