Classic Steam Train Collection

Season 1, Episode 3: Orient Express Steam

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This is the story of the Southern West Country- class 34027 "Taw Valley". She was saved by a single minded Yorkshireman with a romantic streak who rescued it from the scrapyard in 1980 as a birthday gift for his wife. This film is a unique record of 34027 on the Orient Express in Southern England. We join the footplate crew for live action commentary of the engine at work and go behind the scenes with the men who care for the West Country Bulleid