Volume Eleven – Steam in 1963

Volume Eleven – Steam in 1963

The first half opens with locomotive 45552 “Silver Jubilee” working the Home Counties Railway Society’s “Mendip Rail Tour” followed by extensive coverage of visits to the Cheddar Valley line, the branch to Bulford and a number of now...
Volume Ten Private Railways1961-63

Volume Ten Private Railways1961-63

In this volume of his now-legendary film record of the railways of Great Britain in the 1960s, IVO PETERS turns his attention to a number of private railways which had either avoided nationalisation in 1948 or had been created after that momentous event. The programme...
Volume Nine – Narrow Gauge Steam In The Early 60s

Volume Nine – Narrow Gauge Steam In The Early 60s

NARROW GAUGE STEAM IN THE EARLY 60s Ivo Peters continued to film the progress of the narrow gauge railways of North Wales throughout the 1960s. The Vale of Rheidol was the first to be filmed, with No 9 sporting BR green livery. His 1961 and 1963 visits to the...
Volume Eight Steam in 1962

Volume Eight Steam in 1962

1962 was the last year before Dr Beeching changed the face of British Railways for ever – but it was still a year of contrasts. Ivo Peters’ 16mm colour film record of the changing times of the railways starts with a tour of the public industries of the...
Volume Seven Steam in 1961

Volume Seven Steam in 1961

This is the second of “a series within a series” as it is Ivo Peters’ second steam annual, looking at various events and locations in 1961. The programme is produced from Ivo’s superb 16mm colour film and covers both main line and industrial...