Bluebell Railway (1961)

High angle L/S of an electric diesel train speeding through the countryside as commentator talks of the modernisation of the railways. Mix through to M/S of a steam train (name on the side reads ’Primrose’) coming along the track to join up with some carriages; pan right to show another engine, ’Bluebell’ on the near side track at the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. M/S of some ladies in Victorian costume walking through the station entrance; C/U of the sign above the entrance reading ’Bluebell Railway Preservation Society’. The Victorian ladies walk along the platform beside a steam train (named ’Stepney’) and chat with the driver before getting into a carriage. Various shots of the train being prepared for the journey; the driver polishes his cab; a man clips some wire on the funnel; a jet of steam squirts out from the wheels; the ticket office is put in position by three men. A stack of tickets in a holder is placed on the counter; a family exchanges their British Railways tickets for some Bluebell