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Re: Movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" on TV this Sunday



This is a quaint movie but fun for a Sunday afternoon watch on video...
I saw this about ten years ago and the shots through Somerset(?) are
terrific.

(Sorry officer, I didn't know the video was loaded...)

David Bennetts wrote in message
<01be3437$112781c0$414c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au>...
>The classic British Movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" produced by Ealing
>Studios in 1953 is scheduled to appear on the nine network at 9 am AEDT
>Sunday 3 January.  Set in Somerset, it is the story of a group of locals
>who are determined to keep their branch railway by running it themselves,
>in the face of underhand competition from the local bus operator.  The
>sequences showing the 1838 vintage loco "Lion" are well worth watching.
>
>Happy New Year to all aus.rail readers and contributors
>
>David Bennetts
>Canberra