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Scotland, Modelling, (very)Amateur Philosophy

SNOWDRIFT AT BLEATH GILL

Just to illustrate that snow has always been a problem for the railway I thought it was time again to share this well-known BTF film from 1955.

It features some good footage of the Stainmore line where the incident occurred and some interesting working practices that might be frowned upon in today’s more safety conscious world’

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2 responses to “SNOWDRIFT AT BLEATH GILL”

  1. sed30 Avatar
    sed30

    Reblogged this on sed30's Blog and commented:
    On of my fav BT films thanks for sharing

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  2. David Thorpe Avatar
    David Thorpe

    Excellent film that I hadn’t seen before. How times change! Thanks.

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