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Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 4, 1969

Original Title:
Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding

Alternate Titles:
Tuesday Documentary: Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
BBC

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 47

Overview from TheMovieDB

First transmitted in 1969, this film looks at a handful of the 280,000 railwaymen who work in Britain, especially the men who worked on the former Midland and Great Central routes, as they reflect on their changing industry. Inside Sheffield Railway Men's Club former steam locomotive crew discuss the transition from steam to electric and diesel engines, and heatedly debate their respective merits. Meanwhile, on the Manchester-Sheffield line a former steam locomotive driver remembers what it was like to go through the Woodhead Tunnel, where driver and fireman had to crouch down to avoid the fumes and get breathable air. Signalman Michael Gatonby reveals life inside the signal box, one of the loneliest and busiest jobs on the railway line.

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Production

Camera Operator:
Len Newsom
Ken Morse

Director:
Malcolm Brown

Editor:
Peter Barber

Producer:
Malcolm Brown

Sound:
Geoff Tookey
Dave Simpson

Writer:
Terry Coleman

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