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The Train Now Departing

19881 seasonTV SeriesDocumentary

Despite being phased-out by British rail networks in 1968, the steam train has resisted its bleak fate of becoming a mere museum exhibit, and fading into obscurity. This series charts their re-emergence over the subsequent twenty year period following the end of the age of steam.

WriterAnthony Smith
ProducerAndrew Johnston

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Seasons & Episodes

E1
The Long Drag
Nov 15, 1988
E2
The West Highlander
Nov 22, 1988
E3
The Holiday Line
Nov 29, 1988
E4
Steam on the Isle of Man
Dec 6, 1988
E5
Lines of Industry
Dec 13, 1988
E6
The Survivors
Dec 20, 1988

Cast

AS
Anthony Smith
Narrator

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