The End of the Line
This documentary short offers a nostalgic look at the steam locomotive as it passes from reality to history. In its heyday, the big smoke-belching steam engine seemed immortal. Now, powerful and efficient diesels are pushing the old coal-burning locomotives to the sidelines, and the lonely echo of their whistles may soon be a thing of the past.
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Aired 28 April 1955 (Season 2, Episode 35). [The "MPEG4" file is the source file. Download it if your player can handle h.265 (HEVC).]
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- Director
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
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