An amateur film by railway enthusiast Chris Lawson concentrates on the rail network of the Southern region. Steam engines unique to the Southern network are in evidence, particularly the WCBB [West Country & Battle of Britain] class. Some of the footage is of special gatherings or excursions for steam railway enthusiasts. The film opens with a view showing a DMU [Diesel Multiple Unit] making it's way along a railway cutting. The green livery suggests it is operating on the Southern...

An amateur film by railway enthusiast Chris Lawson concentrates on the rail network of the Southern region. Steam engines unique to the Southern network are in evidence, particularly the WCBB [West Country & Battle of Britain] class. Some of the footage is of special gatherings or excursions for steam railway enthusiasts. The film opens with a view showing a DMU [Diesel Multiple Unit] making it's way along a railway cutting. The green livery suggests it is operating on the Southern rail network. On the same section of track, but travelling towards the camera a steam engine approaches. A 'double header' [two engines pull the train] passes, although with only the first engine appearing to be in steam. The second engine is no. 34023 WCBB class 4-6-2, possibly at the point being withdrawn as it went out of service in 1967. Behind both engines a passenger train. A riverside view follows of a modern city and a distant shot of a steam train making its way along a riverside railway. Another  'double header' train passes, and a trackside view shows the first engine as no. 34108 WCBB class 4-6-2, formerly named Wincanton. The following engine is no. 34089 another engine of the same type, formerly named 602 Squadron,  the nameplate has been removed. The film cuts to a low angle view of a steam engine speeding along an embankment. The engine is no. 80146 a BR4/3 class, 2-6-4T, a Southern region engine. Engine 34089 is being pulled in reverse at the back of the train. The film then cuts to a high angle view of a train in a cutting about to go through a short tunnel. Another high angle shot of engine 34023 this time, in steam in another 'double header' configuration, heading towards a tunnel with a passenger train.  A brief panning view follows of a steam train as it speeds through a station. The film cuts to a steam train coming over  latticed steel bridge. A high angle view of multiple tracks at a signal box follows, as a Southern Region DMU goes past followed by a speeding steam passenger train. The film cuts to a trackside view near a viaduct as 34023(?) goes through pulling a passenger train. A photographer manages to snap a picture as it goes through.  A panning view follows of a lone steam engine, probaby another shot of 34023. More trackside views follow as a steam passenger trains goes through, the second one is probably no. 35023 MN [Merchant Navy] class 4-6-2. The film cuts to a station platform and a steam engine pulling steel goods trucks passing through. A high angle view follows showing a steam passenger train as it passes beneath a bridge. Another high angle view from a bridge follows as a steam train speeds towards the camera, pulling three carriages of a passenger train as it goes under the bridge, it then disappears around a curve. Taken from a station platform an engine approaches, this time it's engine no. 34095 a WCBB [West Country and Battle of Britain] class 4-6-2. Next a steam passenger train pulls into Beaulieu Road station, south east of Lyndhurst in Hampshire. The engine is no. 75076 a BR4/1 class, 4-6-0 engine, pulling three carriages. It moves out of the station. A high angle view follows showing a Southern Region DMU passing by. The film cuts to a dark shot of a steam train entering Southampton terminus station. Another view shows an engine manoeuvering across a road, presumably at the terminus.  A high angle view follows looking along a railway cutting and into a tunnel, another engine emerges travelling the opposite way. A long distance shot follows of  a steam goods train reversing along an embankment. Another goods train speeds past in the opposite direction. A middle distance view shows a steam passnger train passing through an area surrounded by fields. The film cuts to a high angle view of a signal box next to a level crossing and alongside a double rail track. A steam passenger train comes through headed by engine 34023(?). A close up follows of the same engine(?) as it pulls away from a station platform. A high angle view follows of a marshalling yard and a steam goods train pulls through. On the same line a steam passenger passes by followed by another steam passenger train travels in the opposite direction. A view follows showing the engine in Southampton dock as passengers leave the train, perhaps to go on board ship. A small engine at work on the docks goes past, engine no. 30069 class USA 0-6-0T. The film ends with general views of thedocks area.