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DetailsOriginal Format: Super 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins 20 secs Credits: Simon Chapman Genre: Amateur
Subject: Railways
Summary An amateur film produced by Simon Chapman showing the Sir Nigel Gresley steam locomotive being run up and down along a test track near the village of Philadelphia in Tyne & Wear.
Description An amateur film produced by Simon Chapman showing the Sir Nigel Gresley steam locomotive being run up and down along a test track near the village of Philadelphia in Tyne & Wear.
The LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley steam locomotive travels along a test track. It reverses back along the same track, in the near distance rows of terraced houses as well as a pithead for a nearby coal mine. The maneuverer is repeated several times.
