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  • 2012-12-10T21:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 42m
  • 1h 24m (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
The remarkable story of a band of visionaries and volunteers who rescued some of the narrow gauge railways that once served Britain’s industries.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2012-12-10T21:00:00Z

1x01 Small Is Beautiful

Series Premiere

1x01 Small Is Beautiful

  • 2012-12-10T21:00:00Z42m

Small railways and the steam engines that ran on them were once the driving force of Britain’s mines, quarries, factories and docks. Then, as they disappeared after 1945, volunteers set to work to bring the lines and the steam engines back to life.

2012-12-17T21:00:00Z

1x02 Branching Out

1x02 Branching Out

  • 2012-12-17T21:00:00Z42m

When steam started to disappear in the 1950’s, bands of volunteers got together to save some of the tracks and the steam engines that ran on them. The home movies they shot tell the story of how they did it, and how they helped people to reconnect to a world of steam almost lost forever.

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