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Railways

Episode 5 of 6

Fred Dibnah visits the North East, which is rich in railway history, and gets to ride on the footplate and stoke the boiler of a Black Five at Llangollen Railway.

Fred Dibnah visits the North East, which is rich in railway history.

At Bowes Railway he sees an early engineering project by George Stephenson, which was a stationary engine that pulled coal wagons uphill with a rope. At Darlington Railway Museum he admires Stephenson's original Locomotive No 1, the first to run from Darlington to Stockton. At the National Railway Museum, York, he rides on a replica of the Rocket, made by Stephenson's son Robert and at Ffestiniog Railway, he sees how a new locomotive is designed with computer aids and rides on the footplate and stokes the boiler of a Black Five at Llangollen Railway.

28 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Apr 2024 00:00
BBC Four

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  • 00:01

    Freundeskreis

    Quadratur Des Kreises (Intro)

Credits

Presenter Fred Dibnah
Producer David Hall

Broadcasts

  • Thu 18 Mar 1999 20:00
    BBC Two England
  • Sat 26 Oct 2013 11:30
    BBC Two HD, Wales, Northern Ireland, England & Scotland only
  • Sat 26 Jul 2014 09:00
    BBC Two HD, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland & England only
  • Mon 26 Oct 2020 19:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 27 Oct 2020 02:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 11 Jan 2022 19:30
    BBC Four
  • Wed 12 Jan 2022 01:30
    BBC Four
  • Tue 13 Jun 2023 19:30
    BBC Four
  • Wed 14 Jun 2023 01:25
    BBC Four
  • Mon 8 Apr 2024 19:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 9 Apr 2024 00:00
    BBC Four

Fred Didnah around the BBC

Fred Didnah around the BBC

Fred Dibnah's 1991 castaway choices plus other content from around the BBC.