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Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory

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(Theme music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm never happier than
when I'm tinkering away - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm never happier than when I'm tinkering away

Signals, stations, sidings,
old carriages, new carriages. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Signals, stations, sidings, old carriages, new carriages.

I'm Peter snow, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm Peter snow,

I enjoy mixing different
carriages from different eras, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I enjoy mixing different carriages from different eras,

Which got me thinking, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Which got me thinking,

(Theme music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

In order to delve into
the history of the railways, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

In order to delve into the history of the railways,

Henry Cole: Getting together a
band of brilliant restoration experts - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Henry Cole: Getting together a band of brilliant restoration...

Each group will bring back to
life a carriage from a different era. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Each group will bring back to life a carriage from a differe...

From an 1860s four-Wheeler - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

From an 1860s four-Wheeler

We'll even restore
a royal carriage - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

We'll even restore a royal carriage

And I'll explore
what it was like - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And I'll explore what it was like

We've challenged all our restorers
to complete their work in six months, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

We've challenged all our restorers to complete their wo...

So, I can take our unique train - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So, I can take our unique train

(Laughter) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Orchestral music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Orchestral music)

Its five miles of track were once
part of the mighty midland railway, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Its five miles of track were once part of the mighty midland...

(Majestic music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Majestic music)

Today, it lives on as
a preserved railway, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Today, it lives on as a preserved railway,

(Majestic music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Majestic music)

Not George stephenson, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Not George stephenson,

Queen Victoria first
hopped on a train in 1842, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Queen Victoria first hopped on a train in 1842,

The royal seal of approval for
this new-fangled way of travelling. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The royal seal of approval for this new-fangled way of trave...

It sparked a
transport revolution, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It sparked a transport revolution,

Incredibly, despite her
importance to railway history, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Incredibly, despite her importance to railway history,

(Slow orchestral music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Slow orchestral music)

And was used to
shuttle her majesty - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And was used to shuttle her majesty

Almost 120 years later,
little of its grandeur remains. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Almost 120 years later, little of its grandeur remains.

To restore this
piece of royal history - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

To restore this piece of royal history

The owner of the carriage and
chief restorer is Stephen middleton - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The owner of the carriage and chief restorer is Stephen midd...

Stephen is a veteran of
dozens of restorations, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Stephen is a veteran of dozens of restorations,

It would take me normally,
18 months, two years. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It would take me normally, 18 months, two years.

I'm putting in six or
seven days a week, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm putting in six or seven days a week,

Ying, originally from Beijing, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Ying, originally from Beijing,

I'm not interested in
this kind of job at all. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm not interested in this kind of job at all.

But now I'm developing this
into a kind of a hobby or passion. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But now I'm developing this into a kind of a hobby or p...

(Orchestral music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Orchestral music)

Now, she's in the workshop, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, she's in the workshop,

Thank you, ying. I suspect
they made it a bit easier - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Thank you, ying. I suspect they made it a bit easier

This was the main saloon, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

This was the main saloon,

There would've been a settee
there, button backed, blue, maybe. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

There would've been a settee there, button backed, blue...

Well, this was knocked
out to form a house in 1930. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Well, this was knocked out to form a house in 1930.

But we have enough evidence
to show where the wood was. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But we have enough evidence to show where the wood was.

It's an identical
copy to that side, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It's an identical copy to that side,

And you think the queen actually
came in here to relieve herself? - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And you think the queen actually came in here to relieve her...

I think we will find the toilet
from a special auction house - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I think we will find the toilet from a special auction house

It is. It's the
same size saloon, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It is. It's the same size saloon,

At almost 50 feet long, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

At almost 50 feet long,

The royal salon itself - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The royal salon itself

The aim is to restore
her to her royal livery, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The aim is to restore her to her royal livery,

Creating the only victorian
royal coach outside a museum. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Creating the only victorian royal coach outside a museum.

Now, what is it, Stephen, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, what is it, Stephen,

I remember how important the
Pullman car stewards made me, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I remember how important the Pullman car stewards made me,

And it wasn't the engine at
the front that really got me going, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And it wasn't the engine at the front that really got m...

So many trains nowadays, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So many trains nowadays,

So, I want to recreate
the experience - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So, I want to recreate the experience

Now, you might think we
want to restore this coach - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Now, you might think we want to restore this coach

They represented
the latest thinking in, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

They represented the latest thinking in,

So, this coach is a vital moment - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So, this coach is a vital moment

And one of its key
innovations was what it ran on. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And one of its key innovations was what it ran on.

Henry: In 1887, while queen
Victoria was travelling in total luxury, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Henry: In 1887, while queen Victoria was travelling in total...

But one innovation of the era - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But one innovation of the era

Before bogies, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Our coach was one of the
earliest to have four sets of wheels - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Our coach was one of the earliest to have four sets of wheel...

That frame is then attached
to the carriage by a single pivot - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

That frame is then attached to the carriage by a single pivo...

Not only does that
make for a smoother ride, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Not only does that make for a smoother ride,

The advantages were so great - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The advantages were so great

By the late 19th century,
when our carriage was built, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

By the late 19th century, when our carriage was built,

Allowing trains to reach an
excess of 70 miles an hour. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Allowing trains to reach an excess of 70 miles an hour.

(Dramatic orchestral music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Dramatic orchestral music)

So these bogies, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So these bogies,

Stephen has brought in a
specialist team of engineers - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Stephen has brought in a specialist team of engineers

(Suspenseful music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Suspenseful music)

(Suspenseful music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Suspenseful music)

Shall we have a quick glance at
the centre cuttings underneath? - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Shall we have a quick glance at the centre cuttings undernea...

And we'll clean all that out, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And we'll clean all that out,

Getting a green
light for the bogies - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Getting a green light for the bogies

Two weeks in and Stephen is
giving this project all he's got. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Two weeks in and Stephen is giving this project all he'...

I'm looking at probably
13, 14 hours a day. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I'm looking at probably 13, 14 hours a day.

And this has been
my 15th day non-stop. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And this has been my 15th day non-stop.

Stephen is 100%
committed to this project. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Stephen is 100% committed to this project.

I feel I'm like a woman without a
husband for a couple of months. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I feel I'm like a woman without a husband for a couple ...

So far, I've had
massage, acupuncture, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

So far, I've had massage, acupuncture,

Just turned 60, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Just turned 60,

But now after all
those painful hours, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

But now after all those painful hours,

And you can't see much progress, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

And you can't see much progress,

It has been claimed that
of all her royal carriages, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

It has been claimed that of all her royal carriages,

The one she used to travel
from the bustle of windsor - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

The one she used to travel from the bustle of windsor

(Train whistle) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

(Train whistle)

Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow poster

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Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory

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Released: 05 Jun 2018

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