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Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

I've only got a brakeVan behind me, but if I'd beenpulling our royal train, I'd have been...

I've only got a brake
Van behind me, but if I'd been
pulling our royal train, I'd have been in my
best bib and Tucker

Full Transcript

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I've only got a brake Van behind me,
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but if I'd been pulling our royal train,
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I'd have been in my best bib and Tucker.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:34
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres

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Movie Summary

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
S01 • E04 Not only would my loco be decked with royal crests, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
Not only would my loco be decked with royal crests,
S01 • E01 Back in 1912, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
Back in 1912,
S01 • E04 Best of all, I'd have got an extra half a week's pay - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
Best of all, I'd have got an extra half a week's p...
S01 • E01 If you were reading a book like this on the railway, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
If you were reading a book like this on the railway,
S01 • E04 So, what you now want to do is to look outside of the cab - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
So, what you now want to do is to look outside of the cab
S01 • E01 The big problem with using electricity on trains - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
The big problem with using electricity on trains
S01 • E04 (Train whistle) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
(Train whistle)
S01 • E01 You have to generate the electricity on the move. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
You have to generate the electricity on the move.
S01 • E04 Well, I'll do it again. (Whistle blows) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
Well, I'll do it again. (Whistle blows)
S01 • E01 Built in 1895, the London, tilbury and southend railway, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
Built in 1895, the London, tilbury and southend railway,
S01 • E01 Just like my torch - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:11
Just like my torch
S01 • E04 Well you're running out of track, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
Well you're running out of track,
S01 • E01 This is a dynamo. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
This is a dynamo.
S01 • E01 Is in turn fed by this belt that runs off the wheel - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
Is in turn fed by this belt that runs off the wheel
S01 • E04 So, you're stopping 50 tonnes of steam engine. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
So, you're stopping 50 tonnes of steam engine.
S01 • E01 Simple, but electricity took a long time to take over. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
Simple, but electricity took a long time to take over.
S01 • E01 It wasn't until the 1930s - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
It wasn't until the 1930s
S01 • E04 Because if you were pulling the Pullman coach - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
Because if you were pulling the Pullman coach
S01 • E01 Once all four of our carriages are restored, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
Once all four of our carriages are restored,
S01 • E04 The next time I get my hands on the controls of a steam locomotive, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
The next time I get my hands on the controls of a steam loco...