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Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

To fix the castings, the team will need to sendthem to specialists in derbyshire

To fix the castings, the team will need to send
them to specialists in derbyshire

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To fix the castings,
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the team will need to send them to specialists in derbyshire.
Duration
6 seconds
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15
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:24
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
S01 • E04 When I was stripping the canvas off the roof, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
When I was stripping the canvas off the roof,
S01 • E01 While they're waiting - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
While they're waiting
S01 • E04 I came running down to find this lying on the floor. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
I came running down to find this lying on the floor.
S01 • E01 To preserve the historic character of the carriage - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:13
To preserve the historic character of the carriage
S01 • E04 It must have been fitted in 1887. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
It must have been fitted in 1887.
S01 • E04 At the time our coach was built, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
At the time our coach was built,
S01 • E01 But some sections are beyond repair, so, alternatives have to be found. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
But some sections are beyond repair, so, alternatives have t...
S01 • E04 But passengers were demanding something better, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
But passengers were demanding something better,
S01 • E04 They wanted to while away the long hours, reading a good book. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
They wanted to while away the long hours, reading a good boo...
S01 • E01 This teak panel came from Scotland where we managed to retrieve some. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
This teak panel came from Scotland where we managed to retri...
S01 • E01 In england, they used to cut the coaches in half - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
In england, they used to cut the coaches in half
S01 • E04 His name was William Henry Smith, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
His name was William Henry Smith,
S01 • E01 And in Scotland, they sold them to the farmers - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:11
And in Scotland, they sold them to the farmers
S01 • E04 His stroke of genius - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:11
His stroke of genius
S01 • E01 But having said that it's unobtainable - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
But having said that it's unobtainable
S01 • E04 He opened his first Smith's kiosk on euston station in 1848. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
He opened his first Smith's kiosk on euston station in ...
S01 • E01 In the 1860s nearly all the teak used on the railways - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
In the 1860s nearly all the teak used on the railways
S01 • E04 And by the 1860s, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
And by the 1860s,
S01 • E01 Almost all of those great trees were cut down long ago. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
Almost all of those great trees were cut down long ago.
S01 • E01 Teak is now one of the worlds' most endangered species of wood. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
Teak is now one of the worlds' most endangered species ...