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When I was stripping the canvas off the roof
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Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

When I was strippingthe canvas off the roof, all of a sudden therewas a heck of a crash

When I was stripping
the canvas off the roof, all of a sudden there
was a heck of a crash

Full Transcript

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When I was stripping the canvas off the roof,
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all of a sudden there was a heck of a crash.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:30
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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Movie Summary

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
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 ...
S01 • E04 But without proper lighting, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:04
But without proper lighting,