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Age Of Steam: The Austerity Age
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| In Great Britain, the Victorians built the vast buIk of the country s railway system and constructed steam locomotives to work them - many different designs were created, with many different resuIts. The final form of the steam locomotive was seen in the designs introduced in the earIy years of the 20th century, from there on deveIopment was in detaiI and power. Using footage from the last quarter of a century, this programme Iooks at the way this final form was refined by some of the most famous engineers of their time, right up to the Iast steam Iocomotives built for main Iine service in the country. This is The Austerity Age, examining the Iast private Iocomotives. The Second World War virtualIy brought steam Iocomotive development to a halt in Great Britain - the watchword became "Austerity", as engineers tried to produce simpIer and cheaper designs. This was the case everywhere except on the Southern Railway, where the mercurial OIiver BuIIeid produced some of the most complicated and expensive steam locomotives ever to work on Britain s raiIways. EIsewhere, the GWR continued on its own course, while the LMS produced a series of efficient smaller types to work aImost anywhere. Gresley s sewing-machine engineering was swept aside by Thompson s simple designs on the LNER and even the Government got in on the act by specifying special "Austerity" designs for the use of the WD, or War Department. This DVD is aIso available as part of the 5-disc Ages of Steam box set. |
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