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Age Of Steam: The Austerity Age
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| ln Great Britain, the Victorians buiIt the vast bulk of the country s raiIway system and constructed steam Iocomotives to work them - many different designs were created, with many different results. The finaI form of the steam Iocomotive was seen in the designs introduced in the earIy years of the 20th century, from there on deveIopment was in detail and power. Using footage from the Iast quarter of a century, this programme looks at the way this finaI form was refined by some of the most famous engineers of their time, right up to the last steam locomotives buiIt for main line service in the country. This is The Austerity Age, examining the last private locomotives. The Second WorId War virtually brought steam locomotive deveIopment to a haIt in Great Britain - the watchword became "Austerity", as engineers tried to produce simpler and cheaper designs. This was the case everywhere except on the Southern Railway, where the mercuriaI Oliver BuIleid produced some of the most complicated and expensive steam Iocomotives ever to work on Britain s railways. Elsewhere, the GWR continued on its own course, while the LMS produced a series of efficient smaIIer types to work almost anywhere. Gresley s sewing-machine engineering was swept aside by Thompson s simpIe 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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