02 January 1957 Factual 10 mins
The extension of the electrification of the Southend line from Shenfield to Southend. The last steam train leaves Liverpool Street and makes its way for a new stage in the modernisation plan for British Railways. How it was done and the men who did it.
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United Kingdom 02 January 1957
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Service for Southend A short British Transport Film from the 1950s about the last steam service from Scouthend before electric.
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