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An express passenger train accelerating after leaving a station
A down express passenger train, followed by an up express passenger train, passing in open country
A local passenger train passing by in open country
A local passenger train starting out from a country station
An express passenger train passing, fast, in open country
An express passenger train climbing a steep gradient
A loose coupled freight train starting
A journey on the footplate of a locomotive hauling a passenger train
Rooks and song bird at dusk - British countryside
An express passenger train accelerating after a signal arm changes
Passenger trains at the entrance to a tunnel
A freight train slowly approaching a marshalling yard
Passenger trains near the summit of a climb from both directions
A journey on board an express passenger train
Passenger and freight trains passing and leaving a station on a main line
At a large main line station; a typically busy terminus
At Bromsgrove, At The Foot Of The Lickey Incline, On An August Afternoon In 1959
Grantham Station On A Damp August Night In 1961
On The Lickey Incline, Near Blackwell, In June 1959
Airport - Jet aircraft landing
On The Settle-Carlisle Line At Ribblehead Station On A November Night In 1969
Birds in spring/summer, early morning - British countryside
Seaside - Very rough sea, turbulent waves rolling on shore
Wind moaning - Heard interior
Airport - Jet aircraft take off
Recording Made At Bridge Of Orchy And Between Bridge Of Orchy and Tyndrum In May 1959
On the Midland main line, between Luton and Wellingborough, at Souldrop and Sundon
Seagulls on the shore
A variety of locomotives at work in a large, busy marshalling yard, with loose coupled wagons
Locomotives moving to and from the loco. sheds
Inside a large signal box at a busy main line station
Single bell tolling
At Manchester Central and Leeds City stations
Airport - Interior of main hall
Airport - Interior of control tower - Voices of controllers and pilots
Hunting - Horses passing and jumping - Voices of riders and spectators
Village ambience in southern Mediterranean country - Bird calls, cows, chickens, frogs and stream
At the south end of Grantham Station
Chickens - Alarmed, agitated squawking
Sparrows - Large, excited group, chirping and fluttering in hedgerow
Wind whistling - Heard interior
D351 At Shap. May 1960.
At Saxby Station, between Oakham and Melton Mowbray
At Tring Cutting on a summer morning
Twenty-one years later, a steam hauled passenger train in Zimbabwe, in 1982
Thunderstorm - Starts close then gradually recedes - Rain increasingly heavy
On the Nuneaton-Water Orton line, near Stockingford
Thunder - Close - Echoing away - Slight rain
A busy scene at Bletchley Station
Wind whistling through wires - Heard exterior
At Bromsgrove Station, at the foot of the Lickey incline
Between Bromsgrove and Blackwell, on the Lickey Incline
Rain beating against window panes - Driven by strong wind
D5302 And D5909 At Hitchin. August 1959.
On the Lickey nr Blackwell, P/way men stop work as Black5 44747 climbs past banked by Lickey banker 58100 BIG BERTHA, 1955
At a country station. Passenger and freight trains passing and a local passenger train arriving and departing
Leaving Doncaster
Passenger trains arriving at, leaving and passing a large station; an important junction, on a main line
Inside the signal box at a country station
The double-headed mail train leaves Aviemore for Inverness
Departing King's Cross
4F 44333 starts north out of the yard at Bromsgrove with a fraight train banked by 9F 92231
Cat purring
Newspaper printing press running at steady speed
Large clock ticking - Heard interior
At Princess Risborough Station, On A Foggy December Night In 1961
Stoke - Essendine
Industrial machinery
Bees - A large number buzzing around
Westmorland Fells below Shap summit
River running over rocky shallows
Ribblehead Station
Central Wales line Radnorshire near Llangunllo
Blea Moor end of the Ribblehead Viaduct
Near Steele Road Station
Just south of Princes Risborough Station
A 'Hall' Leaves With a Goods Train and a 'King' Passes With an Express
Town street in Britain - Busy with traffic and people - 1960s period
Evening In South Yard, Bromsgrove, at the Foot of the Lickey Incline. Night Near Llangunllo, Two '8F's With a Goods Train
Rush-hour commuters - Continuous crowd walk past on hard surface
Retford - Markham
Large railway station - General ambience
A 'K3' Leaves With a Coal Train After Waiting for an Express to Pass
A 'Castle' Leaves for London; A 'King' Heads a Down Express
Stoke Summit
Night At Steele Road. a 'V.2' heads a Fitted Freight
Near Goathland Station between Whitby and Malton
Sea Mist (Portland Bill, Dorset, 1957)
The Soff Sea Of A Summer Afternoon (Chesil Beach, August 1958)
Gresford Halt
North end of Grantham Station
A Foggy Night In A Busy Port (On Board the SS Claughton at Merseyside)
Steele Road Station
Lupoglav Station Slovenija
Evening In Harbour (Whitby, North Yorkshire, 1958)
Near Llanvihangel Station
At Templecombe Station
On Board 'The Pines'
Hunting - Hounds baying
Crowd of people, moving around outdoors, chatting happily
Betting shop, interior - Loudspeaker commentary on race and punters' reaction
Recordings Made At Craigendoran
Recordings Made At Tyndrum Station
Recordings Made At Arrochar During Winter Of 1957
Tropical night - Ambience in open country
A northbound express climbs past, near Shap Wells
At Hitchin To The South Of The Station
At Wickford Station On The Shenfield-Southend Line
At Montrose To The South Of The Station
At York Station
Peterborough
A northbound freight train climbs past, near Shap Wells
At Durham Overlooking The Station And Viaduct
At Sea In Fowl Weather (On Board The Admiralty Salvage Tug "Restive")
At Retford Near The Crossing To The South Of The Station
Lord Faringdon South from Peterborough
A northbound freight train nears the end of the climb to Shap Summit
On Board A Steamship (On Board The Admiralty Salvage Tug "Restive")
Passing Hitchin
Arriving Doncaster
At Peterborough Between The North Station And The Nene Bridge
At the northern end of Stoke Tunnel
In The Yard At Evercreech Jct
Evercreech Jct Station
Between Binegar And Chilcompton
On The 1-In-50 Climb From Evercreech Jct
Clock, church type - Musical chime, then strikes nine
Seaside - Bathers happily splashing around in the surf
Heavy rain falling and dripping from roof
European continental church bells ringing
Racecourse - Bookmakers on course, taking bets, shouting odds
Interior theatre/concert hall type building, crowded with animated audience, moving around chatting - Orchestra starts tuning-up
Ox cart approach and pass
On board a small motor boat, moving in choppy water
Third world type city ambience - Vintage traffic in streets
Birds in tropical forest
Pub interior - busy with happy, lively customers
Evercreech Junction
Water lapping gently, on shore
On The G.W. & G.C. Line Near Princes Risborough Station
On The Carlisle-Edinburgh 'Waverley' Route Near Steele Road Station
In the north yard at Beattock Station
An ex L & Y saddle tank at work in Butler Street Yard, Preston
The double-headed S.L.S. special train leaves Govilon on the Abergavenny Junction-Merthyr line
At Haverhill Station On The Cambridge-Colchester Line
At Tyne Dock Beside The Line To Consett
At the entrance to Blea Moor Tunnel
On the moors near Ribblehead Viaduct on a winter night
At Tebay, to the north of the station
Seaside - Waves break gently and swirl around breakwater
Small river - Fast flowing, over rocks
Travelling in an American police car - The siren, using two different styles, is used continuously
Beside the Kent Coast line, near Herne Bay and at Whitstable in 1958
Recordings Made At Craigendoran
Recordings Made At Tyndrum Station
Recordings Made At Arrochar During Winter Of 1957
Abourd the Pines Express
above Evercreech
Family Fun Among Waves At The Seaside
At The Entrance To Winsor Hill Tnl In 1956
D141 At Blea Moor. November 1961.
WR Steam And DMU At Princes Risborough. December 1961.
D231 At Shap. Octover 1959.
D1007 At Princes Risborough. March 1965.
10203 And 10000/10001 At Shap. August 1958.
At Evercreech Jct Station
Dawn At Steele Road, a 'V.2' Heads a Freight Train
'Westerns' And Brush Type 4 At Didcot, February 1975.
Fairground - Excited reactions and screams of customers
At Princess Risborough Station, On A Sunday Evening In April 1959
Heavy rain falling on hard surface
Frogs croaking in southern Mediterranean countryside
Heretic
Bazaar/street market in Near East type country- Busy ambience
Tropical birds in trees at waterside
Hunting - Hounds, horses and riders at hunt meet
Airport - Exterior of main buildings
Single bell, starts ringing, rings irregularly then stops
Machinery on construction site
Coots and moorhens call and splash around on the water
Hunting - Huntsman blowing horn and calling hounds - Hounds barking
Ship's sirens, bell buoys etc. in foggy conditions at a busy sea port
Recordings Made At Craigendoran
Angry dog - Growling and snarling
Large crowd, outdoors - Clapping and cheering
Group of small dogs - Excitedly running around yapping and barking
Ducks feeding in water
Recordings Made At Tyndrum Station
Sounds of war - Tank gun firing
Animated crowd in a large hall
The 'Waverly' Route During An April Night In 1961
Countryside - Early summer - Luscious birdsong
Large dog, barking when disturbed at isolated situation in country or town
Recordings Made At Arrochar During Winter Of 1957
Children playing game in school playground
Chain saw - Starts, cuts into forest tree and stops
American Diesel locomotive with passenger train approach with bell ringing, slow down and stop in station and wait with engine idling
The 'Waverley' route on an April evening in 1961
Pneumatic drills at road works in town
A nightingale singing in a wood in central France while a light wind stirs the leaves and a frog pl
Trevose Head With A Special Train In 1956
Interior of pub bar - Happy chatter from customers
At a country station. Passenger and freight trains passing and a local passenger train arriving and
Bells of a country church, ringing changes
Thunderstorm approaching - Rain starts and becomes heavy
A group of gorillas move around in a bamboo jungle in central Africa, grunting, moaning, screaming
Lonely dogs at night - A dog starts barking and others howl and whine in the distance
Sounds of war - Machine guns firing and counter firing
At a country station. Passenger and freight trains passing and a local passenger train arriving and
Bells of a country church, ringing changes
'Hinton Manor' with the up 'Cambrian Coast Express' approaching Talerddig
Thunderstorm approaching - Rain starts and becomes heavy
A group of gorillas move around in a bamboo jungle in central Africa, grunting, moaning, screaming
Lonely dogs at night - A dog starts barking and others howl and whine in the distance
Sounds of war - Machine guns firing and counter firing
A Ship Ploughing Through Heavy Seas
At Shap Wells, On The West Coast Main Line
D201, D206 And D5312 At Hitchin. August 1959.
Venice Church Bells Ring In The Distance As Two Steam Ships Pass Each Other In The Lagoon
At Cambridge Junction, Hitchin. A Variety Of Trains On A Busy Day
On The Central Wales Line. A Passenger Train Calls At Llangunllo Station
Near The Stern Of A Ship At Sea In Stormy Weather
'Westerns' At Princes Risborough. May 1963.
A Waverley Route Freight Train Climbs Past Steele Road Station
A Plymouth-Liverpool Passenger Train At Llanvihangel Summit
D1035 At Princes Risborough. January 1963.
'Blue Pullmans' At Princes Risborough. October 1960/April 1964.
EE Type 4 At Barkston Junction. June 1961.
D1010 At Princes Risborough. January 1963.
Waves Beaking Over Rocks
D5036 At Woodbridge. May 1963.
'Western' And 'Hymek' At Princes Risborough. August 1964.
Water Ripples Onto The Shore Of A Tropical Lake
D9009 At Grantham. August 1961.
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