Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection — Season 1, Episode 1: The Early Pioneers
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 14 episodes
Episode synopsis
The Early Pioneers
About Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection
Fred at Britain's railway workshops, museums and preservation lines. Features The Story of Britain's Railways; Great Little Steam Railways; and Made in Britain: Railway Yards and Workshops, taking one from the earliest wood wagon ways in the 18th century to the last great days of steam and the birth of the railways preservation movement. Locations include the National Railway Museum; the Bluebell Railway; Didcot Railway Centre; Birmingham Railway Museum; Llangollen, Middleton, Ravenglass and Eskdale, South Tynedale, Tanfield and East Lancs Railways; the Bo ness and Kinneil Railway; Midland Railway Centre; Great Central Railway; Severn Valley Railway and Ffestiniog Railway.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2George Stephenson and The Rainhill Trials
- E3Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- E4Great Locomotive Engineers
- E5The Record Breaking Years
- E6Branch Lines and Industrial Railways
- E7Railway Preservation
- E8Narrow Gauge Railways
- E9Standard Gauge
- E10Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
- E11Midland Railway Centre
- E12Severn Valley Railway
- E13Ffestiniog Railway