Loco Testing (1948)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. New locomotive testing station in Rugby, Warwickshire. Shots of streamlined railway engine 60007 - ’Sir Nigel Gresley’ on inside test track. Lots of steam and engineers. Possibly connected with 48/85 - MD. Possibly in tin marked UNSO 41/42. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.