Servicing a Steam Locomotive

This 1953 film shows the hard and backbreaking work involved in servicing a Stannier class 5 steam locomotive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMfqSMKoiiM&feature=player_detailpage

Do I love the narrator´s accent!

Enjoy watching it.

Wonderful film, thanks so much for posting it! And you’re right, I love the narrators accent. This is like a railfilm done by “Masterpiece Theater”! And “stale coal”? Who knew?