When Britain's railways were nationalised in 1948 a decision was taken to design new locomotives that would hopefully be cheap to run in the age of post-war austerity. This film looks in detail at many of the surviving types. Among them is the unique ""Duke of Gloucester"" the very last attempt at a passenger express locomotive. More successful were the 9F freight engines whose ten driving wheels made them some of the best load pullers ever built whilst many railwaymen regarded th
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