Once upon a Line (1947) | BFI National Archive

Size isn't everything, as these "model husbands" are out to prove. The portable miniature railway - big enough to ride on but small enough to fit in the back of a car - is a long-running obsession of the dedicated train hobbyist. As this light-hearted (but sadly incomplete) documentary shows, reference to their full-size counterparts is all important. In the year that the Transport Act nationalised all train companies, this was the stress free way to run a railway.
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[@savijayakumar3457]

Love watching steam locos. What a wonder are they! The amount of manual labour and care they need was enormous. Still they are a near miracle. Steam power. The innovation behind. Awesome

[@angelsone-five7912]

Great days and nice people, all sadly gone.

[@eliotreader8220]

lovely footage of model steam engines from the late 1940s

[@michaelmiller641]

You keep coming up with some brilliant films! Keep it up,!

[@robnewman6101]

Wow. Interesting.

[@MattTheSpratt]

god damn it i want a tiny trAIN SO BAD