Bikes on the railway
whitecf
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First of all I'm not actually a cyclist but I'm posting here after following a link from <http://uk.geocities.com/mikstar123/films.html>.
For my sins I'll confess my hobby is playing with toy trains. The reason I ended up following the link is that a few days ago I was watching an old British Transport Films production called 'Cyclists Special' made in 1955. The subject of this was a special train that took a, very large, group of cyclists from London to Rugby in order to spend the day riding around Warwickshire.
I must say that even as a non cyclist it looked like a great way to spend a day but somehow I don't think these days you could get the same freedom to roam around in large packs with barely a car in sight.
Anyway my interest was in the train which had a number of dedicated bicycle transport vans attached. The narration said these came from normal use in the ferry services. There was only a brief glimpse of these and I no longer have access to the film. I've never seen such a train modelled and would love to do so. Consequently I was hoping somebody from this forum could help me find more details and images for the vans.
Many thanks.
For my sins I'll confess my hobby is playing with toy trains. The reason I ended up following the link is that a few days ago I was watching an old British Transport Films production called 'Cyclists Special' made in 1955. The subject of this was a special train that took a, very large, group of cyclists from London to Rugby in order to spend the day riding around Warwickshire.
I must say that even as a non cyclist it looked like a great way to spend a day but somehow I don't think these days you could get the same freedom to roam around in large packs with barely a car in sight.
Anyway my interest was in the train which had a number of dedicated bicycle transport vans attached. The narration said these came from normal use in the ferry services. There was only a brief glimpse of these and I no longer have access to the film. I've never seen such a train modelled and would love to do so. Consequently I was hoping somebody from this forum could help me find more details and images for the vans.
Many thanks.
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'Cyclists Special' is in two parts on you tube. You can pause it at any moment. Enabling you to study the train carriages of interest. Looks like those were better days for cyclists and trains.0
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http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw
above is part one
below is part two
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYngjxJP1I0
