HARROGATE & DISTRICT

After views of Leeds’s Central Station, Bramhope, Arthington Jct. and Pool-in-Wharfedale feature, followed by Harrogate, which in 1964 was a busy rail centre, handling both freight and passenger traffic. Diverging from the Ripon line on the northeast outskirts of Harrogate was the line to York, and on this route Starbeck and the Boroughbridge branch are shown. North of Harrogate, workings are shown at numerous locations, including Nidd Bridge and Ripley Jct.: most stations between Ripon and Northallerton plus a journey from Ripon to Melmerby Junction and Masham.

In the programme are ex-LNER classes including A1s, A3s, A4s, B1s and K1s plus diesel types ranging from shunters and DMUs to Type 4s and ‘Deltics’. Filmed between 1961 and 1967, the programme is a fascinating visual record of a through route that has now passed into history.