Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.

A freight train travelling between Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle has become snowbound in the Westmorland hills. The Motive Power, Operating and Engineering Departments go to work with snowploughs to reach the trapped train. The team eventually dig clear and thaw out the moving parts, and finally rescue the train – four days after becoming stranded. One of the most popular of all British Transport Films.