Hi this is our remake of our favourite scenes from the titfield thunderbolt. Volunteers take over their local passenger train service against bus company resistance when the government announces its closure. The titfield thunderbolt pokes fun at bureaucracy, jobsworths and the economic situation which provides the whole family with a delightful evenings fun at the theatre. How to transfer your old macs data to your new mac imore. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. The film is all about a country branch line which british railways want to close, so the villagers of titfield lead by the reverend weech, the. The film was made on location on the camerton branch line an ex gwr railway which ran through the beautiful cam valley just south of bath. Clarke and was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge. Kate omara and steven pinder as lady edna chesterford and the reverend sam weech in the titfield thunderbolt at the queens theatre, hornchurch, directed by bob carlton.
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