Southern Steam ~ "Childhood Dreams" (Part 1)

Part 1 of Southern Steam ~ "Childhood Dreams". At the Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line), Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends are busy entertaining many of their young fans and their families. This film features the following locomotives: 1952-built Hunslet 'Austerity' 0-6-0T (formerly a saddle-tank engine) No. 3781 (Thomas the Tank Engine) British Railways 'Standard 5' 4-6-0 No. 73096 (Henry the Green Engine) British Rail Class 45 1Co-Co1 No. 45132 (Diesel 199/The Two-Faced Diesel) London & South Western Railway Urie 'S15' 4-6-0 No. 30506 (oddly, referred to as Douglas the Black Engine by the narrator!) Southern Railway Maunsell 'N' Class 2-6-0 No. 31874 (James the Red Engine) British Railways Class 08 0-6-0 Diesel-Electric No. D3358 (Devious Diesel) Also, there are brilliant sequences of footplate action aboard Thomas the Tank Engine and Urie 'S15' No. 30506. NOTES: I've added the title of this episode "Childhood Dreams"as it was never shown in the opening sequence. "Southern Steam" is copyright of Parkside Production. Britt Allcroft, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (TV Series), is mentioned in this episode.