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Release details
| Title | The end of steam |
| Artist(s): | Various |
| Category: | BBC - RE* (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RE* Albums.) |
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC Radio Enterprises - REB 30 |
| Format: | Vinyl Albums |
| Country: | UK  |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Genre: | Informational View all other tracks listed as Informational. |
| Run-off codes: | RE + 30 + 2 + SIDE 1 BBC
RE + 30 + SIDE 2 BBC |
| Item deleted? | Yes |
| Distributed / printed by | Colorfax Limited |
| Page views: | 1004 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 5969, rank in albums is 2923. |
| My rating: | ***** |
| Guest rating: | ***** |
My copies information
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| Detail | Value |
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| Cover condition | Very Good Plus |
| Record condition | Very Good Plus |
| BBC records label code | A |
| Number have | 1 |
| What type of seller was used | Physical shop |
| Where can I buy this release? | You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!) |
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Tracks
| Below is a list of tracks for this release. |
| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length |
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| A1 | Naming Cermony of the last steam locomotive, to be built for British Railways, 'The Evening Star' at Swindon, on 18 March 1960. Speech by R. F. Hanks. Unveiling by K. W. C. Grand | |
| A2 | Footplate recording on Stanier Class 5, piloted by a B1 lifting the West Highland Express out of Queen Street, Glasgow, with considerable slipping. Wet rails in tunnel. | |
| A3 | Excerpt from the programme 'Some Famous Trains' broadcast 13th January 1936 with the sound of 'The Silver Jubilee' | |
| B1 | Talk by Mr. M. Froude for a programme on the G. W. R. broadcast on 23rd August 1935. Mr M. Froude (then 99 years old) remembers Brunel and the Broad Gauge | |
| B2 | Goods train (unidentified) climbing in a cutting passing under bridge | |
| B3 | Golden Arrow (S.R.) Whistle, Announcement on train, departure with whistle, speeding up, through a tunnel, local passes on adjacent track, another local passes, whistles and Golden Arrow answers | |
| Total length of media 0:00. |
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3.
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Further information |
BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd.
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