That Was The Year That Was – 1973

Geoff Plumb (Watford Branch Chairman) returns to present another of his popular ‘That Was The Year That Was’ series, this time taking us through 1973 (is that really over half a century ago?). We start the year with East to West cross-border German steam around Bebra in January, moving on to Austria for snowy scenes on the Erzbergbahn (Iron Mountain Railway) in the depths of winter, followed by a short visit to the Steyrtalbahn. The Whitby area is the next port of call in April/May, with the Royal opening of the NYMR. A few shots to mark the centenary of the ‘Marlow Donkey’ are followed by the main event – the World Steam tour to Java plus a bit of Singapore and Malaysia, in July and August. This tour covered most of the island, featuring Mallets of various sizes, steam tram engines, 0-4-0 and 2-4-0 tender engines and some sugar cane lines – a railway feast! We finish off with a few shots of mainline steam back in Blighty, a further short visit to the NYMR and ‘Flying Scotsman’ on the Paignton to Kingswear line.

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