Scottish Branch, Haymarket: “BR Through the 70s”

Branch committee member Chris Hall will present a overage of the major developments on BR that occurred during the 1970s, including the political context, traction and rolling stock changes, electrification schemes, the freight business, motorail services, breaking the steam ban and some notable accidents that occurred in the decade. Finally, to try and answer the question; was the 1970s a good decade for British Rail or not?