Fully Fitted Freight

1957Short⏱️ 21m

Short

⭐ 6.6

IMDB Rating

45 votes

The story of the fast freight, 4.48 pm, Bristol to Leeds, vacuum braked throughout.

Director

Ralph Keene

Writers

N/A

Stars

Harry Fricks, Joseph Charles Gibbs, James McKechnie

Release Date

May 29, 2006

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

💬 1

Reviews

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

👤

Harry Fricks

as Self - Royal Train Driver

👤

Joseph Charles Gibbs

as Self - Yard Inspector

James McKechnie

as Self - Narrator

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George Edward Tosiano

as Self - Guard

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Thomas Michael James Tudor

as Self - Sunny Jim

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station, Station Approach, off Bath Road, Bristol, England, UK

Production

British Transport Films

🏷️ Keywords

train

🎯 Categories

Short

⭐ Featured Review

1,124,812 Goods Wagons

by JamesHitchcock • 2016-12-22

"Have you ever wondered how many railway goods wagons it would take, laid end to end, to stretch from Plymouth to Wadi Halfa? I can't say that I have given much thought to that particular conundrum, but just in case you have tried to puzzle it out the answer (according to "Fully Fitted Freight") is 1,124,812, which just happens to be the number which British Railways owned when the film was made in 1957. This is one of a number of short documentaries made by British Transport Films, set up by the British Transport Corporation in 1949 to make films about transport in Britain. (The..."

📖 Synopsis

The story of the fast freight, 4.48 pm, Bristol to Leeds, vacuum braked throughout.