The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1952 film about a story of villagers trying to prevent British Railways from closing the fictional Titfield branch line. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ...

The film was produced by Ealing Studios and starred Stanley Holloway, George Relph and John Gregson. Its director was Charles Crichton, and Michael Truman was the producer. It was the first Ealing comedy shot in Technicolor. LMR Lion starred as the Titfield Thunderbolt. Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Stanley Augustus Holloway (October 1, 1890 - January 30, 1982) was a British actor and entertainer famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen. ... George Relph (born January 27, 1888 in Cullercoats, England, died April 24, 1960 in London, England) was a British actor. ... John Gregson (15 March 1919 - 8 January 1975) was a British actor. ... Charles Crichton (August 6, 1910 - September 14, 1999) was a British film director. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary. ... Lion was steamed as part of the Rainhill Trials 150th anniversary calvacade in May 1980. ...

The film was written by T.E.B. Clarke and was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales, claimed to be the world's first heritage railway. Shooting was largely carried out in the Cam Valley near Bath, England, on the recently closed branch line between Camerton and Limpley Stoke, formerly part of the Great Western Railway. Titfield station was in reality Monkton Combe station, whilst Titfield village was nearby Freshford. Thomas Ernest Bennett Tibby Clarke (June 7, 1907 - February 11, 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Locomotive no. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... A scene on a heritage railway. ... For other uses, see Bath (disambiguation). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... There are two villages in England called Camerton: Camerton, Somerset Camerton, Cumbria This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Limpley Stoke is a small village in Somerset, below the A36 in the Avon Valley, between Bath and Freshford. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... Monkton Combe is a quiet village in north Somerset, England, 6 miles south of Bath. ... Freshford is a village in the Avon valley six miles south-east of Bath, in the county of Somerset, England. ...

External links

• The Titfield Thunderbolt at the Internet Movie Database
• Simon Casten's Titfield Thunderbolt website
• Gordon Dudman's Titfield Thunderbolt website