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  1. Concrete Track

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    141
    NoS ID
    325589
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: A concrete bed for railway tracks. Ordinary sleepers securing the rails tend to "walk" when trains pass over. The new technique builds a concrete road for the rails to sit on, unmoved by the...

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  2. Concrete Track

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    141
    NoS ID
    329641
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: A concrete bed for railway tracks. Ordinary sleepers securing the rails tend to "walk" when trains pass over. The new technique builds a concrete road for the rails to sit on, unmoved by the...

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  3. Overhaul at Acton

    Date released
    1952
    Series name
    Cinegazette
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    349274
    Story no
    2 / 3

    NoS synopsis: shows how London Transport trains are stripped, cleaned, examined and made ready for another four year period of service.

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  4. Matrix Fibres

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    116
    NoS ID
    329552
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: As trains go faster, freight wagons are more liable to develop "hot boxes" through lack of lubrication. British Rail scientists have succeeded in intergrating carbon fibre with the metal of the...

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  5. Matrix Fibres

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    116
    NoS ID
    325503
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: As trains go faster, freight wagons are more liable to develop "hot boxes" through lack of lubrication. British Rail scientists have succeeded in intergrating carbon fibre with the metal of the...

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  6. Car 11281

    Date released
    1949
    Series name
    Cinegazette
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    349262
    Story no
    1 / 3

    NoS synopsis: We follow on the the nearly 4,000 cars that travel on London Transport’s railways as it is cleaned overnight. The maintenance staff clean and get rid of the rubbish that accumulates in the...

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  7. The Steam Train Is Alive And Well

    Date released
    1973
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    752
    NoS ID
    328993
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Steam train enthusiasts saved an old engine from the breaker’s yard and now it provides a regular service for commuters and tourists in South Devon. Michele Brown gets her first ride on the...

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  8. Levitation For Tomorrow’s Railways

    Filmed
    Dec 1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    24
    NoS ID
    350869
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: A breakthrough in the art of levitation by magnetic fields promises to revolutionise industry by slashing production times in many processes. Riding on an invisible magnetic cushion may even...

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  9. Levitation For Tomorrow’s Railways

    Filmed
    Dec 1969
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    24
    NoS ID
    350872
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: A breakthrough in the art of levitation by magnetic fields promises to revolutionise industry by slashing production times in many processes. Riding on an invisible magnetic cushion may even...

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  10. High Wide And Faster

    Date released
    1964
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    244
    NoS ID
    350165
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: A survey of some current developments in road and rail transport engineering in Britain, with some information on new port facilities. Views of the M6 Motorway viaduct at Gathurst, Lancs....

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