Railway Recorder

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

226

Date Released

27 Apr 1959

Date recorded

31 Mar 1959

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Railway Recorder
2. 2Debs Racing
3. 3Point-To-Point
4. 4Curiosity Pub

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Mechanically speaking, something of an oddity - being a self-propelled railway vehicle with a 65 hp petrol engine - but its efficiency has to be seen to be believed. The first of its kind to be used by British Railways, it is officially known as a Track Recording Trolley, and it is used for detecting and recording faults on the line. 25 miles of track can be recorded in one hour and any irregularity pinpointed to within 3 or 4 sleepers so that maintenance gangs can go straight to the seat of the trouble instead of spending days measuring and searching.

Keywords

Railways; Science and technology

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

247

Story extras:

Film clip

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