World War II steam train returns to rails in England

The Manila Times

World War II steam train returns to rails in England  The 'Canadian Pacific', a 1940s steam train that took soldiers and supplies to England's south coast during World War Two, returned to service on March 19, 2025, taking on board volunteers who spent 14 years reconditioning it and relatives of those who built it. Billowing smoke from its chimney, the Canadian Pacific set off from the market town of Alresford, in southeast England, for an inaugural journey to nearby Alton marking the completion of a restoration project that began in 2011.   REUTERS / THE WATERCRESS LINE FILMS UNIT / WATERCRESS LINE HANDOUT / REUTERS ARCHIVE  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #worldwarii  #canadianpacific

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00:00So the train is called Canadian Pacific, and it was built in the depths of the wartime.

00:19So 1941, Britain's all alone in the middle of the war, and it's being supplied by all

00:24kinds of shipping lines to bring the food and the material into the UK.

00:30It was really unusual in those days to actually have a new locomotive, a new class of locomotive,

00:37built and designed.

00:39So the designer, Oliver Bullard, was extraordinary in his ability to persuade the government

00:45to do that.

00:46It's just amazing.

00:47It's the culmination of a lot of hard work by a lot of people, and seeing it as you'll

00:52see it in a minute, it is just brilliant.

00:55It's just a great feeling.

01:23It's a bit surreal really, it's really wonderful.

01:27Yes.

01:28Yes, it is really, I don't quite know how to feel, it's wonderful.

01:33We're having a wonderful time.

01:35It's brilliant.

01:36Just tell me, one more time, your connection and why it's so special.

01:40Did you ever think you'd be at this award?

01:42We're connected because my mum and my gran both worked on the engine back in 1941.

01:52Well done.

01:59... away by the echo of steam whistles and the rhythmic pulse of pistons ...

02:04There's a huge amount of messaging for the next generation around Canadian Pacific.

02:09It not only helps us to tell the story of that merchant navy shipping that was celebrated

02:14or commemorated with this enormous sacrifice during the war, which just demonstrated the

02:19extent to which everyone has to pull together in tough times.

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