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The ‘Cam’ Camwell
COLLECTION
W.A. ‘Cam’ Camwell was one of the most active railway enthusiasts
during the 1950s and 60s – the period during which British Railways
moved from steam to diesel and electric traction and many railway
lines and branches passed into history.
His membership of the Stephenson Locomotive Society led him to
organise many tours of threatened or interesting railway lines and he
enthusiastically recorded as much of the railway network as possible
both in photographs and on 16mm cine film. The latter forms the basis
of this series of programmes, as Cam filmed many remote and
obscure lines, as well as interesting developments, on the main lines.
”There is only one thing a reviewer needs to say
about this series: every reader is urged to go
out and buy it”... ”possibly the most
comprehensive and best quality record of BR
steam days ever...” Heritage Railway Magazine
”...Railfilms have done a marvellous job of
researching the historical background to the
scenes and has added a most illuminating and
informative commentary”. Railway Magazine
Volume 1 Railways of
the English Midlands
Birmingham local lines
including:
• LMS Pacifics around
Wolverhampton in 1956
Birmingham in the 1960s.
• Lickey Bank – including
‘Big Bertha’ and Severn
Bridge, with coupled
‘Castles’.
• Rugby Central including
LMS and BR class 5s, 9Fs,
a ‘Hall’, a B1 and a V2.
• Rail tours and regular traffic
around Dudley, – LNWR
tank engines and LMS
Fowler and Stanier
machines.
• A Midland 2F to Longbridge
and the Cromford and High
Peak line.
Extras: Irish Mainlines
including Wexford waterfront
and Rosslare Harbour.
Volume 2 Railways of
Wales and the North West
of England
• South Wales rural freight
lines and passenger services.
• South Wales Main Line,
and the Settle and Carlisle.
• ‘Little North Western’, the
Silloth branch, Afon Wen
to Caernarfon, Three Cocks
Junction to Moat Lane
Junction, Bala to Ffestiniog
and many more.
• Locos include LNWR
‘Super Ds’, ‘Dukedogs’,
L&Y Barton Wright Saddle
Tanks, and Furness 0-6-0s.
Extras: British Narrow
Gauge, including the
Dinorwic Quarries and
Padarn Railway, and Isle of
Man.
Volume 3 Railways of
East Anglia and South of England
The South of England was dominated by the
Southern and Western Regions of British
Railways, but ‘Cam’s’ coverage of this part of
the Country includes visits to East Anglia as
well. From Cambridge to Dover, on to
Southampton and the Isle of Wight then along
the coast to Devon and Cornwall he visited
and filmed many railways which have changed
or disappeared altogether – including the
Framlingham branch, the Midland and Great
Northern, Canterbury and Whitstable Railway,
the Hayling branch, Island lines to Freshwater
and Cowes, the Somerset and Dorset, the
Lyme Regis branch, the Kingsbridge branch,
Lines around Newquay – most featuring many
locomotives which traced their ancestry back
to the pre-Grouping Companies such as
Adams’s 02 0-4-4Ts, Dean Goods, a “Star”, S
& D 7F 2-8-0s, LBSCR D3 0-4-4Ts. More
Modern ones such as “Kings”, “Castles” and
Bulleid Pacifics also get a look in! These are
just some of the locomotives and lines
covered in this programme!
Extras: ‘Cam’s’ Irish Narrow Gauge, including
the County Donegal and the Tralee and Dingle.
Volume 4 Railways of
Scotland and the North East
of England
In this programme ‘Cam’ takes
us onto the rails of many longforgotten
or well-remembered
railways in Scotland and the
North East of England, and
shows us some of the last
members of many pre-grouping
railway locomotive classes such
as Caledonian 0-6-0s and 0-4-4
tanks, Pickersgill and GNoS 4-4-
0s, the J69 with a tender on the
Lauder branch, North Eastern
Q6s and J27s between Tyneside
and Teeside, G5 0-4-4Ts, A8 4-6-
2Ts, and Lines including the
Great North of Scotland, in the
Border country, the Easingwold
Railway, LNER Pacifics on the
East Coast Main Line, and the
legendary route across Rannoch
Moor to Fort William and
Mallaig.
Extras: ‘Cam’s’ Continental
forays, including France,
Germany and Switzerland.
The ‘Cam’ Camwell Collection
Volume 1 – Railways of the
English Midlands
Running Time 55 mins approx
DVD £20
The ‘Cam’ Camwell Collection
Volume 2 – Railways of Wales
& NW England
Running Time 55 mins approx
DVD £20
The ‘Cam’ Camwell Collection
Volume 3 – Railways of East
Anglia & SW England
Running Time 60 mins approx
DVD £20
The ‘Cam’ Camwell Collection
Volume 4 – Railways of Scotland
& NE England
Running Time 60 mins approx
DVD £20
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