The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 British comedy film about a group of villagers trying to keep their branch line operating after British Railways decided to close it. The film was written by T.E.B. Clarke and was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales, the worlds first heritage railway run by volunteers.

The residents of the fictional rural village of Titfield rely on the railway branch line to commute to work and transport their produce to market. So they are shocked when the government announces that the line is to be closed. Particularly hard hit is the local vicar, railway enthusiast Rev. Sam Weech George Relph he comes up with the idea to run it locally. He and the local squire, Gordon Chesterford John Gregson, persuade wealthy Walter Valentine Stanley Holloway to provide the financial backing by telling him they can legally operate a bar while the train is running, so he will not have to wait all morning for the local pub to open.The branch line supporters are bitterly opposed by bus operators Alec Pearce Ewan Roberts and Vernon Crump Jack MacGowran, but, despite the fears of town clerk George Blakeworth Naunton Wayne, the supporters persuade the Ministry of Transport to grant them a months trial period with an inspection at the end. Dan Taylor Hugh Griffith, a retired railway worker, knows how to run an engine and joins the venture. ........

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