The Burnham Branch line

Rosemary found this lovely BBC archive film of John Betjeman and the Evercreech to Burnham branch line, unfortunately closed long ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03495yn/lets-imagine-a-branch-line-railway-with-john-betjeman First transmitted in 1963, John Betjeman looks at the Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea railway line in Somerset.  Betjeman provides a unique profile of a working steam branch line… Continue reading