1969: Dart Valley Railway | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

"[Doctor Beeching] decided that this stretch of line between Ashburton and Totnes in Devon was uneconomic and simply had no future at all - but how wrong can you be?" Philip Tibenham reports from the Dart Valley Railway, one of the few privately-owned standard gauge steam railways in the country, which - largely thanks to the dedication of countless volunteer steam enthusiasts - is enjoying a something of a rennaissance. Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 28 October, 1969. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?... You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive