Silent film about WW I two foot operations!

[ksivils]

Here is a great video on youtube about WW I 2 foot operations. Evidently it is from an old documentary done during the war.  It is a silent film.  It starts with, and has, a little standard gauge stuff but otherwise is all 2 ft.

Really great stuff. You see the laying of track, both in traditional fashion and snap track - see there really is a prototype for everything!

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTL3Pl13QVQ

[Anubis]

Hey, that's great!

Many thanks for the link....

[Hamish K]

Fascinating stuff! Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Am I the only one who thinks that Bachmann should release some On30  WW1 models to mark the centenary of WW1? (2014 for the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France etc.  and 2017 for the USA) - but if they came earlier I wouldn't mind.

Hamish

[Linzthom]

2014 for New Zealand as well

[ebtnut]

That really is a great film find.  Wonder if anyone knows the location(s) where that was shot?  I believe one of those little 2-6-2T's is still running on the Ffestiniog in Wales.

[max (uk)]

The Ffestiniog Railway has a Alco 2-6-2 that was used in WWI: http://www.frheritage.org.uk/wiki/Mountaineer_II

The Penrhyn Railway (closed in 1962) had 3 Baldwin 2-6-2s, only one survived and is now in France. These were the only Baldwin 2-6-2s that came to the UK as far as I am aware.