Wolverton - The Royal Station
This is Wolverton in Norfolk, the station the royals used when traveling to Sandringham, on the long since dismantled Kings Lynn to Hunstanton line.
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Restoration of Wolferton (the Royal) Station
This video contains vision of Wolferton Station in Norfolk that I shot in 1997 when the station was in disrepair. It has now been magnificently restored, as I discovered in late April 2015. It really is worth a visit.
The King Comes Home (1952)
GV. Mary Magdalen Church, Sandringham, Norfolk. LV. Crowds lining route from church to station. CU. Woman Zoom into medal. LV. Cortege coffin on gun carriage of King's Troops, Royal Horse Artillery escorted by King's Company of Grenadiers, making way to Wolferton Station. SV. Pan Cortege, and Duke of Gloucester and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, following. SV. Women looking on. LV. Mourners in procession. MV. Crowd. LV. Cortege coffin surmounted by Imperial Crown, en route to station. MV. Pan, Cortege. MV. Pan, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in car into station. CU. Wolferton notice. GV. Crowd around station. SV. Flag at half-mast. MV. Steam engine of train. LV. Special train pulls out. SV. Pan hearse coach on train. MV. Crowd. LV. Train under way.
London
SV. Big Ben showing 2.50 p.m. SV. Guard of Honour marching towards Palace Yard, Westminster. GV. Crowd. LV. Guard marching into Palace Yard. CU. Women drinking hot drink. GV. King's Cross Station with flag at half-mast. LV. Royal train drawing into station. CU Woman crying in crowd. LV. Queens and Princess on platform - 2 Dukes off train. SV. Coffin with Imperial Crown being taken from carriage by Guardsmen. MV. Royal party looking on. SV. Pan Pallbearers, carrying coffin across platform. MV. Dukes of Gloucester and Edinburgh move off to follow coffin, Queen Mother and Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret wait ready. CU. Pan Coffin moving off. LV. Pan Queens and Princess across platform. SV. Towards and Pan, Cortege through Aldwych. LV. Two dukes following. CU. Woman with rainhood. GV. MV. Cortege moving from Strand to Whitehall. SV. Guards and Dukes following coffin. CU. Woman wiping eyes. GV. Cortege passing Cenotaph. GV. Cortege nearing Palace Yard. SV. Towards and pan, Cortege turning into Palace Yard - Dukes following.
CU. Big Ben showing 4.10 p.m. LV. Queen Mary, Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II waiting at Westminster Hall. SCU. Pan Cortege moving across yard. SV. Pan Dukes following. SV. B.V. Cortege approaching Hall. LV. Royal party waiting. SV. Coffin being carried by Grenadier Guards. GV. Coffin into Westminster Hall. MV. Crowd. LV. Empty gun-carriage being drawn away. Still of Lying-in-State of King George VI. (Orig.Neg.)
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Queen recreates first train journey by British monarch
The Queen marks the 175th anniversary of the first train journey by a British monarch by travelling the same route as the historic trip.
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The Journey From Sandringham - 1952
Cut story - Straight title on grey background. Stills mixing of the Lying-in-State at St. Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, game-keepers on guard. GV Cortege leaves estate, along avenue of people. Cortege into camera, People look on in silence. Duke of Edinburgh & Duke of Gloucester walk behind. Onlookers take off hats. Game-keepers pass in procession. Entering Wolferton Station, coffin carried towards train. Locomotive pulls out of station. Royal train passing, panning on carriage bearing coffin. En route to Wolferton Station, are cut-ins of royal car with Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, & Princess Margaret heavily veiled. At King's Cross Station, above royalty stand on platform, Grenadier Guards carry coffin bearing Crown on top out of station. Elevated GV cortege leaving King's Cross. Elevated GV cortege down Kingsway, with crowds looking on. Cortege moves along only the sound of the horses hoofs being audible. Round into Aldwych. Out of Strand rounding into Whitehall. Ground & elevated shot passing Cenotaph. Cut-in Big Ben, 8 minutes past 4. Cortege turns into Palace Yard. Coffin lifted off gun-carriage. Mix to stills of lying-in-state in Westminster Hall. SEE STORY NUMBER 56766/2, 56766/3 FOR CUTS
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Sandringham (1949)
Sandringham, Norfolk.
MS the gates of Sandringham with house framed in them MS the house seen through gateway LS Wolferton railway station King's private station with a signpost in foreground CU ornate signpost MS Wolferton village CU lampost showing coat of arms LS stables CU statue of horse 'Persimmon' MS the King's sheep grazing LS. The village church. MS. People making their way to church. Cars in foreground. MS. Back view people entering church. MS. Policeman directing cars. MS. Cars parking and people going to church. SCU. Royal car containing the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary and Princess Margaret, passing camera. CU. Policeman saluting. CU. Royal car containing Princess Elizabeth and Philip Duke of Edinburgh passing camera. LS general view of Sandringham Park LS the house LS the gates of Sandringham estate MS the gates with house beyond framed in them MS a drapers shop in the village of Wolferton CU the Royal Coat of Arms above it LS Wolferton railway station LS the Royal stables MS another shot of the stables MS the gates with house beyond framed in them CU the house at Sandringham LS general shot taken from the gates of Sandringham of Wolferton village MS the village war memorial LS St Mary Magdalene church Wolferton MS the war memorial MS the church MS the view of part of Sandringham estate MS the drapers shop in the village LS people walking to church CU the coat of arms above the drapers shop CU the gates to the estate LS St Mary Magdalene church MS back view people entering the grounds of the church LS general view of rows of parked cars outside the church & LS MS general view of part of the estate MS same as scene 1 MS statue of racehorse 'Persimmon' MS the stables LS the King's sheep grazing MS same as scene 15 CU ornate signpost pointing to church, village & Sandringham CU Sandringham House framed in gateway LS general view of Wolferton village LS part of the grounds of Sandringham estate MS the house of Sandringham CU policeman saluting LS back view cars on way to church
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The King Goes Home (1949)
Full title reads: The King Goes Home.
Wolferton, Nr. Sandringham Norfolk.
MV The gates of Sandringham with house framed in them. MV House seen through gateway.
LV Wolferton railway station. King George VI's private station, with signpost in foreground. CU Ornate signpost. MS Wolferton village. CU Lamppost showing coat of arms.
LS Stables. CU Statue of horse 'Persimmon'.
MS King's sheep grazing.
LS The village church.
MS People making their way to St. Mary Magdalene church. Cars in foreground. MS Back view people entering church.
MS Policeman directing cars. MS Cars parking and people going to church.
SCU Royal car, containing Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother), Queen Mary and Princess Margaret passing camera. CU Policeman saluting. CU Royal car containing Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh passing camera.
GV of Sandringham Park. LS The house.
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King George's Last Journey To His Capital (1936)
Item title reads - King George's last journey to his capital.
Sandringham, Norfolk; and London.
L/S as the coffin of King George V, covered with the royal standard and riding on a gun carriage, makes its way from Sandringham escorted by Guards. King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor); Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI); Prince George, Duke of Kent; Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; and Lord Harewood (husband of Princess Mary the Princess Royal) walk behind. Various shots as people watch.
M/S as the carriage carrying Queen Mary passes, she is wearing a heavy veil. A white horse is led on followed by other mourners including tenants, servants and household of the royal estate led by Lord Wigram. M/S as the gun carriage makes its way slowly through the streets towards Wolferton station. M/S of the sign saying Wolferton. King Edward VIII and the other mourners follow the gun carriage into the grounds of the station, Queen Mary's carriage rides in afterwards.
Various shots as people on the platform at King's Cross station take their hats off as the royal train draws in. M/S of the station. The cortege rides out to the sound of the bell at Westminster Abbey. It continues down Kingsway and through Trafalgar Square before it enters palace yard. Crowds line the route and bells toll.
Guards stand to attention as they enter the yard. They remove their bearskin hats and carry the coffin into Westminster Hall. L/S as King Edward VIII and his brothers bow to Queen Mary who is waiting. M/S as the Union Jack is lowered and the royal standard stays at half mast. M/S of the coffin lying in state inside the hall, soldiers guard it.
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Royal Train, with HM the Queen, arrives at Cardiff. June 7th 2016
With special permission from platform security, we were allowed to record the arrival, at 7.20sec, of the Royal Train (67005/006 ) and the Royal Party being greeted on the platform.....plus some freight!
In part one of an excellent but very hot day we see various class 66s, of special note is 66162 going on the line north via Queen Street and 70806 with 2 log wagons passing through towards Newport. Due to being limited with our position on the Royal Platform I was just able to record the ecs move to Canton..part 2 soon...
Ford Castle 61617 and Britannia 70000 carry the body of King George V1 From Wolferton to London
Two similar clips showing the train taking the body of King George V1 back to London from Sandringham on 11th February 1952. Due to the unavailability of the regular royal locomotive,61671 Royal Sovereign, 61617 Ford Castle took the train the short distance from Wolferton to Kings Lynn where the brand new Britannia 70000 took over for the journey to Kings Cross. The last shot is of Britannia arriving at Kings Cross having been seen by myself at the age of seven around 30 minutes earlier passing through Hatfield. I still have a vivid memory of the teak coaches the second coach painted black with a white roof.
Scarecrow Festival Wolferton Norfolk UK
Very entertaining and ammusing walk round the scarecrows at a local summer festival event. Ending with a copple of snaps showing Queen Victora's private railway station.
Trainspotting: Royal Train in Wolverton 16/11/2017
I was waiting for the Tesco train at 15.14 when all of a sudden a class 67 appeared and it turned out to be the Royal Train! That was quite a cool thing on an afternoon which had turned from a lovely sunny and rather warm one to a drizzly late Autumn afternoon.
Their Majesties in London Again - 1937
Shot of Sandringham in snow. Royal car with King and Queen, Princesses and Queen Mary driving to station. Shot of the Level crossing at Wolverton station and the Royal Train. Royal car in London fog. They enter 145, Piccadilly.
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Royal Train Departs Carlisle Railway Station
English Welsh Scottish Railway class 67 No.67006 'Royal Sovereign' and 67005 'Queen's Messenger' departs Carlisle Railway Station with the Royal train
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THE JOURNEY FROM SANDRINGHAM - Part SOUND
CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 56766 (PICTURE NOT GOOD IN PLACES - FILM SHRUNK) - Death of King George VI. Royal mourners stand on station platform as coffin is carried from train. CUs of members of the public in mourning. Various shots of the coffin being carried into Westminster Hall. Crowds lining route - cortege leaves Sandringham estate. London - crowds of mourners. King's Cross station - various shots of exterior. Funeral cortege moves through crowd lined London streets. Parliament Square - cortege and mourners - picture quality poor on this section. Cortege arrives at Houses of Parliament. CU of face of Big Ben - reads ten past four. Steam train seen pulling out of station (possibly Wolferton Station). Coffin and mourners are seen at station. Shots of public gathered to mourn. Cortege passes through crowds. Train pulls out of station. Shots of mourners. CU of man taking off his hat. Woman uses mirror to see over heads of crowd. CU of Wolferton village sign. Mourners queue to pay their respects beside Westminster Hall. Various shots of people joining the queue and queuing. CUTS TAPE 258 - IN: 01:59:40:00 - OUT: 02:14:00:00 - MUTE POS
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HM the Queen on the Royal train 27th / 28th June 2019
Shot 1:
Soon after leaving Wolverton Works on 27th June, the ECS of the Royal train is seen working 1Z68 with 67005 on the front, heading for platform 2 at Euston to pick up the Queen.
Shot 2:
With the Queen on board, and 67006 leading 1Z68 this time, the royal train is seen passing Wolverton in the early hours of 28th June making its way north to Croy station in Scotland for the start of 'Royal Week', having been held for 20 minutes outside Milton Keynes Central to let 2 passenger trains in front.
All the facts on the Queen's Royal Train leaving tonight with Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle will have the honour not only to spend Wednesday night with the Queen when she travels to Cheshire overnight but to make the journey on one of the most enviable forms of transport at the disposal of the Monarch: the Royal Train.
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70000 Britannia Steam Locomotive at Woofferton
British Railways (BR) Standard Class 7 (also known as Britannia class), number 70000 Britannia is a preserved steam locomotive, owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust.
Video shows... (filmed from a position of safety clear of railway lines on 7th August 2019)
1) Entering the Up Goods Loop at Woofferton Junction to allow a scheduled passenger service to pass.
2) Leaving Woofferton Up Goods Loop and heading over Ashford Bowdler AH B Crossing for a scheduled stop at Ludlow Station.
Britannia was built at Crewe, completed on 2 January 1951. She was the first British Railways standard locomotive to be built and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class. The locomotive was named at a ceremony at Marylebone Station by the then Minister for Transport Alfred Barnes on 30 January 1951.
The BR Locomotive Naming Committee were determined not to use names already in use on other locomotives. They tried to observe this by not selecting the name Britannia for use on 70000 because it was already in use on one of the ex-LMS Jubilee Class locomotives, but Robert Riddles overruled them and the Jubilee had to be renamed.
Britannia was initially based at Stratford (30A) in order to work East Anglian expresses to Norwich and Great Yarmouth, but was also particularly associated with the Hook Continental boat train to Harwich. Subsequently, the loco was based at Norwich Thorpe (w/e 31 January 1959) and March (June 1961) before spending the remainder of her career on the London Midland Region: Willesden (1A) (w/e 30 March 1963), Crewe North (5A) (w/e 25 May 1963), Crewe South (5B) (w/e 19 May 1965) and finally Newton Heath (9D) (w/e 5 March 1966) from where she was withdrawn w/e 28 May 1966.
The locomotive pulled the funeral train of King George VI from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London following his death in February 1952 at Sandringham House, Norfolk. For this task, Britannia had her cab roof painted white, as was the custom with royal locomotives (B2 61617 Ford Castle, which pulled the train from Wolferton Station to King's Lynn, was similarly liveried). Britannia has also worn the white roof in preservation.
Britannia was withdrawn in May 1966, after 15 years of service.
Initially destined for the National Railway Museum because of her cultural significance, she was stored. However, due to her prototype design and construction differences, the NRM chose standard sister 70013 Oliver Cromwell, instead. Britannia was eventually bought by Britannia Locomotive Company Ltd.
After a series of moves, she was eventually returned to steam on the Severn Valley Railway, where she remained for a number of years in operational but non-mainline condition. With the society wishing to make more use of the locomotive, she was moved to the European gauge Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough, where she was also fitted with an air-brake compressor, and was based there from 1980-2000. Britannia made her return to the main line on 27 July 1991, successfully working enthusiast trips until 1997, and was featured in an episode of London's Burning.
With an expired mainline boiler certificate, due to the high cost of refurbishment, the locomotive was sold to Pete Waterman in 2000. Stored at Waterman's workshops at the Crewe Heritage Centre, after initial assessment the amount of work resulted in Waterman selling her to Jeremy Hosking. The locomotive underwent restoration at Crewe which involved a newly refurbished cab, a new smoke box and major work on the boiler; replacement steel sides, new crown stays, new front section barrel section, new steel and copper tubeplate, repairs and patches to door plate and major work to copper firebox.
Transferred to the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust (RSL>), the locomotive was returned to main line operational condition in 2011, initially out shopped in its prototype black British Railways livery (where it did not have nameplates fitted, as was thus known by railway convention as 70000). After a running-in period, in 2012 the locomotive was repainted in British Railways Brunswick Green, but with an early BR crest (unlike her sister 70013 Oliver Cromwell which carries BR's Late Crest). On 24 January 2012, the loco hauled the Royal Train with Prince Charles on board to Wakefield Kirkgate, where he rededicated the locomotive. For the trip the loco again had a painted white cab roof, removed after the engine's appearance at the West Somerset Railway's Spring Gala.
Following repairs in 2018 after a vibration problem was discovered in 2015, the engine was moved to the Severn Valley Railway which included an appearance at the railway's autumn steam gala. Following the gala the engine was returned to Crewe and following a mainline test run the engine was given a repaint of its BR green which included replacement of the early crest for the later version.
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Class 325 Royal Mail train at Crewe
Found this doubled Class 325 Royal Mail train a couple of times at Crewe. We are on the southbound platform, so it's heading south.