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[[File:Goodnight_Mister_Tom_Poster.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Goodnight Mister Tom DVD cover]]'''Goodnight Mister Tom''' was a 1998 made-for-TV Movie featuring John Thaw (The Sweeney, Inspector Morse, etc.), from movie based on the children's novel by English author Michelle Magorian. The plot concerns the developing friendship between William Beech, a shy quiet apprehensive young WWII evacuee from an abusive home in London and Tom Oakley, the disgruntled lonely and bitter old man widower with whom he is housed.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175680/ Internet Movie Database]</ref>The movie was a Carlton Television production for ITV and featured John Thaw (The Sweeney, Inspector Morse, etc.) as Tom and child actor Nick Robinson as William.
==Filming on the SVR took place at [[Arley]]. ==The locomotive used was [[GWR Mogul 7325]], 'weathered' fictional village in an attempt to camouflage the post-War BR livery<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175680/board/nest/53708496?ref_=tt_bd_6 IMDb forum]</ref>. In another scenebook is Little Weirwold, a busy London station was needed, with Loughborough station on although in the Great Central Railway being chosen. However, 7325 was not able to follow film the film crews; instead, 7325station had a 's number plates were temporarily transferred to GCR resident Weirwold'Modified Hall' [[6990 Witherslack Hall]], with a number of other differences being visible to running in board which may be seen in the experienced eye!screenshots below.
Filming on the SVR mainly took place at [[Arley]]. The locomotive used was [[GWR Mogul 7325]], 'weathered' in an attempt to camouflage the post-War BR livery.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175680/board/nest/53708496?ref_=tt_bd_6 IMDb forum]</ref>
 
The train which brings a group of evacuees including William to Little Weirwold at the outbreak of the War consisted of 7335 and three GWR carriages, [[GWR 5883 Brake Third|5883]], [[GWR 9654 Restaurant Third|9654]] and [[GWR 1086 Full Third|1086]]. It is first seen travelling north in open countryside before entering platform 2 at Weirwold (Arley). After the evacuees decamp, the train is seen leaving the station northbound.
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Goodnight_Mister_Tom_1.JPG|The train arrives
Goodnight_Mister_Tom_2.JPG|Evacuees on the platform as the train leaves
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Some months later, at the time of the Dunkirk evacuation, William is summoned back to London by his mother. The train to collect him arrives at Weirwold’s Platform 1 travelling southbound, 7325 having been turned to face chimney first again.
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Goodnight_Mister_Tom_3.JPG|The return train arrives
Goodnight_Mister_Tom_4.JPG|The train pulls to a stop watched by William and Tom
Goodnight_Mister_Tom_5.JPG|Tom, standing by the Weirwold running in board, watches the train depart
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After he boards, the train leaves Weirwold travelling southbound. A busy London station was needed for the next scene, with Loughborough station on the Great Central Railway being chosen. The same coaches were used; however 7325 was not able to follow the film crews. Instead, 7325's number plates were temporarily transferred to GCR resident 'Modified Hall' [[6990 Witherslack Hall]], with a number of other differences being visible to the experienced eye!
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Goodnight_Mister_Tom_6.JPG|7325 (6960) arrives in London (Loughborough)
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Knowing that William has previously been abused at home and having received no news from him for some weeks, Tom travels to London to seek him out. The night time arrival of his train in London again featured 6990 as 7325 filmed at Loughborough.
 
There is a final scene with 7325 again seen arriving at Platform 2 at Weirwold travelling northbound.
 
==2019 re-creation==
[[File:7325 20190629.jpg|thumb|300px|right|7325 at Weirwold (Kidderminster) in 2019]]
During the "Step Back to the 1940s" event in June/July 2019, 7325 was available for footplate visits and photographs outside for the first time in many years when displayed in the dock platform at [[Kidderminster]]. The platform included a "Weirwold" running in board in tribute to the film.
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==See also==
[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
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==Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Mister_Tom Goodnight Mister Tom (Novel) on Wikipedia]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Mister_Tom_(film) Goodnight Mister Tom (Film) on Wikipedia]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175680/ Goodnight Mister Tom on Internet Movie Database (IMDB)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_railway_stations List of fictional railway stations in Wikipedia]
 
 
 
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