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Hanover Street was a 1979 Columbia-EMI-Warner Anglo-American wartime romantic film starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer. | Hanover Street was a 1979 Columbia-EMI-Warner Anglo-American wartime romantic film starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer. | ||
− | [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443]] was | + | [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443]] was filmed, disguised as a continental locomotive (repeating a role from [[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]).<ref>GM [[Michael Draper]], SVR News 47, p.5.</ref> Around 300 tons of ballast were purchased at the film company's expense, and spread on the track near Knowlesands and Foley Park tunnels to enable a motor cycle stuntman to ride along the track.<ref>Permanent Way Dept Notes,SVR News 47 p.25.</ref> |
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+ | It is uncertain whether this action was used in the final cinema release. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]] | [[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]] | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079268/ Hanover Street on Internet Movie Data Base] (which credits the East Somerset Railway as a scenes location) | [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079268/ Hanover Street on Internet Movie Data Base] (which credits the East Somerset Railway as a scenes location) |
Latest revision as of 23:27, 10 January 2020
Hanover Street was a 1979 Columbia-EMI-Warner Anglo-American wartime romantic film starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne DownIn reference to the direction of travel means away from the major terminus (i.e. towards Bridgnorth on the present day SVR) and Christopher Plummer.
LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 was filmed, disguised as a continental locomotive (repeating a role from The Seven-Per-Cent Solution).[1] Around 300 tons of ballast were purchased at the film company's expense, and spread on the track near Knowlesands and Foley Park tunnels to enable a motor cycle stuntman to ride along the track.[2]
It is uncertain whether this action was used in the final cinema release.
See also
List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway
References
- ↑ GM Michael Draper, SVRSevern Valley Railway News 47, p.5.
- ↑ Permanent Way Dept Notes,SVRSevern Valley Railway News 47 p.25.
Links
Hanover Street on Internet Movie Data Base (which credits the East Somerset Railway as a scenes location)