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The railway sequence, set in early 1914, begins in the ticket office at London St Pancras Station. The action scenes used [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443]] (in MR livery as No 644) and five of the SVR's LMS carriages with 'Midland' stickers applied. The scenes filmed on the SVR, which last around 5 minutes in total, comprise:

*Hannay boarding the train (filmed on the island platform at [[Bewdley]])

*A distant shot of the train passing Trimpley Reservoir (re-used in the 1980 film [[The Elephant Man]])

Thirty_Nine_Steps_screenshot_Trimpley.JPG|Passing Trimpley

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*The train crossing [[Oldbury Viaduct]]

Thirty_Nine_Steps_screenshot_Oldbury.JPG|Crossing Oldbury Viaduct

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*A lineside shot of the train just west of [[Bewdley Tunnel]]

*The train on [[Eardington Bank]]

*The train from emerging from Arley Station Bridge having passed through the station at speed (re-used in the 1980 film [[The Elephant Man]]). #

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*The train passing through a station at speed, filmed from a footbridge over the line (Bewdley again).

*A brief lineside shot on an embankment (location uncertain)

*The train stopping at another station ([[Highley]]) where the police come aboard and the train is seen setting off again. #

Thirty_Nine_Steps_screenshot_Highley.JPG|Stopped at Highley

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*Film of the police searching the train (between Highley and Arley?) #

*The train approaching the bridge, where Hannay pulls the communication cord to bring it to an emergency stop. #

Thirty_Nine_Steps_screenshot_Bridge1.JPG|Approaching Victoria Bridge

Thirty_Nine_Steps_screenshot_Bridge2.JPG|Stopped on Victoria Bridge

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*The escape scene on the bridge. #

*Hannay climbing down from the bridge.

The main escape scene was filmed on [[Victoria Bridge]] and also featured the first film speaking part for an SVR 'extra' - the driver shouting out "Come on, there's another train due, come on!" was the SVR's John Price.<ref>SVR News 50</ref> Another SVR volunteer, Barrie Geens, played the part of a policeman during the search on the train, for which he was paid £7 a day for the week, plus "lots of free food".<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2360466988/permalink/10153711899011989/ Barrie Geens' recollections on the Unofficial SVR Facebook Group]</ref>

File:39steps1.jpg|Robert Powell as Richard Hannay hanging from the underside of Victoria Bridge

File:39steps2.jpg|SVR volunteer John Price as the driver during filming

Hannay’s train journey is via the Midland Railway from their London terminus at St Pancras to Dumfries. The film contains several anachronisms and 'oddities':

*Although the train journey is set in 1914, the locomotive and carriages are of a more modern (late LMS) appearance.

*As the train first sets off, a number of GWR carriages are visible through the window. It is unlikely that GWR carriages would have been at St Pancras in 1914.

*During the first sequence, the train is seen on a single track line, unlikely for a mainline express route from St Pancras to the north.

*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078389/ The Thirty Nine Steps on the Internet Movie Database]

*[http://www.reelstreets.com/films/thirty-nine-steps-the-1978/ Stills taken from the film on ReelStreets.com]