PETER’S FRIENDS

GB
1992
1hr 41mins
Dir: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Stephen Fry and Imelda Staunton

A group of ex-university friends have a reunion at a country estate

This well-set comedy led by a strong cast features a railway scene that is a little different from the normal fair and, unusually for a film set in the present day, features a steam-hauled train. Filmed on the Nene Valley Railway, the locomotive is 1943-built Hunslet WD ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST No.75006 (masquerading at the time as an LNER J94 Class loco, No.68081) with just a single ‘blood & custard’-liveried Mk.1 coach in tow. There is a good run by shot and an excellent arrival scene filmed at Ferry Meadows station, called ‘Old Marsden’ in the film.

Austerity No.75006 steams towards the camera with just one coach in tow
This is Ferry Meadows station on the Nene Valley prior to its redevelopment
And a moment later the train arrives with the Hunslet saddle tank loco blocking the station building from view.
The train as seen from the platform