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All of our locomotives and rolling stock are available for Film ("movie") work and Photo Charters .  If you or your group want to recreate the past with an authentic train working on a Cornish branch line then we can help.

We can operate trains at any time of day or night.

Here are some of the trains we can put together.
 

Beattie Well Tank No 30587 with 2 "blood & custard" coaches.
Ex Port of Par "Alfred" and clay wagons.
Mixed goods trains available including fruit and other box vans including SR PMV.
Perhaps Diesel 33110 and PMV and other mixed goods.

Other facilities available include:-

  • Car Park adjacent to the station for "Tech" and Catering.
    Parking nearby for "Base" vehicles including artistes trailers.
  • Catering service available for up to 500 people providing  3 cooked meals a day.
  • Connection with the main line railways allows modern rolling stock on to the Bodmin & Wenford railway system.
  • Choice of locations offering excellent vistas of the railway.
  • Assistance provided to find local accommodation.

We really will do our best to put together the package you require.

picture of Beattie locomotive and clay train
Beattie Well Tank No. 30587 with china clay wagons and brake van.
Typical of the trains that ran in this area up to the 1960s.
picture of front of Bodmin General station
The entrance to Bodmin General Station.
picture of filming at Bodmin General Shooting the Film "Keeping Mum" in early 2005.  The scene was of a 1960s branch line station which is what Bodmin General is!  The film is due to be released late in 2005.

The rolling stock used was Prairie tank locomotive No 5552 in BR green with logo and a mixture of "Blood & custard" & maroon coaches to the Director's requirements.
"Half-light" was filmed in late 2004 when Bodmin General station was used to recreate a contemporary, run down, Scottish, branch line station with a diesel multiple unit.

Filming inside buildings was done during the day time as day for night with blackout screens around the station canopy and then the exterior scenes done late in the evening.

The logo on the side of the train (below) proclaims "Highland Rail" and the headboard on the front (right) states "Oban"!

picture of night filming at Bodmin General
picture of side of D M U showing Highland Rail logo Picture of D M U train at platform
picture of Bodmin General signal box The recreated signal box at Bodmin General station.

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