Hanover Street
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 RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society News 47, p.5.
- ↑ Permanent Way Dept Notes,SVRSevern Valley RailwaySVRA:Severn Valley Railway AssociationSVRS:Severn Valley Railway Society News 47 p.25.
Links
Hanover Street on Internet Movie Data Base (which credits the East Somerset Railway as a scenes location)
