Steam Trains And Christmas… What’s Up With That?

Between Santa Specials, decorations, tree ornaments and a handful of Christmas films, steam trains seem to have a tight grip on the December nostalgia for a lot of people, within the Northern hemisphere at least. But why is this the case? Has this always been the case? And what is the situation like in the Southern hemisphere?

Join me, and a few friends of the channel, as we take a deep dive!



MY CO-CONTRIBUTORS

‪@AnthonyDawsonHistory‬
‪@ChristheXelent‬
‪@Proper_Chuffed‬

‘Early Railways of Scotland’ by Anthony Dawson and Ed Bethune - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Early-Railwa...

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Steam Locos In Profile - Ffestiniog Festival - https://www.e-gmedia.co.uk/shop



SOURCES AND CREDIT

Photograph of L&M's 'Planet' class - The original uploader was G-Man at English Wikipedia. - Photo by G-Man * Oct 2006Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...



Website sources

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium...
https://www.calendar-uk.co.uk/frequen...



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