Can We OPEN An Abandoned RAILWAY?

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Richard Griffin - All Thumper cab Ride imagery.
Councillor Chris Donnelly
Hedley Thorne (Clip towards the end of Silbury)
Old Images:

We here in North West Hampshire have been talking for decades about reopening a short stretch of railway in a passenger capacity. We seem to get so far then for many reasons we completely fail. So can we do it again?

Videos that you might like from Geoff's Rail experience that feature in this video:
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   • New World Record set by Battery Train   - GWR Battery Train

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Credit and thanks for assets

Long UK Maps: https://mapswire.com/maps/united-king...
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront
B-Roll Maps: Google Maps and Google Earth Studio
Maps: National Library of Scotland Maps:
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Stock Footage: Storyblocks
Music: Storyblocks, epidemicsound and artlist
Old Map: NLS - https://www.nls.uk/

Credit for images/footage:
Old Rail images AND Footage: http://www.swindonsotherrailway.co.uk/
Used with Permission.
All others - See top of this Description

Sources:
All as per interviews within the video.

Chapters:

00:00 - Context
03:18 - Easy Stuff
04:44 - Context
08:02 - Failure
09:53 - Serious
12:08 - Heritage
15:27 - The Start?
19:36 - Outtake.