I've just seen the first 15 minutes of tonight's epiode of Endeavour (the Morse prequel) which contsined a scene obviously shot on a preserved line (Southern Region I think given the station paint scheme). Last series was set in 1967, ending in the autumn, so this series is, I suspect, set either in autumn '67 or spring '68. Initially, the railway-based scenes were at least period- if not Regionally-correct - a Rail Blue class 33 on bauxite XP-rated vans and a bauxite guard's vehicle which appeared to be a BR standard type, however, a subsequent night-time station scene showing the front of what I think was a BR Standard 3 or 4 pulling into the station was rather disappointing. It had to be a passenger service for plot reasons, but surely a green Met-Camm unit or similar could have been used?
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