As our railways lurch from one crisis to the next, Transport Minister Stephen Byers has admitted: "We do not have a railway system which is fit for the 21st century". Stuck in the steam age. In 1947 ...

Great British Railway Journeys. Series 14, Ep. 8/15 - Paddington to Ongar. Paddington to Ongar. ... Michael recalls the choking smogs which plagued the capital during the 1950s.