This was recorded at the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway in 2009 during the 50th anniversary celebrations for Black Prince which was built at Swindon in 1959. The owner, railway and wildlife artist David Shepherd, talks about his passion for steam. David died in 2017 and the loco is now on display at the Bressingham museum.

"A great man who will forever be credited as one of this country’s greatest pioneers of railway preservation. And in so doing brought pleasure to hundreds of thousands of people."

Alexander Richmond Scott was born in October 1924 and grew up a stone's throw away from Camden engine shed which was home to many of the famous steam locomotives which hauled the express trains of the London Midland & Scottish Railway. Alex became a cleaner at Camden in 1940 and quickly rose through the ranks to become a fireman and driver on the West Coast Main Line throughout the Second World War. He left the railway after the war but remained an enthusiast driving trains on the Nene Valley Railway and acting as stationmaster at Sheringham on the North Norfolk Railway. Here in Part One of his story he talks about his family, growing up in Camden, and trainspotting from on top of the toilets at the Pembroke Castle pub. (Alex died in Norfolk in 2017.)