The train featured in this film is a typical example of a local passenger service working the route from Cheltenham to Andover in the summer of 1924. The engine MSWJR 4-4-4T No. 17–was one of a pair acquired from Sharp Stewart & Co. of Glasgow in 1897 and was specifically designed for working stopping passenger trains. It is shown here in the distinctive red livery of the MSWJR and although it was taken into GWR ownership in 1923 and modified at Swindon, it only lasted in service until October 1927.
