Michael Palin credited as playing...
Self - Presenter
- Self - Presenter: Well, I suppose it all began when I was a kid really. I can remember my Dad coming home telling us stories of things he'd seen, and then he'd take me to places where I could see these things as well, embankments, cuttings, entrances to tunnels. Then there'd be the usual books and photo's passed around at school, you know like kids do. And then, a couple of friends said, would I like to try the real thing? I said "yes", from then on, well I admit it, I was hooked.
- Self - Presenter: The World's fastest diesel express; the Inter-city 125, the high-speed train. Flying Scotsman took 8 hours from London to Edinburgh, the Deltic cut this down to 6 and now the high-speed train can take you from capital to capital in 4 hour and 37 minutes.