ST. TRINIAN'S TRAIN ROBBERY
On August Bank Holiday Monday 2019, I coordinated a black and white photoshoot at privately owned Gotherington Station which runs alongside the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The idea was to recreate the original 1966 film "St Trinian's Great Train Robbery" where a group of schoolgirls rescue the loot from the robbers and take it away by train while using steam engines, a pump trolley and Wickham trolley.
The girls played a vital part in the photoshoot with them as the main focus on the day, their challenge was to look 'in character' as much as possible, so with a bit of research from photographs online from the 1966 film, they managed to pull it off, despite the weather being incredibly warm on the day!
Gotherington Station was a perfect venue for the shoot, it has so much to offer from a photography perspective. Not only do you have the passing trains on the GWSR preserved railway, but in the station garden there's a Signalbox, station platforms, standard gauge railway with a Wickham and pump trolley to use, plus many out buildings and original railway signs.
The girls played a vital part in the photoshoot with them as the main focus on the day, their challenge was to look 'in character' as much as possible, so with a bit of research from photographs online from the 1966 film, they managed to pull it off, despite the weather being incredibly warm on the day!
Gotherington Station was a perfect venue for the shoot, it has so much to offer from a photography perspective. Not only do you have the passing trains on the GWSR preserved railway, but in the station garden there's a Signalbox, station platforms, standard gauge railway with a Wickham and pump trolley to use, plus many out buildings and original railway signs.
Professional makeup artist, Judy Lovell kindly assisted on the day by dressing up Adrian who was playing the part of Miss Fritton, the Headmistress.
THE CAST
Rebecca, Charlotte, Serena, Samantha, Jess, Adrian, Isabel, Sarah, Michelle, Claire, Mike & Jack
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A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this shoot possible.
A feature in Octobers edition of Heritage Railways Magazine.
