Filming Notes
The railway scenes were filmed on the former Longmoor Military Railway. In the final railway scene where the girls 'return' the money the British Railways station at Liss can be seen in the background.
The locomotives used were:
- Longmoor Military Railway WD Austerity 2-10-0 AD601 'Kitchener' as the express locomotive in mock-up green livery and carrying a fake BR-pattern numberplate on the smokebox door. It carried this livery until it was scrapped several years later.
- Two Ministry of Supply "Austerity" 0-6-0ST (LNER Class J94) Tank Engines, one of which was mocked up to resemble a J50 and temporarily renumbered 68961, the other one, No. 68011, remaining unrebuilt.
- One Class 11 shunter in Longmoor colours but carrying British Railways markings.
- A DEMU in BR livery as the commuter train commandeered by the police (number 1102, Class 205).
- A Wickham trolley used in the school staff's attempt to join the chase.
- A pump action Handcar used by two junior girls to switch trains between tracks.
The extras on board the St Trinian's train were pupils from a local convent school. In addition the school used for much of the filming was Little Abbey Preparatory School, near Liss. The school was in fact the other side of the moor from Longmoor. This was previously a Boys own Preparatory school based at Burghclere near Newbury, but had coincidentally merged with a Girls Preparatory School at the location at Liss 9 months prior to the making of the film
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