GB_17_Day_4_Carnforth_film_clip. HOW IT ONCE WAS: 2. From 70 years before, a scene from the 1945 film Brief Encounter, directed by David Lean, from a screenplay by Noel Coward. The two main characters, played by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, walk to the train which will part them forever. The LMS locomotive, Stanier 2-6-4T No.2429, was based at Carnforth at the time, but for any British railway enthusiast there is a glaring continuity error. The story is supposedly set in the South East of England, but the train destination boards all display towns in Lancashire and Yorkshire! roger.griffiths@hotmail.com