However, the few remaining Gilchrist employees are soon notified that the depot is no longer competitive and will be closed. They are given twelve weeks' notice of their redundancy. Mick visits an employment agency and discovers that, while work is available, he will receive no sickness benefits and must pay for his own transport, equipment and training. He goes to a job but the crew he joins is four men short and includes builders with no railway experience. Mick argues with the supervisor, and is given a negative report which leaves him unemployed for weeks. He finally manages to get another assignment that leads to a reunion with his former colleagues. Their happiness at working together again is marred by a passing train spewing toilet waste over them. The men are given a job pouring a cement signal base, but they are next to an active track with no look out. After dusk, Jim is hit by a locomotive and badly injured. Since they could be barred from working for breaching safety procedures, Mick and Paul carry Jim to the side of a road so that they can claim he has been hit by a car. Jim dies from his injuries. Gerry is now the only one of the original five remaining at Gilchrist, and his job is due to end in days. Cast Dean Andrews as John Thomas Craig as Mick Joe Duttine as Paul Steve Huison as Jim Venn Tracey as Gerry Andy Swallow as Len Sean Glenn as Harpic Charlie Brown as Jack Juliet Bates as Fiona John Aston as Bill Walters Graham Heptinstall as Owen Angela Saville as Tracy Clare McSwain as Lisa Megan Topham as Chloe Abigail Pearson as Eve See also Impact of the privatisation of British Rail External links Some of the film was shot at the Great Central Railway in Loughborough. 2001 films 2001 drama films English-language German films English-language Spanish films Films scored by George Fenton Films directed by Ken Loach Films set in Sheffield Films set in the 1990s Rail transport films British drama films Films about privatization Films about the labor movement 2000s English-language films 2000s British films