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This DVD features 4 600mm gauge railways all serving the same area of moorland called Westermoor in north west Germany. To reach the moors each railway runs for sometimes several kilometers along the roadside using a mixture of Diema and Schöma locos to transport the peat. Many changes have occurred to these railways in recent years, with one railway being taken up, and another cut back, but many of the scenes featured can still be seen today. Much of the footage was taken in 2003 and 2006, but several views are seen of these railways over 10 years ago.

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This DVD covers many peat railways across Scotland, some still operational, and some now closed. There is also rare footage of two explosives/ammunition factories and the narrow gauge lines that served them.

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This DVD focuses on 4 railways in the Czech Republic of narrow gauges; 900mm, 760mm, 700mm, and 600mm. At least 2 of which were still in operation when this DVD was produced.

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As could be expected from a country as diverse as Austria, the lines featured on this DVD vary greatly, in terms of the gauge, the different types of loco featured, as well as the types of industry they once served. Remarkably even today a number of these lines shown still continue to operate.

Five different gauges are covered (from 500mm to 900mm) at the following sites; Trieben, Mixnitz, Schwaz, Vienna, Kaiserberg, Ried im Innkreis, and Bürmoos.

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Since the late 1970s Alan Keef has been building, rebuilding, and hiring narrow gauge locomotives, rolling stock, and even complete railways. The emphasis has shifted from supplying industrial locomotives in the UK and many locations abroad, to serving preserved railways and the leisure industry in more recent years.

The DVD looks behind the scenes with recent footage of the workshops based near Ross on Wye, as well as looking at some of the older locomotives built for industry, and the railways they served on. In comparison there are details of a number of other more recent projects.

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Ref: JS1030D

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Although large numbers of peat railways in Germany have closed in recent years, there are still significant numbers operating today. This DVD shows many examples of the railways currently operating across the country and also delves into the industrial archaeology of some sites where railways have closed down in recent years.

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The unique laws and customs pertaining to the Forest of Dean have allowed the area to remain untouched by many outside influences. The operations of the freemines today has changed little in the last 100 years. There are no locos to be found in this DVD as all mines are hand or cable hauled, but there is a wealth of detail about current and past mining operations.

This DVD has taken many visits to the area to capture the different mines featured here. There are 4 mines shown working, with many others seen throughout the film. However it is not just a collection of current freemines, but also a look at the industrial archaeology to be found in the forest.

For those people who are unaware of the scale of industry that used to exist here, this is an excellent introduction to this facsinating area.

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100 years of railway history in the Kujawy region of Poland had brought togther a myriad of different narrow gauge railways, standardised the gauge to 750mm, and created a huge network from Gniezno and Wrzesnia in the west to Ostrowy and Wlocwlawek in the east.

Even into the millenium, it still provided passenger services on a small part of the system, even after PKP ceased it's management of the narrow gauge. By 2011 large parts of the system have already completely disappeared and a small section from Gniezno now providing weekend tourist excursions is currently the only fully operational part of the system left.

The DVD shows scenes over many parts of the network, from 1992 until just a couple of years ago, with railcars, Lxd2, Lyd2, and Wls150 diesel locos, and the PX48 steam loco, all captured in action.

This is a tribute to a huge system once extending into every part of the local economy in the region. Sadly local politics has played a key part in its demise, but increasing local support for the railway may yet see some stetches brought back into operation in some form.

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In 1991 we started to film real narrow gauge railways across Europe, as no other video producers appeared to be interested in preserving on video the minor industrial railways which were still relatively common at this time.

As time has marched on small industries producing and transporting low volumes of timber, bricks, peat, coal, etc, have all but disappeared, and with them the myriad of railways that used to serve them.

To commemorate 20 years of producing videos and DVDs capturing such railways, this DVD shows footage which has not been used on the current series of DVDs, and in some cases the footage seen may represent the only footage in existance as most of the railways featured have one by one succumbed to progress.

10 Countries are featured with 1 or 2 railways shown in each, of different gauges, different motive power, and a variety of different industries.

The DVD shows scenes over many parts of the network, from 1992 until just a couple of years ago, with railcars, Lxd2, Lyd2, and Wls150 diesel locos, and the PX48 steam loco, all captured in action.

This is a tribute to a huge system once extending into every part of the local economy in the region. Sadly local politics has played a key part in its demise, but increasing local support for the railway may yet see some stetches brought back into operation in some form.

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The vast area of Grosses Moor to the east of Vechta in Germany is divided up into several distinct areas. Vechtaer Moor the western most section, has been the location of several peat companies using narrow gauge railways since the 1920s. From 1994 onwards many visits have been made to the railways at Vechtaer Moor and this DVD looks at the operations of these railways from 1994 to the present day, focusing on the changes that have been seen over the years.

All the railways featured are 600mm gauge, and unsurprisingly considering how close Vechta is to Diepholz, the motive power in use is by the works of Diema and Schöma.

The peat works of Gramman (Gramoflor), Zubrägel, Höne & von Lehmden, and Hellmann, one by one have all ceased railway use over the last few years, while the firm of Wichmann and Tabeling continues to operate it’s railway, even purchasing a new Schöma loco in 2010. Footage is seen at all these locations with the exclusion of Hellmann, which closed before the cameras were able to record operations there

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Since the mid 1950s peat has been commercially harvested from Bolton Fell moors situated close to the England-Scotland border, 10 miles north east of Carlisle.

Latterly the moors were under the management of William Sinclair Horticulture who made intensive use of a 2ft gauge railway to transport the peat off the moors for processing. Up to 5 trains could be working simultaneously on a 2 shift system.

Since the end of the 1990s, the company had regular discussions with pressure groups who were concerned about the damage being done to the environment by the draining of the moors and peat harvesting. Finally in 2010, driven by new legislation from Europe, the date of November 2013 was specified for all peat production to be ceased, and all stockpiles of peat to be removed from the moors by June 2014, causing the loss of approx 80 jobs.

So ended approximately 50 years of peat production on the moors, and significantly it was the last traditional narrow gauge railway operating in England. The peat industry in England had continued to support the use of such railways since the last brickworks/claypit railway had ceased in 2001, but one by one they have all now closed.

The DVD follows operations on the moors over a number of years starting in 1993, right through to track lifting duties in June 2014.

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14 steam locos are seen in operation on all 3 of the Austrian metre gauge rack railways, using current footage taken in 2015, as well as archive footage from the 1990s. Initially, on a ride up the Schafberg we experience the latest motive power on the Schafbergbahn. We then get taken back to the sight and sound of the original Krauss Linz locos in operation from footage taken in the 1990s.

The Achenseebahn still uses the steam locos that were provided for the line in the late 1880s. All the original locos including Nº.4, rebuilt in 2008 after being taken out of service in the 1930s, are seen in footage taken in 2015 as well as the 1990s.

The Schneebergbahn is the longest and highest line and has undergone the biggest transformation. Steam services are now mostly consigned to history with the introduction of the Salamander trains. However from footage in 1995, 5 of the original Krauss Linz 0-4-2T locos are seen being prepared for a day’s work and ascending up the Schneeberg mountain.

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