Landscapes of Steam Series

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An exploration of lines in the North West in the days of working steam.

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HORWICH WORKS. A tour of this once proud works using archive film taken in 1964. Includes the Lancashire & Yorkshire ‘Saddle Tanks’.

A LOCOMOTIVE SURVEY. Steam in the LMS era and a look at the various classes at work in the 1960s including classes on the West Coast Main Line and former LMS designs to the North and East of Manchester.

BURY - A LANCASHIRE JUNCTION. Rare film of Bury’s railways with steam in action at Knowsley Street, Bolton Street as well as the line though Heywood and the Bacup Branch.

THROUGH CASTLETON TO ROCHDALE. Excursion, freight and stopping passenger with B1s, WDs, Fowller 0-6-0s, Black 5s, ‘Crabs’ and Standards.

THE OLDHAM LOOP. A look at a surprisingly busy branch.

ACROSS THE PENNINES. Featuring the former Lancashire & Yorkshire route across the Pennines via Todmorden & Copy Pit.

THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE. A wide range of action on the line from Crewe to Preston.

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The former Wrexham Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway plus Chester & the Welsh Borders.

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THE WREXHAM MOLD & CONNAH’S QUAY RAILWAY. A tour of this fascinating and rarely photographed railway from Wrexham to Brymbo and to the River Dee. Former Great Western, LMS and Standard Classes are shown on freight on the steep grades to the steelworks at Brymbo and to the coast along Hawarden Bank.

THE MAIN LINE TO CHESTER. Steam on the former LNWR line through Queensferry to Chester with Black 5s, 8Fs, 9Fs, ‘Jubilees’, ‘Crabs’, ‘Jinties’ and Fowler 0-6-0s.

THE GREAT WESTERN AT CHESTER. Detailed exploration of this important junction with traffic for the GWR route to Shrewsbury, and the LMS route to North Wales. Includes Halls, Counties, Manors, Castles and Kings.

THE FINAL YEARS OF STEAM. Including the very last working by an 9F to Summers Steelworks.

THE MAIN LINE TO WREXHAM. Action on Gresford Bank on the route from Wrexham to Chester.

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An exploration of lines through the Chilterns in the days of working steam.

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THE JUNCTION OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH. A guided tour of the station and its approaches in 1961 with express passenger, freight and local traffic. Features ‘Prairie Tanks’, ‘Kings’, ‘Castles’, ‘Halls’, a K3, the ‘Blue Pullman’, 84xxx tanks, Standard 4s and a B1. A portrait of a main line junction, with its signalboxes, signals, goods yards and connecting services.

THE THAME BRANCH. Steam on the former Great Western branch from Oxford to Princes Risborough.

THE JOINT LINE TO BIRMINGHAM. Steam action north west of Princes Risborough.

CROSS COUNTRY TO AYLESBURY. A portrait of a delightful branch with 14xx tanks.

THE GREAT CENTRAL THROUGH AYLESBURY. Steam services along the former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Line to Amersham.

FROM EUSTON TO THE NORTH WEST. Rare scenes on the former LNWR main line through Tring and Berkhamsted in steam days.

THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE. A wide range of action on the line from Crewe to Preston.

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An exploration of steam throughout Wales in the days of working steam.

Gateway to Central Wales. - Shrewsbury with former Great Western classes working alongside LMS designs, and in the later years of steam the BR Standards. ‘Manors’, ‘Halls’, Standard 4s, Black 5s, 56xx and Panniers are featured on both passenger & freight.

Through Mid-Wales to the Coast. - The winding and steeply graded line from Shrewsbury to Machynlleth. ‘Manors’ and Standard classes feature on the ‘Cambrian Mountain Express’ including the climb to the summit at Talerddig.

Along the Cambrian Coast. - Barmouth to Pwllheli in steam days plus the cross country route to Ruabon.

Through Central Wales to the Coast. - Rare footage of the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen line and the Cardigan Branch. Also Three Cocks Junction, and the Central Wales route via Builth Wells.

Contrasting Main Lines. - Steam along the North Wales coast with LMS traction, and steam in South Wales with former GWR designs. ‘Castles’, Panniers & Black 5s are just some of the classes featured.

Border Steam. - Film from the Welsh Borders with the Llanfyllin branch, Wrexham and Pen-y-fford.

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THE NORTHERN APPROACHES. - Steam at St Pancras; ‘Jubilee’s’ and Midland 4-4-0s at Kentish Town Shed, Cricklewood Shed and the main line at Elstree; Willesden and Camden Road Sheds with ‘Duchess’s’, ‘Jubilees’ and an LNWR 0-8-0; Kings Cross and Harringey including A4s, A3s, and an N2; Marylebone Station; Steam on the Chesham branch.

EASTERN STEAM. - Rare film of steam activity at Stratford Shed and Station, at Upminster and Plaistow Shed.

LONDONS WESTERN APPROACHES. - Old Oak Common with Panniers, ‘Castles’ among a variety of motive power; Paddington Station with steam arrivals and departures.

SOUTHERN STEAM. - A look at Southern steam operations in the 1950s and 1960s, featuring Stewarts Lane, Nine Elms and Feltham Sheds and steam at Waterloo, Brixham and Clapham Junction. Classes include ‘L’ Class. ‘E4s’, ‘Schools’, O1s, N15s, Bulleid Pacifics and Standard Tanks.

THE LAST DAYS OF STEAM. - The last days of steam on the Southern including suburban steam to Kensington Olympia.

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Tebay Station & Shed with views from a number of vantage points showing steam arriving and taking on bankers for the climb to Shap.

Through the Lune Gorge. ‘Britannias’, ‘Duchesses’, Black 5s, a Patriot and ‘Royal Scots’ on the spectacular section of line that included Dillicar Troughs.

Low Gill to Grayrigg. with passenger and freight as well as the ‘Little North Western’ to Sedburgh.

Greenholme with views from this famous vantage point with a variety of steam action and bankers.

Scout Green with action around the lonely level crossing and box.

Shap Wells with views from the just before the summit.

Shap including shunting the yard and bankers detaching and returning to Tebay.

By Banker to the Summit with a footplate journey from Tebay to Shap aboard to 2-6-4 tank.

North to Carlisle including ‘Duchesses’.

30 Years after the end of steam with a comparison of past & present.

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