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Somerset & Dorset Remembered video and Recollections of the Somerset & Dorset video combined onto one DVD.

The Somerset & Dorset Remembered A vivid reminder of what it was like to travel over that most lamented of cross-country lines, the Somerset and Dorset. Filmed mostly during the summer of 1965, the final full year before closure in March 1966, the journey takes the viewer on the line from Bath to Evercreech Junction, then along the branch to Highbridge and Burnham, before returning to the main line to continue a journey southwards from Evercreech to Bournemouth. As well as lineside, many sequences were taken from the footplate or from the carriage window.

This DVD is based around original cine film made by the British Aircraft Corporation Railway Society Film Unit and by Peter Barnfield and David Williams.

<b>Recollections of the Somerset & Dorset</b> Memories of railwaymen and women operating the railway, a nostalgic look back at the operation through the voices of the staff. Interspersed with ex-staff reunion event in 1995 and the West Somerset Railway's Gala event in 1996.

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Full archive film containing the last weeks and months of 1966/67 leading up to the end of steam traction on the Southern Region in the July of 1967.

We talk to drivers and fireman who operated the very last services in 1967, including Jim Evans, Geoff Burch and Alan Newman. Extensive films all the way from London to Weymouth stopping off to see operations at Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton, Brockenhurst, Bouremouth, Poole and Weymouth.

The Lymington and Swanage branches are covered with many views at Wareham too. More films from Basingstoke to Salisbury, the other location to lose steam that year. We see many train services at Salisbury and see the MPD towards the end in 1967.

Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton, Brockenhurst, Bouremouth, Poole and Weymouth.

A special feature on the Bournemouth Belle in its last days with footage from Waterloo all the way down to Bournemouth. Some of the last specials to commemorate the final weeks including the USA tanks to Fawley and trains in 1966 that passed through Westbury. Electrification works are seen and trial services using the TC sets with class 3 diesels and the first Class 4 diesel workings which were to take over some services, including the ‘Belle’.

Cover of the DVD shows Catlin.

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Cover photo: Courtesy Geoff Catlin, No. 35030 operating the final passenger train into Waterloo on 9th July 1967.
First published on DVD: 2020 (released)
Screen aspect ratio: 4:3 SD
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Running Time: 75-mins (1hr 15min) , Colour
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The railway tunnel under the River Severn that links Wales with England was built in a courageous way from the mid 1870s and finally opened in 1886. The very nature of its construction under the turbulent waters of the Bristol Channel provided the builders with great challenges as they engineered their way two and a half miles and hundreds of feet under the torrent above.

This programme looks briefly at the construction of the tunnel and the efforts to keep local underground fresh water springs from flooding the railway. Indeed the spring water still to this day flows millions of gallons which has to be pumped out by the Sudbrook pumping station on the Monmouthshire side.

The main archive film produced by members of the BAC Railway Society Film Unit shows an every-day operation to assist heavy trains from Severn Tunnel Junction through the tunnel over to the Gloucestershire side. This banking service was crucial to keep traffic flowing along this important stretch of the London to South Wales main line.

We also catch up with two railwaymen who worked on the footplate from Severn Tunnel Jct shed and experienced the techniques required for a safe banking operation.

We follow the life and times of one of the Western Region Prairie tanks, No. 4160, which was so much a part of the depot at Severn Tunnel Junction working the banking duties. Fortunately, we have No. 4160 with us today thanks to the scrapyard at Barry. Sequences of the engine at work on the West Somerset Railway include its final day before overhaul driven by Eric Broom, one of its original firemen at Severn Tunnel Jct

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Running Time: 55-mins (0hr 55min)

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The full story of how the "Poppy Line" was purchased and restored as Norfolk's leading Heritage Railway!

Filmed over a number of years, this story looks back at the very beginnings of the line as the MGNJR Society took over the 5-mile line from Sheringham to Holt.

We see rare archive film of the final days in British Railways’ ownership including the very last freight train to depart from Sheringham and Anglia Television’s Bob Wellings at a derelict Weybourne Station in 1966, plus the last days at Melton Constable.

Full of nostalgia and up-to-date footage of steam operations over the heritage line with all classes of locomotives. Dads Army recreation days are viewed at Weybourne bringing some humour to the railway which is now one of the most important attractions in Norfolk

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First published on DVD: 2021
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Running Time: 68-mins (1hr 8min) approx , Colour and B&W
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With current proposals by East West Rail to provide a link once more between the two famous university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, it is timely that we release this DVD history of the original railway which was released in video format in the early 1990s.

Assembled from photographs, archive film and video footage, we ‘travel’ the route from Oxford via Bicester, Bletchley and Bedford to Cambridge and all locations in between. Services remained on the Bletchley to Bedford section following closure of the other sections in 1967/8 and now form the middle section of new proposals.

The 30-mile Bedford to Cambridge section was first opened in 1862 which finally completed the whole route from Oxford. After closure in 1968 all the track was removed and stations along the line closed. Some 50 years later, plans are advanced to link the two cities again and provide the country with an important east-west link.

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First published on DVD: 2020
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Running Time: 120-mins (2hr 0min) approx , Colour and B&W
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The Last Weeks of BR Steam

The departure of steam from the British Railways network in August 1968 was a landmark not only in railway history, but British history. For nearly 150 years steam reigned supreme and although gone, it has never been forgotten.

In this unique account of the last poignant weeks of steam, Kingfisher Films has brought together exclusive interviews with the crews of the last steam workings and passengers of the very last train; archive material; and hitherto unseen footage made available by enthusiasts.

This is the first opportunity to share in the delights of the original sound recording of the last journey, recorded by Robert Ormiston-Chant on the 11th August 1968; and artist David Shepherd OBE, recalls the emotional last weeks of steam and describes how he purchased his own two locomotives from BR.

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Narrated by: Roger Hardingham
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Number of discs: 1 DVD

Running Time: 50-mins (0hr 50min)

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