Power Hour Series

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Wrapping up a series that has run for 22 years is the ninth and final ‘POWER HOUR’ programme. This volume sticks to the winning formula of the previous eight editions - main line diesel locos hard at work on the national rail network, where each scene has one or more of the following ingredients - full-on power, stiff gradients or standing starts. With some added clag and wheelslip, the result is a series of spectacular shots filmed over a ten-year period from 2011 to 2021. The programme (which actually runs for 90 minutes) features no fewer than 80 different main line locos - old and new - on a diverse range of workings from around the country. They include…

FREIGHT WORKINGS: 50008 thundering along the WCML with a rail grinder in tow, 37099 & 37418 & 97304 triple-heading a Cambrian ballast, 68006 on the Mountsorrel-Carlisle ballast, 56302 opening up under Paisley Gilmour Street’s glass roof, 60015 performing a standing start on the Scunthorpe-Lackenby steel slabs, 56081 clagging away from Melton Mowbray, 56094 screaming up Llanvihangel bank on the Baglan Bay-Chirk timber, 50049 waking up Woburn Sands on a GBRf stock move, 20118 & 20132 at full tilt on autumn leaf-fall duties, 70002 & 66620 climbing through Peak Forest on a 4,000 tonne jumbo stone train while being banked by 70016...and 37605 & 37610 slogging up Shap with the Daventry-Mossend intermodal!

PASSENGER WORKINGS & RAILTOURS: DRS’s 37259 & 37605 wheel-slipping away from York, 33025 at full tilt through Datchet, 20308 & 20312 powering over the Vale of Glamorgan line, 47593 & 47805 providing multiple-thrash at Exeter St Davids, 37401 shattering the peaceful surrounds of the scenic Cumbrian coast, 20142 and 33012 stretching their legs over the Chiltern/LUL Metropolitan Line, 40013 tackling the Lickey incline, 37518 blasting out of Mallaig, 56087 climbing Copy Pit on the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, 50007 & 50049 pounding up Shap on their way to Glasgow, heritage traction hard at work over the S&C on the 2020 series of ‘Staycation Express’ services...and 57001 obliterating Edinburgh Waverley!

POWER HOUR 9 features 12 different locomotive classes - 20, 33, 37, 40, 47, 50, 56, 57, 60, 66, 68 and 70.

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Narrated by: David Maxey
First published on DVD: 2021
Screen aspect ratio: 16:9 SD
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Number of discs: 1 DVD-R

Running Time: 90-mins (1hr 30min) , Colour
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To celebrate 20 years since the release of the very first Power Hour programme, this latest addition to this popular series has all the ingredients of its seven predecessors. If you have seen any of them, you will know that this one features a variety of main line diesel locos hard at work on the national rail network. And we do mean hard at work! Each scene meets one or more of the following criteria - full-on power, stiff gradients, or standing starts. With some added clag and wheelslip, the result is a series of spectacular scenes, filmed over an eight year period from 2012 to 2019. It features main line traction - old and new - in a variety of liveries on a diverse range of workings from around the country. Here are a few examples…

FREIGHT WORKINGS: Colas Class 56s and 60s hard at work on timber traffic over the Settle-Carlisle line, 60044 performing a standing start on the 3,000 tonne Lindsey-Kingsbury tanks, extraordinary non-stop thrash from 37716 shunting at Peak Forest, 50008 thundering over Lickey summit hauling a rail grinder, Gerrards Cross tunnel being blasted by 20311 & 20132 on a London Underground S Stock move, 68023 on full power hauling the short-lived but heavy Barrow Docks to Drigg aggregates, 70816 performing a standing start at Dunblane with the Oxwellmains-Aberdeen cement, 31452 storming away from Leicester...and 37602 & 37609 staggering up Old Hill bank on the Wentloog-Daventry Tesco boxes!

PASSENGER WORKINGS & RAILTOURS: the unusual combination of 33207 & 37516 working in multiple over Copy Pit, lively performances from DRS Class 37/4s on Cumbrian coast and East Anglian passenger work, 55022 blasting through Sleights on the tranquil Esk Valley line, 40145 climbing to Copy Pit summit, Maybach music from D1015 Western Champion, 50007 & 50049 climbing Rattery bank heading for Penzance, 37409 blasting its way up the steeply graded Preston Docks branch, 47810 & 47501 in multiple powering a Statesman charter, Class 40 D213 Andania pounding away from Blea Moor on its first main line passenger train in 34 years...and 37518 & 37706 & 37669 all working in multiple, storming out of Crewe!

POWER HOUR 8 features 15 different locomotive classes - 20, 31, 33, 37, 40, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 60, 66, 68 and 70 on a variety of passenger and freight duties, hard at work on Britain’s national rail network.

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Narrated by: David Maxey
First published on DVD: 2019
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Number of discs: 1 DVD-R

Running Time: 90-mins (1hr 30min)

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Like its six predecessors in the Power Hour?series, this programme features a variety of main line diesel locos hard at work on the national rail network - as well as a bonus shot from Hungary! A combination of full-on power, stiff gradients and standing starts combine to produce some spectacular scenes. And there’s no shortage of clag either. Filmed over a six year period from 2012 to 2017, this DVD comprises a mix of old and new main line traction and includes...

FREIGHT WORKINGS: Pairs of Riviera Class 47s powering GBRf’s Drax gypsum trains, 56078 & 56105 storming Whiteball with timber for Chirk, 50007 blasting through Attenborough with the Boston steel, Chiltern-liveried 68013 getting to grips with the Mountsorrel to Basford Hall ballast, 60066 performing a standing start with the 3,000 tonne Kingsbury tanks, pairs of Class 20s wide open on London Underground S Stock moves, a defective 66616 clagging out Brocklesby, 70804 screaming through Wellington hauling a loaded rail train, Class 56s hard at work on the Willesden-Calvert spoil, 37688 wheel slipping away from Tyndrum Upper...and 31601 & 31602 storming along the Severn estuary with a lengthy rake of box wagons.

PASSENGER?WORKINGS?&?RAILTOURS: DRS Class 37s on full power working Greater Anglia’s Wherry Line services, 55022 tackling the climb away from Glenfinnan with the ‘Royal Scotsman’, 20309 thrashing away from Syon Lane with the ‘Buffer Puffer 12.0’ railtour, 57309 performing a ‘full on’ departure from Euston with a Pendolino in tow, 68008 blasting out of Marylebone, 56087 pounding through Garforth with the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, 37401 shattering the tranquillity of Ravenglass with a Northern Rail service to Carlisle, 50007 & 50050 powering away from Dorridge, 40145 tackling the stiff inclines of Copy Pit and Peak Forest, D1015 blasting through Gilberdyke...and Classes 37 and 47 doing battle with the Lickey!

POWER HOUR 7 features 14 different locomotive classes - 20, 31, 37, 40, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 60, 66, 68 and 70 – hard at work on a variety of passenger and freight duties. Please note that although some of the workings may seem familiar, none of the scenes featured in PH7 appear in any other Locomaster programme.

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Narrated by: David Maxey
First published on DVD: October 2017
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Number of discs: 1 DVD-R

Running Time: 90-mins (1hr 30min)

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Viewers of the previous five DVDs in the Power Hour series will know exactly what to expect here! For those of you who like to see – and hear – diesel locomotives being pushed to the limit on the main line, this is the DVD for you! A combination of stiff gradients, standing starts and wheelslip, combined with power handles that are wide open, produce some spectacular scenes. And there’s plenty of clag too. Filmed over a 16-year period from 2000 to 2015, this DVD comprises a mix of old and new main line traction in the 21st century and includes…

FREIGHT WORKINGS: 37412 & 37418 wheelslipping with coal from Tower Colliery, 60500 tackling the Lickey with the Westerleigh-Lindsey tanks, 33029 powering a departmental working to Farnham, D1015 at full bore hauling a rail train to Scunthorpe, triple-headed EWS Class 31s ‘wide open’ on a Temple Mills-Peterborough departmental, 66609 climbing out of Beechbrook Farm on a CTRL ballast train, 20096 & 20107 pounding up Desford bank, a Vac attack from 50007 on the Boston steel, 68015 performing a standing start with the Mountsorrel-Crewe ballast, 47815 clagging out of Doncaster on the Goole sand, DCR Class 31s and 56s powering the Railvac, screaming Colas 56s on the Chirk timber and Boston & Tilbury steel...and EWS Class 37s and 56s hard at work in France.

PASSENGER WORKINGS & RAILTOURS: standing starts from 37410 and 37425 on Rhymney-Cardiff services, 20308 & 20312 thrashing away from Princes Risborough, 50049 storming through the Bristol suburbs, 47854 powering towards Glen Douglas summit, 55022 at full power on the Larkhall branch, 37676 & 37685 blasting away from Shrewsbury, 47853 & 47841 opening up on a Southampton Docks boat train, 31454 & 31601 thundering along the Esk Valley line, the now-preserved 37248 staggering away from Tyndrum Lower, 40145 making a lively departure from Whitchurch, 50044 pounding up Dainton, D1015 tackling the climbs to Shap summit and Bincombe tunnel...and Classes 37, 50 and 55 doing battle with the Lickey!

This DVD features 14 different loco classes - 20, 31, 33, 37, 40, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 60, 66 and 68.

The programme is in two sections. The older material is in the traditional 4.3 picture format, and that is followed by the more recent footage in 16.9 widescreen. Although some of the workings may seem familiar to viewers of our TRACTION series, none of the footage in POWER HOUR 6 has featured in any other Locomaster DVD. We like to keep all the best ‘thrash’ material for this series!

Narrated by: David Maxey

First published: 2015

Running time: 100-mins

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This programme follows the format and standard of the four previous programmes in the 'Power Hour' series. In other words, it's a DVD crammed full of thrash, noise and clag as diesel locos are pushed to the limit....and beyond! There are no preserved railways here as all the scenes are from the national network where locomotives can really stretch their legs and be put to the test. Among the ear-shattering collection of scenes that feature in this 90 minute programme are…37 417 ‘wheel-slipping’ on a steel train at Gaer Junction, 56 032 thundering out of the Boulby Potash mine, 33 207 struggling to get a heavy ballast train away from Shortlands, 47 739 & 47 727 at full tilt on the Boston steel, nocturnal flaming from 37 405 over Copy Pit, 20 227 & 20 142 at full power through Barnetby with a RHTT, 37 685 & 37 688 staggering out of Peak Forest with RMC aggregates to Bletchley, 56 091 pounding through Cleland cutting on the Shotts line, 37 065 rousing the Chilterns with the Aylesbury-Thameshaven tanks, 47 338 & 47 306 rattling the canopy at Hatch End on the Watford DC Lines, 33 019 & 33 202 opening up at Ealing Broadway on the Park Royal sand, 40 145 staggering towards Sugar Loaf summit, D1015 clagging away from Didcot North Junction en route to Carlisle, 57 003 & 57 004 obliterating Stowmarket station, 40 145 breasting Lickey summit, triple-headed Class 31s powering through Taplow, XP64 liveried 47 853 climbing towards Coppull Moor summit, 31 450 & 31 465 storming away from Woking with the luxury VSOE, 37 308 pounding up Camberley bank with an Alton-Victoria stock working, 55 022 clagging out West Ealing on a GBRf staff special to Weston-Super-Mare, 50 049 providing some Vac thrash for Arriva Trains Wales services, 47 840 powering away from Motherwell on a Virgin West Coast rescue mission, 57 309 screaming out of London Euston on a Pendolino drag, major ‘wheel-slip’ in France from 37 685...and 55 022 at full tilt through Dumbarton Central with GB Railfreight's Fort William-North Blyth Alcan tanks.

Power Hour 5 comprises footage filmed between 1991 and 2012 and features loco classes 20,31,33,37,40,47,50,52,55,56,57 and 58 hard at work on a variety of passenger and freight duties.

Narrated by: David Maxey

First published: 2012

Running time: 90-mins

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The fourth volume in the POWER HOUR series continues with the theme of the previous three programmes – main line diesel locos being pushed to the limit (and beyond!) to deliver rousing audio and visual spectacles. This spectacular collection of scenes from around Britain’s national rail network (and on 2 high-speed routes in France!) were filmed over a 15 year period from 1993 and 2008.

FREIGHT WORKINGS: 47 330 climbing through Micheldever with a Freightliner, 56 090 pounding up Hatton Bank with the Swindon-Longbridge Rover vans; 33 025 + 33 202 storming through Oxford with scrap wagons; 37 425 blasting pigeons out of Castle Bar Park tunnel; 57 005 screaming out of Milllbrook Freightliner terminal; a freezing winter scene in Kent as 33 065 clags away from Tonbridge on a weekend infrastructure train; 37 890 at full tilt on the 6E89 Mossend to Immingham enterprise; 20 075 + 20 187 powering out of an engineering possession; 37114 slipping and sliding on the Birch Coppice branch; 31 154 + 31 420 hauling the 1,600 tonne Northolt-Calvert ‘Binliner’, 60 033 + 56 037 in tandem struggling up Sapperton with a 3,060 tonne steel train; 31 552 proving that load is not equal to thrash; 66 227 clagging and sounding anything like a ‘Shed’; multiple roaring from 58 041 + 58 049 on the Hoo Junction-Eastleigh departmental; a clagging 47 306 on a EMU delivery move from Derby to Stewarts Lane…plus classes 37, 56 and 58 all suffering major meltdown in France!

PASSENGER WORKINGS & RAILTOURS: Classic Napier sounds as 55 022 departs from Tyndrum Lower en route to Oban; D1015 obliterating Dolau on the Central Wales Line….followed by a repeat performance at Preston; spectacular fireworks from 37 416 as it tackles the climb off the Preston Docks branch; 33 103 + 33 202 powering up the Lickey incline en route to Buxton; 37 411 shattering the peaceful countryside at Little Kimble; 47 812 ‘chirping’ as it climbs towards Copy Pit summit; Vac thrash on the Kyle of Lochalsh line as 50 049 departs from Strathcarron; trademark ‘Deltic’ clag as 55 019 sets off from Tyndrum Upper; 40 145 tackling the Camp Hill incline at 05.25 in the morning; D1015 and 40 145 climbing Tallerdig; 33 030 + 33 116 storming out of Grantham with the ‘Whitby Jet’ charter; 50 031 doing battle with Hemmerdon bank; 37 401 climbing out of Rannoch with the luxury ‘Royal Scotsman’…plus Virgin CrossCountry thrash with D9000 powering away from Didcot, 31 110 + 31 203 blasting through the Birmingham suburbs and 56 035 screaming out of Coventry.

POWER HOUR 4 features 14 different locomotive classes – 20, 31, 33, 37, 40, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57,58, 60….and even a Class 66!

Narrated by: David Maxey

First published: 2009

Running time: 90-mins

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The third installment of the Power Hour series features a rousing and spectacular series of main line shots. Most definitely the real thing!

FREIGHT THRASH – 37 418 shattering the early morning highland mist with the Kinbrace timber, 31 203 single-handed over the Chiltern’s on a 1,300 tonne ballast, 47 348 & 47326 erupting clag on the Longbridge Rover vans, 33 030 on the Aberdeen-Elgin ‘Enterprise’, 58 045 on a 1,500 tonne mixed ‘Enterprise’ service, 31 110 & 31 207 on the Forders ‘Binliner’, 47 780 on the Inverness-Mossend ‘Enterprise’, Hope Valley Class 20s on cement tanks, Loadhaul ‘Grids’ on the Boulby potash. ON THE GRADE – 37 886 struggling up Camberley bank with a 1,500-tonne ballast, 31 233 & 31 285 climbing the Lickey with Network Rail’s HST in tow, BR blue 56 006 screaming its way up Warsett Hill on the Boulby branch, D1015 storming Luxulyan Valley on china clay CDA’s, 40 145 tackling the Camp Hill incline, Class 60s on Appleby bank with iron ore and coal workings.

CLASSIC TRACTION BACK ON THE MAIN LINE – 55 019 decimating Bridge of Orchy, 40 145 breasting Lickey summit, 50 031 & 50 049 pounding through Cheltenham, 33 202 ‘flaming’ over the Chiltern’s, D1015 Western Champion returns to Cornwall.

PASSENGER & RAILTOUR ‘THRASH’ – 56 107 on the Lickey with a Virgin CrossCountry service, 47 295 clagging out of Brundall, 47 813 performing a standing start on a diverted Liverpool Street-Norwich service, 31 452 on Camberley bank, 33 103 storming Exeter Central, 31 190 & 31 602 on the ‘Royal Scotsman’.

CLAG CORNER – a collection of spectacular clag shots featuring Deltic’s and Class 37s.

STANDING STILL BUT SOUNDING LOUD – serious thrash from 56 081 as it undergoes ‘load bank’ testing.

THE PROGRAMME CONCLUDES with an extraordinary scene on the Birch Coppice branch featuring Loadhaul-liveried 37 698.

This DVD also contains the complete POWER HOUR 1 and POWER HOUR 2 making a coombined running time of 3 hours!

Narrated by: David Maxey

First published: 2005

Running time: 180-mins

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