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A look at diesel and electric power in action throughout the network in the 1960s when green livery dominated. We also feature electric power in light blue at Crewe plus the unique red livery on the Western Regions diesel hydraulics.

This volume comprises all previously unpublished footage & includes ;-

Transition at Newcastle. Deltics, DMUs, ‘Peaks’, Class 40s operating alongside steam traction.

Diesel Hydraulics. ‘Warships’ and ‘Westerns’ on the Western Region in the steam era at Taunton and Shrewsbury along with Hymeks

Metrovick Co-Bos and a view of this rarely photographed class at Peak Forest.

BR Sulzer Type 2s at Chinley and York on passenger and freight.

Brush Type 2s at Sheffield alongside steam traction.

English Electric Type 3s on the North Eastern Region.

English Electric Type 4s at York Shed and station alongside East Coast Pacifics and on the East Coast main line to Darlington plus Trans-Pennine services.

Peaks at York and along the East Coast Main Line plus Tran-Pennine services in and around Chinley.

Brush Type 4s at York.

Deltics on the North Eastern Region in their early liveries at York and along the racing stretch of the East Coast Main Line.

Diesel Multiple Units with many types in action in Yorkshire and Tran Pennine routes with many in their early liveries.

Shunters with views in and around Doncaster

All Change at Crewe with electrics in their early years working alongside diesel and steam traction.

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Running Time: 67-mins (1hr 7min) , Colour
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Mid Wales offered a contrasting mix of railways, from the major links from Shrewsbury to the coast at Aberystwyth and the Central Wales Line, to the long secondary lines from Moat Lane to Hereford, Brecon and Neath. In this programme we explore these lines mostly in the 1950s, 1960s and 1980s.

Through Mid Wales. Shrewsbury and the line through Welshpool, Moat Lane, Newtown over Talerddig to Machynlleth with many of the intermediate stations and a range of steam power including ‘Manors’ and Standard Class 4s on passenger and freight. Steam is featured on the ascent to the summit at Talerddig both from the West & East. in addition the diesel era is shown with Class 37s on services to the Cambrian Coast.

The route through Oswestry. Oswestry and services to Ellesmere and Welshpool and the branch to Llanfyllin

To South Wales. The line from Moat Lane through Llanidloes and Builth Road to Three Cocks Junction.

The Central Wales line over Knucklas Viaduct, through Builth Wells to Llandeilo.

West from Hereford. The route West to Three Cocks Junction and the lines around Brecon and the branches to Neath and Merthyr

To the Coast at Aberystwyth. Machynlleth and the Cambrian line to Dovey Junction and Aberystwyth with a wide range of traffic including the Cambrian Coast Express. Aberystwyth’s steam shed and the narrow gauge line is also featured in the 1950s, 1960s & 1980s with a wide range of traction.

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Running Time: 75-mins (1hr 15min) , Colour
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The Cambrian Coast and the route from Barmouth to Ruabon:- Barmouth through Ruabon provided a combination of dramatic coastal scenery, steep gradients and a wide variety of motive power. This volume explores these lines using archive film from the 1950s, 1960s and 1980s.

• Along the Cambrian Coast. Dovey Junction to Barmouth. Steam power is shown at a variety of locations on freight and passenger workings. Also featured is the Cambrian Coast Express in the 1980s behind steam and diesel power.

• Across Mid Wales & The Dee Valley. The route from Ruabon to Morfa Mawddach. A look at passenger and freight along the line through Llangollen, Bala and over the summit to Dolgellau in steam days. Includes scenes from the 1950s right up until closure in 1965. Also features a journey from Barmouth to Llangollen.

• Barmouth to Pwllheli. Steam power on the line following the Cambrian Coast through Harlech, Portmadog and the junction at Afon Wen. BR Standards work alongside Manors and Dukedogs.

• After the End of Steam. The Cambrian Coast route in the 1970s with the last freight traffic and DMU operation.

• North to Bangor. The line from Afon Wen to Caernafon and Bangor, with DMUs and steam power prior to closure.

• Bonus Item: A Journey from Shrewsbury to the Cambrian Coast in the late 1970s.

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The North Wales Coast was served by a busy main line with express services and freight. In addition there were a number of brances serving North Wales and the Isle of Anglesey. The motive power was dominated by ex LMS designs & BR Standards. This volume explores these lines and their motive power and workings in the era of British Railways.

Into Wales by the Cambrian and Great Central Railways. The Wrexham Mold and Connahs Quay & Great Central route from Wrexham through Penyffordd to Chester Northgate.

Chester to Llandudno Junction. The main line busy with holiday traffic and freight heading along the coast through Rhyl & Colwyn Bay. Black 5s, Britannias, Duchess Pacifics & special trains are featured plus Rhyl Shed along with shunting duties and the transition to diesel traction.

Llandudno Junction. This busy junction with a wide variety of traffic in the BR era along with the steam shed.

Branches from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno

Along the Coast. The busy main line through Conwy & Penmaenmawr to Bangor with freight and passenger traffic behind a variety of steam classes. Plus a look at Bangor in the 1960s & 1970s

Across Anglesey. The main line to Holyhead and the many intermediate stations in the steam era and 1980s plus the branch to Amlwch in the days of steam and diesel traction. Includes special trains.

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Running Time: 80-mins (1hr 20min) , Colour
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A look back at Britains premier main line and its development from a steam to a diesel railway and later electric railway.

The 1960s. The early years of dieselisation with scenes at Kings Cross and the London suburbs in 1963/64. Class 15s, Baby Deltics, Class 34s, Class 31s, Class 40s, Class 47s and Deltics. Also includes the route north through York to Newcastle.

The Early 1970s. Deltics in action in their pre-TOPS numbers. The famous stabling point at Kings Cross. Class 31s on Great Northern suburbans. Class 46s and 47s on passenger services and freight traffic.

The Late 1970s and Early 1980s. The introduction of HSTs, and the demise of Deltics, plus Class 40s and the Peaks still in traffic.

The 1980s. The HSTs and the arrival of the Class 91s.

The 1990s. Class 90s and 91s on express duties as well as a variety of freight behind Class 31s, 37s, 47s, 56s and 58s.

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The Alston Branch ran from the junction at Haltwhistle to a terminus high in the Pennines. In this programme we explore the Branch using archive film and chart the history and route of a fascinating railway

The programme comprises all previously unpublished footage & includes –

A History of the Alston Branch right up until closure in 1976.

A Journey along the line in the last months of British Railways operation calling in at the various stations and features on the way including Featherstone Park, Coanwood, Lambley and Slaggyford.

Branches in Transition The lines in the surrounding area using archive film from the 1960s and including the Alnwick to Alnmouth branch with the steam hauled passenger and freight service, the Woodburn Branch and its steam worked pick up freight, the Langholme branch and a steam worked freight and DMU operation along the line from Northallerton to Harrogate.

The Closure of the Alston Branch Features the very last day of operation including the Stephenson Locomotive Society’s special on the 1st of May 1976. The line is also explored just after closure.

Survivors Branch lines in the North East in the 1980s including the lines to Whitby and Scarborough plus the Bishops Auckland branch in recent years.

Revival of the Alston Branch The South Tynedale Railway with a look at the line from Alston to Slaggyford plus the route north to Haltwhistle.

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The end of a number of locomotive designs and Diesel and Electric Multiple Units from services around the national network over the last year plus a look back to their early years of operation.

Class 141 Pacer Units in the North East before withdrawal from BR service.

Class 142 Pacer Units their early years and present operations in the North of England and South Wales.

Class 143 Pacer Units in the North East after introduction to service, plus in the South West and North of England in their last months.

Class 144 Pacer Units in the Leeds area.

Inter-City 125 HSTs. The Western Main Line in the 1990s and in the last months of service on Great Western Trains services plus the farewell special.

Inter-City 125 HSTs. The East Coast Main Line featuring archive film plus in LNER service.

Inter-City 125 HST’s. The Midland Main Line the last major stonghold in express service south of the Border.

Class 90s on the GE Main Line to Norwich plus a look back to 1990.

Class 91s in their first year of operation with a look at Kings Cross and the line north to Doncaster plus the 91s in action in 2019 with many of the ‘Celebrity’ units.

The Class 86s in the 1970s and the 1990s and the 86/6s on Freightliner duties.

Class 313 Electric Multiple Units in their early years in North London plus the last days on the GN suburban duties.

Class 315 Electric Multiple Units on the GE Inner Suburban duties.

Class 317 Electric Multiple Units in their early years on the ECML plus today.

Class 37s on the Wherry Lines.

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Main Line working steam came to an end in August 1968. However there was still plenty of steam activity at numerous Industrial sites as well as the fledgling Heritage network. This volume takes a trip around the country and looks at everything from Flying Scotsman to NCB operations.

Salisbury Steam Shed and Barry Scrapyard.

The Longmoor Military Railway with 92203 on main line & with Austerity Errol Lonsdale and 2-10-0 Gordon on the railway in the late 1960s.

Main Line Steam. 4472 Flying Scotsman on tour in the late 1960s.

Steam on the Metropolitan. 57xx Pannier tanks on engineering duties to Croxley Tip and at Neasden.

A New Era of Steam. Fledgling Heritage lines in the late 1960s featuring the Keighley & Worth Valley, the North Norfolk, the Bluebell, the Bulmers site at Hereford with King George V, Tyseley with main line locomotives including Flying Scotsman, the Severn Valley & the Kent & East Sussex Railways.

Industrial Steam at Preston Docks, the Ford Dagenham Factory, Reed Paper Mills. Included are a wide variety of Saddle Tanks and a fireless loco.

The National Coal Board in the North East at Philadelphia with Hunslet Saddletanks, Lambton Tanks, Robert Stephenson 0-6-2 tanks.

The National Coal Board in South Wales featuring the Craig Merthyr system, Brynlliw Colliery, Maesteg Colliery, Mardy Colliery, Mountain Ash, Merthyr Vale, Celynen Collieries and Hafodyrynys Collierys with 0-4-0 Saddle Tanks, Austerities and Pannier Tanks.

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Running Time: 95-mins (1hr 35min)

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An exploration of the railways of East Anglia past and present looking at a range of motive power on the main lines and branches of

Norfolk and Suffolk.

Through March. A look at freight traffic in and around the station, at Whitemoor Yard and Manea. Includes archive from the 1990s with Class 47, 08, 60 and 31 haulage.

Ely. A look at the cross country hub into East Anglia with a wide range of traffic in and around the station and North Junction. Metro Cammel DMUs, 31s, 47s & 66s all feature with film from the 1980s to the present.

The Kings Lynn Main Line. Freight and passenger traffic including a DMU special along the Middleton Towers branch in 1986.

Cross Country. The lines running through Thetford and Bury St Edmunds.

Ipswich. A range of passenger and freight in and around the station including film from the 1990s with Freightliner 47s & 57s, DRS 37s and Class 56s.

Felixstowe & the East Suffolk. A look at Westerfield and Trimley past and present plus the Leiston branch. Archive of Class 37s and 56s on freight is included.

South to Manningtree. Features Belstead Bank and Manningtree with Class 90s on passenger and vintage freight action.

The Norwich Main Line. Express passenger action.

Norwich. The loco hauled capital of the network with Class 37s & 90s plus Class 86s in the 1980s.

The Wherry Lines. The final summer of Class 37s on the ‘Short Set’, with 37 419, 37 716, 37 405, 37 407 and 37 424 at a number of locations plus a look back to the 47 hauled ‘drags’ on Liverpool Street services.

The Cromer & Sheringham Branch. The 1990s with Class 31s and 37s on Freight, Metro Cammel DMUs and the last summer of 2nd Generation DMU operation.

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The End of an Era on the lines from Norwich to Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft.

The era of traditional signalling and loco hauled passenger trains is drawing to a close on the Wherry Lines in East Anglia. This volume takes a detailed look at the railways from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft from the 1970s to the present day. It provides a year by year diary of the motive power changes on a remarkable system of railways against a backdrop of semaphore signalling and signal boxes.

This volume comprises:

The Traditional Railway looking at the stations at Norwich and the lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft in the 1970s and a history of the railways in the post war years.

The 1980s. The electrification of the Norwich Main Line and the Class 86s. The Wherry lines with summer holiday trains with Class 31, 37 and 47 haulage along with Metro Cammel DMUs along with the stations and signalling.

The 1990s. The changes during Privatisation with RES 47s, Cotswold Rail motive power, Freight Sector locos, steam & diesel special trains plus new liveries. A year by year account of a period of considerable change.

2000 to 2017. The introduction of DRS haulage, special trains with 31s & 37s, changes to holiday traffic, the leaf clearing trains, the use of Class 20s, 47s and 37s on the ‘Short Set’, the special ‘Open Weekend’ at Norwich with 33, 47 and 20 haulage.

Signals & Boxes. All the signal boxes plus the Swing bridges are featured along with the semaphore signalling.

DMUs. Local passenger trains operated by many varieties of units.

2018. The Class 37s on the Short Set’ throughout the system during the last full year of loco haulage.

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SOUTHERN VARIETY The diversity of Steam power in the 1950s and early 1960s including G16 and H16 tanks, unrebuilt Bulleid Pacifics, The Lyme Regis branch with 4-4-2 tanks, Brighton Works with various motive power including a Terrier, ‘K’Class, E4s, Z Class, Beattie Wells Tanks, Ivatt Tanks, the Bournemouth Belle, the Somerset & Dorset at Templecombe, A major section featuring many aspects of the Southern with everything from Standard to Pre-Grouping classes.

The Westerham Branch with H Class 0-4-4 tanks and a journey along the line including footplate and lineside views.

The Hawkhurst Branch and a trip along the line from the junction at Paddock Wood with a ‘C’ Class. A record of a branch just before closure.

The Bluebell Railtour on the 1st of April 1962 to the Bluebell Railway, including early preservation scenes.

Journey to the Bluebell from London behind steam and a view of the motive power of the period.

Farewell to the ‘K’ Class with some final views of these 2-6-0s.

The South Western Limited on the 2nd of September 1962 from Waterloo to Exeter with a visit to the branches to Exmouth and a variety of main line and branch power including M7s.

The South Western Suburban Railtour of December 1962 with a pair of Beattie Well tanks plus an H16 on tour in South London.

The West Countryman of February 1963 behind A4 ‘Mallard’ and a trip along the Hemyock Branch.

The Dock Tank Railtour in March 1963 with a B4 tank from Winchester to Southampton.

The Hampshire Venturer of March 1963 with a T9, a Q1 and a USA tank plus other motive power along the way.

The Rambling Rose with an M7 on a tour to Salisbury.

The Hayling Island Branch with a journey along the line behind a ‘Terrier’.

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The Steam Fleet in Jan 1964 with a round up of the classes with everything from Pre-Gouping designs to Southern locomotives through to the Standard designs.

New Forest By-Way with veteran M7s on push pull services through Ringwood and Wimborne

Spring Railtours with the ‘Sussex Downsman’, the ‘Hampshire Venturer’ with ‘Q’ Class 30548

Steam in the West with Bulleid Pacifics and Standards on the Southern ‘Way to the West’ from Salisbury to Yeovil

Summer on the Isle of Wight with O2 Tanks on the lines to Ryde and Ventnor

Summer Memories with a journey from Waterloo to Southampton, Bournemouth and along the branch to Swanage with a variety of motive power including Ivatt Tanks and Standard 4s

Cross Country Steam on the line from Reading Southern to Guildford and Redhill with Maunsell 2-6-0s and Standard designs

Steam Fleet in June 1964 with a look at the classes still at work on the main line with scenes at Yeovil, Worting Junction, Seaton junction, Woking, Brockenhurst, Eastleigh, the Lymington Branch, Southampton Docks. A wide range of classes are shown in action on a variety of traffic

Steam Finale on the Withered Arm with the line from Plymouth to Okehampton, Padstow, Wadebridge and the route to Halwill Junction, Exeter St Davids and the branch to Ilfracombe

The Autumn of 1964 with steam on the main line and a variety of Bulleid designs

Steam Finale to Exeter with workings at Yeovil Town and Yeovil Junction - Farewell to Steam Railtour with 92220 ‘Evening Star’ on the Southern Counties Touring Society special. The Lyme Regis and Seaton Branches plus Ivatt Tanks

Vectis Railtour to the Isle of Wight with Q Class 33026 to Portsmouth and the LCGB special on the Island

Midhurst Belle Railtour of October with an S15, a ‘USA’ Tank, and a ‘Q’ Class for the run to various branches including Kemp Town and Midhurst

Eastleigh and Southampton Special of December with a Britannia,a ‘Battle of Britain’ and ‘USA Tanks’.

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