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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This volume comprises all previously unpublished footage & includes ;-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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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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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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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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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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It wasnt long ago that Coal was King. In the early 1980s the industry comprised a workforce of 150,000 in some 150 pits. Go back further to its heyday and coal was the dominant industry and one that underpinned the UKs status of a major industrial power. Coal was the lifeblood of a railway network which moved it from colliery to towns, cities, ports and industrial centres. In this DVD we’ll chart the life and times of King Coal and its movement by Rail .

WHEN COAL WAS KING - The 1930s.

THE POST WAR YEARS - The period from 1947, with new coal wagons and various Industrial steam railways operated by the National Coal Board. Coke works and Collieries in the North East and the South East are featured including the Lambton Railway and Betteshanger Colliery. Austerites and larger tank locos are shown in and around the pit heads.

THE DIESEL ERA - Vacuum braked coal trains and the new ‘merry go round’ operations with Class 20s, 56s, 58s and 60s in the Midlands and North East.

SOUTH WALES - Traditional Coal operations from the Valleys to Swansea Docks with Class 37s.

THE 1990s - the run down of the coal industry and freight operations.

STEAM IN THE 21st CENTURY - with steam haulage in 2015.

COLLIERY CLOSURES AND THE END OF DEEP MINING - The last trains from Thoresby, Hatfield and Kellingley Collieries.

OPEN CAST OPERATIONS - With South Wales and Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Cwmbargoed, plus Onllwyn Washery plus Ayrshire featuring Greenburn and Killock branches.

COAL TO POWER STATIONS - with a round up of duties to Aberthaw, Drax, Fiddlers Ferry, Ratcliffe and Cottam Power Stations with a wide range of freight action.

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Diesel shunters were the unsung heroes of the traction fleet. Several classes, some large, some very small, toiled away in yards throughout the network. Some types were built in large numbers, like the 350 horsepower 08s. Others were grouped into smaller classes, like the 06s, which had short working lives. Others performed a wider variety of roles, working trip freight as well as heavier shunting duties. In this programme we explore this fleet in action, using a collection of archive film and contemporary footage.

The programme includes:

A history of the diesel shunter fleet starting in the 1930s.

Class 02 - an 0-4-0 design introduced in 1960.

Class 03 - an 0-6-0 diesel mechanical design, following the introduction of the class, with film from their early years around the network including East Anglia, the Cromford & High Peak and the Weymouth Tramway plus examples in preservation and in Industrial service.

Class 04 - an 0-6-0 diesel mechanical design with film from the 1960s and examples in preservation.

Class 06 - a diminutive 0-4-0 class of 16 with archive film from the 1960s.

Class 07 - A Southern Region based class used for shunting & trip freight.

Class 08 - the most numerous class of British diesel locomotive. The design is explored using archive film from the 1950s to the present day. The early locos produced in 1952 are featured along with the later examples introduced in the 1960s.

Class 09 - the 1960s built locos plus the conversions from 08s in the early 1990s.

Class 14 - the short lived ‘Teddy Bears’ built at Swindon in BR service and in the preservation era.

Class 17 - the Clayton Type 1s produced mostly for short distance freight.

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A round up of the freight scene in 2016 with a brief look at the major traffic flows.

Ely to March Freight traffic at Ely Station and North Junction and on the line through Manea to March with a wide variety of workings and haulage. In addition we look back to the early 1990s when first generation dominated including Class 20s and 47s.

Wellingborough on the Midland Main Line Freight is featured in recent months on the climb to Sharnbrook and Wellingborough Station and its north approach. In addition we look back to the 1990s, and the last loco hauled workings. Class 60s are shown in their early years along with Class 58s.

Tonbridge and its yard Freight to and from the busy yard is featured in 1991 compared with 2016. Class 20s, 33s, 47s, 56, 60, 73 and an 09 shunter are shown in action on a wide variety of duties past & present.

Veterans Some of the oldest motive power on the network including a Class 08 shunter and Class 56s.

Banbury Past & Present The 1990s are compared with recent months with Class 68s and Class 47s on contrasting traffic. A record of workings before and after the resignalling of the station in 2016.

The Midlands featuring Toton and the surrounding lines Toton in the 1990s and 2016 and the network on lines to Leicester and Burton on Trent.

Rugby Past & Present. The station in the 1990s when it retained its overall rooves with Class 37s, 31s, 60s, 85s and 86s on a wide variety of workings. Plus the station in 2016 with a wide variety of action from a number of operators and traffic flows in and around the station.

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Comprises a visit to various popular locations in recent months, plus a look back to the 1990s when First Generation Traction dominated.

Toton with a variety of freight traffic in 2013 from various vantage points comprising Class 66s, 60s, 70s, & 08s, plus archive contrasting past & present from the 1990s with Class 31s, Class 37s, Class 47s, Class 60s and Class 58s Milford Junction with traffic in 2013 and a look back to the 1990s when Milford Junction was a major coal centre and Class 56s and 58s dominated along with the new Class 59s. Stafford freight traffic in 2013 and in 1997 from this popular station. Includes Class 47s on Freightliner traffic and general freight. Peak Forest Freight climbing the steep grades in 2013 and 1997. Includes the famous stone trains with double headed 37s. Westbury Stone traffic past and present with freight in the 1990s. Includes Class 59s, 56s and 37s. Severn Tunnel Junction Freight in 2013 with a variety of traction plus the 1990s from a number of vantage points Barnetby The station and the line from Wrawby Junction to Brocklesby in 2013, plus in the 1990s when Class 37s were employed on Iron Ore workings, and the station looked very different!

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St Pancras to Leicester in the 1980s

The Midland provided a fascinating mix of contrasts in the 1980s. While the line from St Pancras to Bedford was electrified, the section through Wellingborough to Leicester had changed relatively little since the days of steam. In this programme we take a ride in the cab of an HST and on the way explore the railway, its traffic, stations and structures.

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A Cab Ride from St Pancras to Leicester in the cab of an HST in the summer of 1987. Includes scenes at St Pancras and the line through the London suburbs in the 1980s and the 1970s.

The journey from Bedford over the summit at Sharnbrook and down the grade through Irchester to Wellingborough.

The semaphore signalling at Wellingborough with views of the Signal Box and yards and signalling at Finedon Road.

Steam and diesel traction in and around Wellingborough and Kettering in the early 1960s.

The journey through Market Harborough to Leicester and the junctions at Glendon and Wigston.

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Comprises a visit to various popular locations in recent months, plus a look back to the 1990s when First Generation Traction dominated.

Toton with a variety of freight traffic in 2013 from various vantage points comprising Class 66s, 60s, 70s, & 08s, plus archive contrasting past & present from the 1990s with Class 31s, Class 37s, Class 47s, Class 60s and Class 58s Milford Junction with traffic in 2013 and a look back to the 1990s when Milford Junction was a major coal centre and Class 56s and 58s dominated along with the new Class 59s. Stafford freight traffic in 2013 and in 1997 from this popular station. Includes Class 47s on Freightliner traffic and general freight. Peak Forest Freight climbing the steep grades in 2013 and 1997. Includes the famous stone trains with double headed 37s. Westbury Stone traffic past and present with freight in the 1990s. Includes Class 59s, 56s and 37s. Severn Tunnel Junction Freight in 2013 with a variety of traction plus the 1990s from a number of vantage points Barnetby The station and the line from Wrawby Junction to Brocklesby in 2013, plus in the 1990s when Class 37s were employed on Iron Ore workings, and the station looked very different!

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Development The need to speed up passenger services on BR, Blue Pullman. The Advanced Passenger Train with a detailed look at the APT’s development and introduction and ultimate failure.

The Prototype A detailed look at the Prototype High Speed Train, with film of its testing in service, an explanation of the controls and cab layout, plus a tour of the power car, the engine layout and coaching stock. Also includes a cab ride and the restoration of the surviving power car, 41001, into service.

Building and Introduction of the HSTs The construction of the power cars, the power units and cab layout.

Introduction into Service Documenting the first HST services on the Western Region and East Coast Main Line using archive material from 1976 to 1979. The extension of services to the Midland Main Line and Cross Country routes is also featured.

Through the 1980s The development of services in the era of British Railways, plus the introduction of the Inter City Executive livery plus the ‘Swallow’ logo. Archive film from around the network documents the HST fleet on a wide variety of services.

The Sound of the HSTs The classic sound of the Paxman Vallenta powered High Speed Trains using film from around the network. HSTs are shown accelerating from station stops, climbing grades and at speed.

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Running Time: 80-mins (1hr 20min)

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Privatisation - Virgin and Midland Main Line Virgin services in 1997 with Cross Country and West Coast Main Line services in the West Country, on the Holyhead Line, to the South Coast and Carlisle The Midland Main Line with the transition from the 1990s to the present day with the many colour schemes.

HST Names The naming of power cars over the years, plus recent special liveries on Virgin East Coast and Great Western Railways HSTs.

Privatisation - The East Coast Main Line The first GNER HSTs and changes over the years leading to Virgin services.

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Privatisation - The Western Main Line The first HST sets in Great Western Trains livery in 1996, and the changes over the years.

New Power Units The first Valenta Units with film from the HSs in 1976, and the re-engine programme over the years.

Coaching Stock The trailer cars from the 1970s to the present day using archive film.

New Operators HSTs in Grand Central , Cotswold Rail and Network Rail Service.

The programme includes archive film from the 1970s, plus a thorough history of the Privatisation years from 1996 to the Present Day

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The Class 50s were the last passenger diesels built for British Rail and since their introduction in 1967 they have worked express services on three different regions. This programme takes a look back over the years to see the class hard at work on BR and also documents the survivors that made it into preservation plus the 1994 Farewell Railtours.

Early Days The Class 50s on the West Coast Main Line with ‘D’ numbers and with no names. Scenes at Manchester, Wigan and North of Carlisle.

Refurbishment The Class on the Western Region including ‘Centurion’ at Plymouth, ‘Defiance’ at Teignmouth, ‘Repulse’ at Dawlish, ‘Eagle’ at Bristol, ‘Warspite’ at Birmingham, plus many more of the class and including double heading.

Large Logo Livery The class at work in the new livery.

Freight Duties A variety of workings including engineering trains.

Railtours Throughout the Network including the Farewell tours featuring ‘The Royal Scotsman’, ‘The Devonian’, ‘The Glorious Sunset’ and ‘The 50 Terminator’

Preservation The 50s that escaped the scrapheap.

Featuring all 50 members of the Class.

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This DVD explores the main line and branch lines from Princes Risborough along with the Great Central Main Line through Aylesbury, starting in the days of steam and ending with the very last runs of Chiltern Railways Class 121 unit affectionately known as the ‘Bubble’.

It comprises:-

A brief history of the Branch line railway in the days of steam.

Princes Risborough in Steam days with the Thame Branch, main line steam services and the line to Aylesbury.

The main line to Marylebone in the diesel era.

Princes Risborough in the diesel era featuring Class 37s on oil traffic to Thame, the last freight to Chinnor, the signalbox at Princes Risborough, DMUs on ‘main line’ services.

The Class 121 Bubble Cars in BR service, on specials and shuttles to Quainton Road.

The Branch to Aylesbury with a journey along the line, interspersing film from steam days with scenes from the present. A DMU is followed along the branch both from the lineside and the train to provide a thorough record of this picturesque line.

Freight traffic on the branch to Aylesbury.

The events on the last day of services, the 19th of May 2017 and the very last train.

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Extensive Coverage of the railway and its Beyer Peacock 2-4-0Ts hauling passenger services between Douglas and Port Erin including restored No.1 ‘Sutherland’ and also 0-6-0 Tank ‘Caledonia’.

Scenes from the 1960s.

Three more locomotives are shown in action on the lines to Port Erin, Peel and Ramsey.

The Groudle Glen Railway

This two foot gauge runs along the cliffs from Lhen Coan to Sea Lion Rocks and recently constructed ‘Annie’ and ‘Sea Lion’ haul the trains.

The Manx Electric Railway

Several trams and trailers in service between Douglas and Ramsey together with engineer’s flat wagons, vans and the tower wagon which is used to maintain the overhead wires.

The Snaefell Mountain Railway

Views from the islands highest mountain railway and the trams which make the ascent from Laxey.

125th Anniversary Events In 1998 the Isle of Man Railway celebrated its 125th Anniversary by organising four weeks of special events . Number 1 ‘Sutherland’ is in steam at the site of Pool station and runs in unison with Tram No.1 on the Manx Electric Railway while Tram No. 33 works services on the steam railway! Double headers and works trains add to the ingredients.

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A programme exploring various aspects of the main line from St Pancras to the North. Steam is featured in the 1950s and 1960s along with the railway, it’s signalling stations with particular emphasis on St Pancras and it’s approaches.

The programme includes:

A complete film from the days of the London Midland and Scottish Railway looking in detail at the relaying of the junctions outside St Pancras in 1947.

St Pancras in 1964 with views from the cab showing both steam and diesel traction.

St Pancras during the 1970s and 1980s.

Freight along the Midland Main Line showing featuring ‘Garratts’, 8Fs and 9Fs.

Freight around Trent Junction including WDs and Black 5s.

Steam hauled passenger services featuring ‘Scots’, ‘Jubilees’, ‘Patriots’, Fowler 2-6-4 tanks and a Standard 5.

The semaphores and stations of the post steam era .

The Midland Main Line through the Peak District with steam at work on the line from Ambergate to Chinley via Matlock and Peak Forest.

The ‘Blue Pullman’ plus the Midland route through the Hope Valley.

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The diesel shunter fleet comprises a considerable number of designs. They can be seen working throughout the preserved network, on some industrial sites, while a number are still in service on the national network. In this programme we look at a number of classes in action in recent months in a variety of roles.

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Boston Docks featuring an 08 and 03 shunter including cab views and scenes along the Branch and into the port.

The Mangapps Farm Railway featuring Class 04 and 03 shunters plus views from the cab.

The Nene Valley Railway with a Class 14.

The Bluebell Railway with double headed 08s during the lines diesel gala.

The Shackerstone Railway with Class 02, Class 04 and Class 08s at work on passenger and freight.

The Swanage Railway with Class 08s running the length of the line.

DB Schenker Class 08s at work at Margam Yard in South Wales, Toton Yard, Didcot Yard, Eastleigh Yard and Works and Westbury Station and Yards.

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Doncaster shunters - A variety of designs at the Middleton Railway in Leeds - The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

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The North East with steam in and around North Blyth and on the lines to the collieries around Sunderland with K1s, J27s and WDs.

Southern Steam on the main line from Waterloo to Bournemouth with Bulleid Pacifics, Standard 4s and 5s.

Southern Railtours - The ‘Surrey Downsman’ of the 5th of March 1966 - The ‘Hampshire Branch Railtour’ with USA tanks - A4 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ on specials from Waterloo to Weymouth and Salisbury.

4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ on the East Coast Main Line including ‘The Hadrian Flyer’ and the ‘Retford Rover’.

Northern Steam with 5D Stoke Shed and Black 5s, Stanier 8Fs and Standard designs plus the Cromford & High Peak Railway with J94s.

Steam on Tour with ‘The Great Marquess’ and Black 5 45377 visiting the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Castle on Tour - 7029 on Ian Allan Specials from Kings Cross.

The North West with Tebay Shed and the climb to Shap with steam bankers, Britannias, Black 5s and 9Fs.

Autumn in the North East. Fairburn tank at Leeds, the last steam workings from Sunderland Shed with Q6s, J27s and WDs.

Autumn in the North West. The last weeks of steam operations on the West Coast Main line from Tebay to the summit at Shed, plus the Settle and Carlisle and the climb to Ais Gill, Kingmoor Shed with a wide variety of steam power. The end of steam at Tebay plus Carnforth Shed.

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Running Time: 71-mins (1hr 11min) , Colour archive film
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1968 saw the end of a century-and-a-half of our main-line steam railways.

It started with just over 350 steam locomotives in service. Nearly all of the steam working was on freight traffic and some spectacular sights were still to be seen. As the year progressed, withdrawals continued and the remaining sheds were closed – or closed to steam at least.

Steam’s approaching demise was marked by a number of special trains, mostly organised by various enthusiast societies but one or two by BR as well. Right at the end, the 4th of August saw six railtours running in the Manchester and Preston divisional areas – and a week later, the very last train, the ‘Fifteen Guinea Special’ from Liverpool to Carlisle and back.

In this volume we celebrate some of the sights and events of that momentous year.

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Steam in Action in 1968 including the Peak District and in and around Stockport, Bolton and the West Coast Main Line, Rose Grove the climb to Copy Pit.

The Last Steam Sheds - Stockport, Patricroft, 10D Lostock Hall, Heaton Mersey, 10F Rose Grove & 10A Carnforth.

The Final Railtours. LCGB Lancastrian, the North West Tour, the Last Day of Steam Railtour and the Fifteen Guinea Special of the 11th August 1968.

After the End. 4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ on tour around the country. Carnforth Shed in the first months of preservation.

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Few could have imagined the dramatic and far reaching changes that have taken place to the freight scene on Britains Railways since 1948. This programme charts these changes using archive film and includes many long forgotten aspects of freight transport from colour film of the experimental ‘Roadrailer’ to steam hauled freight in the 1950s and film of marshalling yards and early freightliners.

FREIGHT

A History of Railfreight from Nationalisation in 1948 to 1985.

Including - Steam Hauled Freight in 1948 - The 1955 Modernisation Plan - The New Marshalling Yards - Trainload Working - Containerisation - Freightliner - Speedlink - The end of Wagonload Working.

THE FREIGHTLINER REVOLUTION - Documenting the history of Britains Freightliner and Container services since their introduction in the 1960s

Including - the forerunners to the Freightliner system including the ‘Tartan Arrow - The introduction of Freightliner services in 1965 - Container terminals - The development of Freightliner services - Freightliner traction into the 1980s and 1990s with a wide variety of motive power.

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The West Coast Main Line plays host to a good variety of motive power, both diesel & electric. In addition it hosts a wide variety of freight and loco hauled passenger workings. The line also possesses some of the best known vantage points on the network including the classic climb to Shap.

In this volume we provide a video guide to the workings and motive power on the route from Euston to Carlisle.

It includes the major freight flows, the ‘Enterprise’ Network with 31, 56, 47 and 60 haulage, plus passenger workings from Class 37s to 86s, 87s and Class 90s on loco hauled workings. Some on the best known vantage points are featured including Winwick Junction, Greenholme and Carlisle. Some of the items included are Class 20s on the short lived ‘milk train’, Deltics on a Charter, 87 101 on a special, Class 92s, Class 37s on MGRs, Class 31s and 47s on freight, Class 60s on oil and stone duties, 58 001 on freight, Class 56s on Wisbech vans and Enterprise traffic, first generation DMUs.

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