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Ref: VI983D
Price:£20.00
Now you can see virtually the whole of the ECML in GNER days on one DVD, complete with appropriate menus to allow you to go where you want to, when you want to. Still one of Britain's premier expresses, The Flying Scotsman completes the 393 miles from King's Cross to Edinburgh in just over four hours - an average speed of 94.3 miles an hour!
Part One includes the exit from King's Cross with the various tunnels, the infamous Welwyn bottleneck, which brings the ECML down to just two tracks, the Newark flat crossing, (the last in the UK) the Selby new line, and Stoke bank, where "Mallard" achieved the world speed record for steam traction. We even take a look inside the A4 engine now housed within the National Railway Museum at York. This first part of our journey is from Kings Cross calling only at Peterborough before arriving at York in just 1 hour and 50 minutes for the 188 miles with an average speed of 103mph!
Part Two covers the second leg from York to Edinburgh calling only at Newcastle. Highlights include: Darlington Bank Top avoiding line, the approach to Newcastle - crossing the mighty River Tyne, the notorious curve at Morpeth, the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick, the scenic coastal sections and the approach to Edinburgh Waverley. The Flying Scotsman covers this section in 2 hours 20 minutes at an average speed of 87.6mph.
Please Note: The Newcastle to Edinburgh section has been reduced by 40% for time reasons but no features or points of interest have been lost.
Availability: AVAILABLE
Filmed by/when: Peter Middleton
Narrated by: Fred Dineage, wriiten by David Allen & Peter Middleton.
Written by: David Allen & Peter Middleton
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
First published on DVD: 1999/2000
Screen aspect ratio: 4:3 SD
Classification: Exempt
Number of discs: 1 DVD
Running Time: 190-mins (3hr 10-min) , Colour
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