Main Line Album 2002 This programme completes the back-log of digital footage (apart from last 2 months of 2000), and it was a vintage year. Star of the show, with nearly 28 minutes all to herself, is 35005 Canadian Pacific. … Continue reading
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What can one say about 71000 Duke Of Gloucester? She flattened Upwey, Parkstone, Honiton, Sherborne and Upton Scudamore banks, toying with her 11- and 12-coach loads. On more level ground, she cruised along at 75 for mile after mile with … Continue reading
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More from the archive, both S-VHS and Digital: Merchant Navy class 4-6-2, 35028 Clan Line at work on the main line between 1990 and 2001, plus an afternoon spent at Southall depot with members of the MNLPS. (approx. running time: … Continue reading
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Star performer of 2003 was the Mid Hants Railway’s Standard 5, 73096, which was the main stay of the Cathedrals Express and Daylight Limited services. Other highlights: Tangmere returned to the main line (several times!), Flying Scotsman was a regular … Continue reading
As well as nearly an hour of Mainline footage from 2004, this volume includes two short programmes, about The Watercress Line’s spring gala and City Of Truro’s exploits during 1990-92.
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Steam enthusiasts can be thankful that the central section of the JiTong railway, in Inner Mongolia, was the last to lose steam, for it includes the JingPeng pass, the most attractive, and the most dramatic, section of the line. Travelling … Continue reading
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At the start of the 21st Century, China is the almost last country in the world where steam engines are used on normal, everyday trains. Mostly, they run on branch lines serving mines or quarries, but there was one main … Continue reading
Three short programmes on one disc, covering galas at the Watercress and Bluebell railways, and a profile of Southern S15, E828.
Mainline 2001: Highlights include double-headed Halls and Panniers in the snow, Clan Line’s last trip before overhaul, and Duchess of Sutherland in Devon. Well Tank Weekend: In April 2003, the Bodmin and Wenford Railway launched Beattie well tank no. 30587 … Continue reading
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The Cathedrals Explorer 2012, 18th-25th May 2012 An 8-day tour from London to Scotland, with steam haulage to Edinburgh, Inverness, Kyle of Lochalsh, Aberdeen and back to London. Featuring: 70000 Britannia 60163 Tornado 4464 Bittern 61994 The Great Marquess 6201 … Continue reading
