Preserved Lines

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A review of the diesel galas held at the Mid-Hants Railway and Swanage Railway in the Spring of 2013.

Considerable footage of all the locomotives at work and also the convoys of engines being positioned from Network Rail. Footage of the Mid-Norfolk Gala and the unique one held at the Didcot base of the Great Western Society.

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Running Time: 40-mins (0hr 40min)

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Preservation Pioneers brings to the forefront the great achievements of those people and organisations who saved our ever decreasing fleet of locomotives in the late 1950s and early 1960s, from the scrapyard.

We meet those involved and hear of the horror stories in their efforts and of the great difficulties in preservation at the time. We see archive footage from the period; before their withdrawal and during their change of ownership.

Locomotives covered in this film include, Nos. 6201 "Princess Elizabeth", 34023 "Blackmore Vale", 35028 "Clan Line," the North Eastern Locomotive Group's fleet, those on the Bluebell Railway and at Didcot.

We also hear of the many Black Fives preserved at Carnforth in those dying days of steam and of those in the National Collection, plus many others.

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Running Time: 55-mins (0hr 55min) approx

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An update on the Bluebell Railway re-opening extension.

Now fully connected to the main line at East Grinstead, we take a visual journey on the epic operation to get the Bluebell Line from Sheffield Park through to the main line. All the action of final clearance operations at Imberhorne cutting and the first trains through the new connection.

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Features most of the locomotives that have operated along the Swanage Branch since the start of services in 1984.

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Features a celebration of the connection to the main line, the first train through for 30 years, a cab ride from Wareham to Norden, plus more.

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The Friendly Line in the Cotswolds - Cheltenham to Broadway

In-depth story of the beginnings and subsequent re-opening of the line between Cheltenham Racecourse and Broadway.

We see archive films of the line from the late 1950s through to closure in the mid 1970s and follow the rebuilding of the railway with its base at Toddington and arrival at Cheltenham then through to the grand re-opening day in March 2018 to Broadway.

Steam operations during all the recent gala events with visiting locomotives.

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Running Time: 60-mins (1hr 0min)

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'The Story of the Swanage Railway'

The full story of one of the UK’s premier steam branch lines. From the first attempts to purchase the line after closure by British Railways in 1973 to the successful purchase of the track bed and initial services out of Swanage, we look at the growth of the line through the highly motivated preservation society, The Southern Steam Trust, who has led the rebuilding of the branch line back to Corfe and Norden with a final link back to the national network again through to Furzebrook and Wareham.

Through archive films, stills, and interviews, we look at the Purbeck line from its British Rail days through to the eventual closure period of the early 1970s. Happily today we still have a Swanage branch. Our programme follows the great milestones in the preservation

project right up to date with the relaying of track through to Motala, the reconstruction works at Harmans Cross and Corfe and the many locomotives and operational high points since the start of steam operations in the early 1980s.

This epic video of 2 hours duration tells the whole story spanning 3 centuries from the 1880s through to th 21st.cenytry.

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Cover photo: Andrew P.M.Wright
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Running Time: 120-mins (2hr 0min)

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A celebration of over 20 years in preservation, including a look back at the last years in BR operation. This DVD is a celebration of this one time Southern byway which now forms one of the most popular attractions in Hampshire.

It includes rare steam archive film of the Mid Hants railway from the 1950s and 1960s as well as footage of the final years of DEMU trains until closure in 1973. Film sequences from over twenty year ago show the early years of preservation, including the Mid Hants Railway reopening day of 30th.April 1977.

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Still owned by Network Rail, but on a long lease, the Wensleydale Railway opened for business on 5th July 2003 after many years of campaigning and fund raising by the dedicated volunteers.

A million pounds was raised in a share issue which has gone towards opening the line from Leeming Bar to Leyburn.

This dvd covers the opening of the line which was the culmination of a few hectic weeks of platform rebuilding following the official handover of the track from Network Rail.

We also re-trace the final freight train to Redmire and the last loco-hauled passenger train in the 1990s.

Our DVD concludes with a cab ride along the whole route from the cab of the Railway’s Class 107.

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• Archive film of last special passenger trains.

• First working parties by volunteers.

• Interviews with railwaymen.

• Open Day in July 2003.

• Cab Ride from Leyburn to Leeming Bar.

• Short sequence of archive film from 1964.

• Archive film of last freight working to Redmire.

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This programme is dedicated to the mostly modern traction fleet accumulated at the West Somerset Railway by the Diesel & Electric Preservation Group at Williton.

The Mixed Traffic event held in June was to see diesel hydraulics of the Hymek and Warship classes with the group’s Class 14 and two main line freight companies’ visiting locomotives – a Class 56 and a 66.

The event was enhanced with the use of the Somerset & Dorset Trust’s Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0 shunter at Washford and it’s 7F steam locomotive No. 53808 which operated the limited steam service.

We view Warship Class No. D832 Onslaught as it carries out its final turns on the railway before returning to its proper base at the East Lancs Railway. Some stirring departures! Sadly D1010 Western Campaigner couldn’t make the event but we visited the base at Williton in 2015 and filmed it under overhaul along with close-up views of both Hymeks Nos. D7017 and 7018.

Two of the main freight operators in the UK loaned engines for the weekend. Colas Rail offered up 56 302 which was a welcome sight and was named on the Saturday at Minehead after the model railway company at Beer in Devon – Peco 70.

Class 66 757 West Somerset Railway provded by GBRf put in some powerful displays. Finally, the following weekend witnessed two GBRf Class 73/9s appear on a charter ECS move. Nos. 73 961 and 964 with their new engines installed created quite a sight at Bishops Lydeard.

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Running Time: 40-mins (0hr 40min)

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