Steaming Through Series

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One of Britain's famed routes closed in 1968 and almost sadly forgotten along with the trains that ran over it, it is now spendidly recreated here in this volume.. For the first time, this video portrays one of Britain's most scenic railway lines at work, that of the former Midland Main Line through the Peak District of Derbyshire bewteen Derby and Manchester. For just over 100 years the route from Ambergate via Matlock to Chinley and Manchester was a principle main line carrying heavy freight traffic over the long, steep gradients as well as passemger trains linking London St.Pancras with Manchester and Liverpool.

Famous named trains such as "The Palatine" and Midland Pullman graced the scenic splendour of the routes which the Midland Railway promoted heavily. This is the first video to comprehensively portray the route and its trains with the viewer being taken on a journey between Derby, Buxton and Chinley with a diverse range of cine material depicting passenger and freight, plus the occassional unusual scene.

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Memories of steam operation in Dorset, from the branch lines to Swanage, Bridport and Portland, to the Weymouth Quay line, main lines and the Somerset & Dorset. There is footage of the greate climb out of Weymouth towards Dorchester, one of the last strongholds of Bulleid Pacifics before they were all withdrawn in 1967. We visit most other parts of the county including the Somerset & Dorset line via a short cine film made by a local cine club with all the atmosphere of this legendary railway.

We see the last steam excursions from Maiden Newton to the Bridport branch plus it's final days with diesel railcars. The line up from Dorchester to Yeovil is covered by film at Maiden Newton and some superb scenes near Yeovil Junction.

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Superb archive films of the many railways in the county of Hampshire, including the Meon Valley, ‘Sprat & Winkle’ Branch lines, Southampton Docks, Isle of Wight, Mid-Hants, Longmoor Railway and the Main Line from Basingstoke to Bournemouth through the New Forest.

Memories of steam operation in Hampshire, at Southampton, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Winchester, Lymington, the Isle of Wight, Longmoor and many of the branch lines.

This is a selection of superb archive film taken from the early 1960s to the final days of steam in 1967. This dvd is compiled mostly from the films of Barry J. Eagles, who lives in Hampshire and who is a well-known figure in railway and shipping circles.

His wonderful coverage of steam in Hampshire includes the main line to Bournemouth plus the many branch lines, to Fawley, Lymington, the Isle of Wight, Hayling Island, Marchwood Military Port, Longmoor and the ‘Sprat & Winkle’ line to Andover.

Other rare footage in this film includes scenes on the Mid-Hants Railway and the Meon Valley line in the 1950s.

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Steaming through Lancashire is a selection of superb archive film taken from the early 1960s to the final day of steam in 1968. Using the complicated layout of lines in the Preston area as the basis, we explore the route from Liverpool into Preston; the West Coast Main Line up to Carnforth; Southport; Morecambe and into East Lancashire to Burnley and Clitheroe, plus other locations. Rare classes of locomotives are on offer, from scenes of ‘Patriots’ at Lostock Hall to the ‘Super D’ on a special to Longridge and the West Lancs goods line in 1962.

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A programme full of archive films of railways in the South West of England. We see some very early film of the Great Western in Devon in the 1920s; sequences on the Southern’s route through Okehampton and on to Tavistock including T9 No. 30715 in wonderful colour; a ride up the Somerset & Dorset line shortly before closure and a film taken in 1954 of the 100th anniversary of the branch from Glastonbury to Burnham on Sea.

Other films include -

• Survey of Plymouth Laira depot in 1962
• The Taunton to Barnstaple line
• Last train to Launceston from Plymouth in 1962
• Fowey branch clay trains
• Bulleid Pacifics at Buckhorn Weston
• Last employee at Latchley
• Last steam on the Callington branch *
• Interview with O V S Bulleid

PLUS Much, much more

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Running Time: 63-mins (1hr 3min) , Colour and B&W
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A remarkable collection of railway films, shot by Douglas Seaton on his 16mm camera – all in colour from the 1940s through to the mid 1960s. One section of the Locomotive Exchanges in 1948 is in black & white.

These films portray a crucial period in railway history. Douglas filmed many sequences during the period of Nationalisation of the railways and has captured liveries spanning both the GWR and Southern and variations of lettering and numbering on locomotives during this change-over period. As such they represent an important record of railways in Wessex at this period.

We see fascinating views of locomotives in all liveries, including the BR experimental blue in the early 1950s. Some key scenes include:

* 1940s at Yeovil Town

* Malachite and BR brunswick green ‘King Arthur’ Class engines

* Castles and Kings on the West of England line, Kings in BR blue

* Slip coaches at Westbury

* Great Western scenes at Starcross

* Blue liveried Merchant Navy pacifics

* Yeovil Pen Mill activity

* Royal trains in and around Yeovil in 1952/3

* Weymouth Quay line with the Channel Island’s Boat Express

* Adams Radial tanks at Axminster

* Many Southern scenes at Yeovil Town and Junction

* Castles to Weymouth including banking at Yetminster

* A Star class at Devizes

* And much, much more!

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Running Time: 90-mins (1hr 30min) , Both Colour and rare Black & White
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The second volume of the remarkable series of archive films taken by Douglas Seaton in the 1940s and 1950s.

This volume contains more 16mm film in full colour and some very rare black & white footage taken in the 1920s and 1930s providing such scenes as early Southern locomotives on the South Western main line in the Bournemouth and Weybridge areas.

More footage has come to light since volume one of the Yeovil area and main Great Western lines around Taunton, plus more film on the Abbotsbury branch in 1947 and the Lyme Regis branch in 1951.

Views around Penzance station and the Silonian ferry. The miniature railway in Poole Park and very early days of Merchant Navy’s on The Devon Belle.

Films of liners in Southampton in 1953 and shipping in Falmouth. Bonus footage of LNER Pacifics and other 4-6-0s in colour and LMS engines at St Pancras in the 1930s.

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Running Time: 60-mins (1hr 0min) , Both Colour and rare Black & White
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A nostalgic journey by train from London’s Waterloo station down to the counties of Hampshire and Dorset.

We begin our journey at the London & South Western Railway’s terminus station at Waterloo which was completely rebuilt following the First World War and opened in 1922 by HM Queen Mary. Its many platforms and bustling atmosphere is seen in the mid 1960s at a time when steam haulage to the south coast was nearing an end.

Soon after our departure, we get glimpses of the depot at Nine Elms and scenes from the trackside of Bulleid pacifics at work and at speed through Clapham and on to the county of Hampshire.

We stop at Winchester and Eastleigh where we view the main line trains and some local services added to a visit around the motive power depot and view older Southern classes at the end of their service periods and visitors from the LNER in the form of "Flying Scotsman", "The Great Marquess" and "Blue Peter".

After Northam and Southampton Terminus is seen, we stop at Southampton Central for an indepth survey of steam services in 1966 and 1967.

We progress through the New Forest to Brockenhurst and a stopover to take a journey down to Lymington with various engines including Standard tanks and Ivatt 2-6-2Ts.

Our onward journey takes us to Bournemouth and the magnificent station buildings and locomotive depot where we see many engines on shed.

Finally, we spend time at Wareham and a trip through Purbeck down to Swanage before we reach the end of the South Western Main Line at Weymouth and its depot full of locomotives either in service or waiting to depart for scrapyards in South Wales.

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Steaming Through Yorkshire is a tour around the railways of the county using rare, mostly unseen, film footage. Yorkshire is a very diverse county, with splendid scenic routes, such as the Settle-Carlisle, blended with the great cities and industrial areas of the south. Included in this production, are views of steam operation in all the major towns and cities including York and Doncaster. We see a particularly detailed section in Harrogate, with the old route through to Ripon. So, sit back and enjoy this tribute to Yorkshire’s railways.

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