Classic Steam Train Collection

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Look beyond the number on the locomotive’s cabside and see something of that lost world: a world in which many thousands of dedicated men and women worked in difficult conditions to keep the freight and passenger trains moving and to keep Yorkshire at work; a world which affected the landscape of every town, village and workplace. The film takes a look at the engine’s performance on that trip including detailed footplate and lineside coverage as the crew worked to get the most out of the mixed-traffic engine.

After adjusting over a quarter of a century’s front line service, “Princess Margaret Rose” was bought by Sir Billy Butlin as a children’s’ amusement in a holiday camp. On April 1st 2000, a Black Five answered an SOS from the Mid-Hants Railway to work a Daylight Railtour outing from Alton to Bridgnorth, home of the Severn Valley Railway. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. This DVD is the most vivid and detailed account of Clan Line ever made with highlights including a rare double-header, two identity changes and a long 1 -in-64.Great dvds following the progress, mostly from the footplate but also using good lineside run - bys, mostly of a particular railtour event or events. The Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacific 35028 “Clan Line” wasn’t their first choice, but has since proved a brilliant flagship of the surviving Southerns.

Vintage Trains, the 21st century’s only charitably-controlled Train Operating Company, is back where it belongs for 2023 — at speed, on the main line. If the service that you require is not shown, please get in touch with us and we can quote for your desired service. The Yorkshire Post’s photographers — and several guest photographers — have recorded what at the time was the mundane daily scene. Read our Privacy Policy to give you more detailed information about your rights and how we use your data. In what is believed to be the most intensive coverage of a single steam railtour, a team of professional TV cameramen follow “Green Arrow” to the West Country.Clive one of the most experienced enginemen in the country demonstrates how to fire four very different steam locomotives from lighting up in the morning and oiling the machine right through to the disposal of the engine at night.

Wearing “The Bristolian” headboard, the King’s progress was followed by cameras at the lineside, on the footplate as well as from the air to capture the sights and sounds of a bygone era. The photographs portray railway centres from Basingstoke to Edinburgh; branch lines from the Isle of Wight to Wensleydale; locomotive sheds from Devons Road to Dalry Road; trains in action on the East Coast, Midland, Great Western and Southern main lines; and pre-Grouping examples of the rapidly disappearing semaphore signal. Legendary steam railway locomotives such as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, Stephenson’s Rocket and City of Truro have been household names for generations and are now owned by the public. Today, from the Sprinter speeding through the West Riding to Manchester Airport, we get only hints of that world, buried beneath the greenery — or the industrial estates — which have grown up over the old goods yards.Filming had already started aboard 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley” when mechanical faults ruled the engine out.