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34015 Winston Churchill Special Edition
£12.95A special edition Locomotive Profile to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death and funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. The Bulleid light Pacific No. 34051 named […]
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34067 Tangmere
£14.95The story of ‘Battle of Britain’ Class Pacific No. 34067 is a remarkable one. Left for dead at Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry following its withdrawal in […]
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46203 Princess Margaret Rose
£14.95Few steam locomotives have a history to match Princess Margaret Rose, one of the first production Pacifics for the LMSR. On withdrawal from BR service, Sir […]
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46229 Duchess of Hamilton
£14.95One of 38 Coronation Pacifics built by the LMS. No. 46229 was another Pacific bought by Butlin’s in the early 1960s and destined for Minehead. Fortunately, it […]
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60009 Union of South Africa
£14.95This DVD is about one of Sir Nigel Gresley’s famous Bugatti-inspired A4 Pacific’s, No. 60009 Union of South Africa. As works No. 1853, the engine emerged […]
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60103 Flying Scotsman – The World’s Most Famous Locomotive
£14.95Our new programme about the recently overhauled A3 Pacific which was re-launched in January 2016. Following its £4.2 million pound rebuild, No. 60103 has graced the […]
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60800 Green Arrow
£14.95This is the story of one of Britain’s most impressive main line entertainers – Gresley ‘V2’ No. 60800 Green Arrow. This 3-cylinder design first appeared in 1936 for […]
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850 Lord Nelson
£12.95850 Lord Nelson The launch of Lord Nelson at Eastleigh in May 2006 was the culmination of ten years overhaul by the members of the Eastleigh […]
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925 Cheltenham
£12.95One of only three of the ‘Schools’ class to survive into preservation, 925 was overhauled by volunteers of the Mid-Hants at Eastleigh railway works where it […]
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A Tribute To 6024 King Edward I – Celebrating 30 Years On The Main Line
£14.95The life of ‘King’ Class No. 6024 King Edward I has been a complicated, but fortunate one. It operated for 32 years on the GWR and […]
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Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh – digital Version
£12.95‘The Story of Arlington Fleet Services’ Based at the former BREL works at Eastleigh, this is the story of how the work’s was rejuvenated from 2006 […]
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Blue Peter – 60532 Dvd
£14.95The LNER’s last Chief Mechanical Engineer was Arthur Peppercorn, whose most lasting memorial is the subject of this programme – his Class A2 Pacific No. 60532 […]
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Britannia – 70000 Dvd
£14.95This dvd tells the story of one of the most notable preserved steam locomotives in Britain – the pioneer British Railway’s Standard Class Pacific No. 70000 […]
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Britannia & The Duke Dvd
£14.95This is a dvd about two locomotives – the first and last ‘Pacific’ locomotives built for the nationalised British Railways – 70000 Britannia and 71000 Duke […]
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Building and Operation of No. 2999 lady of Legend
£14.95Building and Operation of the New-build Saint Class No. 2999 Lady of Legend
The Great Western Society based at the Didcot Railway Centre have many fine achievements to their name, but in 2019 they unveiled one particularly important development which has been in the planning for nearly 50 years. The re-creation of a Churchward ‘Saint’ Class locomotive.
When the GWS was purchasing engines from Dai Woodhams’ yard at Barry in the early 1970s, one particular purchase was ‘Hall’ Class No. 4942 Maindy Hall. This was not to be restored as another of the Halls, of which Didcot has two anyway, it was set aside and earmarked for a complete rebuild into a Saint in an attempt to fill a missing gap in railway locomotive preservation. The last Saint saw active service on BR in 1953 and was quickly scrapped and so the dream of members at Didcot was, to some day, build a new one with the boiler and frames from No. 4942 being adapted to those of the 1902 class.
This is the story of how the project developed following a concerted effort to complete this dream was outlined in 1995. Since then, the project has raised £825,000 to pay for a new set of 6’ 8 1/2’’ driving wheels, new cylinders, remodelling of the frames and the building of a new tender. The launch of No. 2999 lady of legend took place on 3rd April 2019 and since then the engine has entered service on the demonstration line. We see Lady of legend operating on the Severn Valley Railway, Mid-Hants and West Somerset Railway between 2021 and 2023.
54 minutes duration £14.95
