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‘Over the Alps’ – The Story of the Mid-Hants Railway
£12.95A completely updated DVD presentation about the Mid-Hants Railway from its construction in the 1860s up to the present day with its preserved section between […]
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Story of the Great Central Railway – digital copy
£12.95‘The Story of the Great Central Railway’
This DVD programme traces the history of the Great Central Railway and more closely at the preserved section of the GCR with pre-end of BR operation archive films by Richard Willis and Mike Clemens.
We look at how the line from Loughborough Central to Leicester North was secured for preservation in the late 1960s and 1970s and the trials and tribulations in funding the section which was under threat of being completely torn up by BR.
We examine the achievement of laying double track between Loughborough and Rothley as part of the injection of funds from the David Clarke Trust and a look at each station along the route with archive and contemporary footage.
Locomotives arriving at the line from the earliest times with Nos. 71000, 45231, 5224, GC 506, 63601 and visitors such as Stirling Single No.1, 61306 and other gala engines hired in are all seen operating. The superb galas such as the ‘Last Hurrah’, ‘Railways at Work’ and the other galas are covered highlighting the Great Central’s headline of – ‘Recreating the Experience’.
Altogether, a review of this main line heritage project in its 50th year of operation.
75 mins duration £14.95
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Story of the Great Central Railway – DVD
£14.95‘The Story of the Great Central Railway’ This DVD programme traces the history of the Great Central Railway and more closely at the preserved section of […]
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Story of the North Norfolk Railway
£12.95‘The Story of the North Norfolk Railway’ Filmed over a number of years, this story looks back at the very beginnings of the line as the […]
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Story of the Severn Valley Railway – digital version
£12.95Today the Severn Valley Railway is considered by many to be the premier heritage railway in the UK. It’s rise from the ashes of closure by […]
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Story of the Severn Valley Railway – DVD
£14.95Today the Severn Valley Railway is considered by many to be the premier heritage railway in the UK. It’s rise from the ashes of closure by […]
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Story of the West Somerset Railway
£12.95Coming soon end of April Beginning of May
‘The Story of the West Somerset Railway’
Our next DVD in the ‘story’ series looks at the 22-mile long heritage railway in West
Somerset. From the last days in BR ownership and the transfer to the
preservation era, we see rare films from local archives showing the beginnings of the
longest preserved line in the UK. We examine the line in detail and its locomotives used
between Bishops Lydeard in the east right through to Minehead positioned on the
Bristol Channel. A full array of locomotives including main line visitors over the years
right up to date. We see overhauls taking place in the works at Minehead and the
delightful stations along the route. 60 minutes duration £12.95 -
The Story of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
£12.95In-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 […]
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The Story of the Oxford to Cambridge Railway
£16.95With current proposals by East West Rail to provide a link once more between the two famous university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, it is timely […]
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The Story of the RMS Queen Mary
£14.95The Queen Mary was one of those famous icons of the 20th century. The world’s most famous ocean liner spent 31 years crossing the North Atlantic […]
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The Story of the Swanage Railway
£12.95A revised edition in 2018 of the Swanage Railway with all the developments with the main line connection and locomotives now on the railway including Nos. […]
