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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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A Pictorial Guide to the Settle-Carlisle Railway
£2.50‘A Pictorial Guide to the Settle-Carlisle Railway’ A full colour guide to the line with maps and potted history. Over 30 photographs are within this 16-page […]
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Railscene No. 44
£14.95Contents
Steam news: Flying Scotsman visits Dorset and a hire period on the Swanage Branch. Scenes of it
arriving by road and operating on the branch.
Gala time at the East Lancs with Black Five No. 5407 and visiting GW engines, Odney Manor and
Clun Castle plus celebrity Jubilee No. 5552 Silver Jubilee (5553 Kolhapur).
Bluebell Railway sees the newly-built station at Kingscote opened with ‘C’ Class No. 592 all
dressed up and U Class 1618 also in operation.
Gala days at the Dean Forest Railway. Midland 1F No. 41708 re-numbered 1780 for the weekend.
Also newly overhauled small Prairie No. 5541 and Pannier No. 9681.
Mid-Hants Railway receives its first Great Western type in preservation. No. 7029 Clun Castle
appeared alongside Nos. 35005, 34105, 30506, 73096 (as 73080) and the S160 in wartime black.
The Foxfield Railway with no fewer than nine industrial engines working mineral and passenger
trains up the 1 in 19 incline.
Bluebell steam gala showing MN Class No. 35027 Port Line and Baxter with Nos. 847 and 263.
Great Central Railway witnesses the NRM’s Duchess No. 46229 Duchess of Hamilton which was
being run in following wheel and axle overhaul.
No. 75014 returns to operations following an overhaul on the NYMR along with scenes of
No. 34027 Taw Valley.
Cab Ride – Crianlarich to Oban: A view from the cab of a Class 158 along the stunning
route to Oban.
Midland Railway: Diesel gala included a triple-header with Class 50007, 55015 and 47401.
Also seen are 31162, 46045, 20227 and 45113.
Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Summer on the island with A1X No. 8 Freshwater and J94 No. 198.
Main Line: We see Duchess of Hamilton to and from Scarborough.
Steam on the Met – with N2 No. 69523 at Watford, Amersham and Rickmansworth.
Also Pannier L99, 80079 and Class 20227 with Sarah Siddons.
West Highland Centenary – A special feature showing Nos. 2005 and
3442 Great Marquess with Class 37s, Nos. 37152 and 37221 in Intercity livery as they
arrive at Fort William to great celebration.
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Railscene No.41
£14.95Contents
Dover Western Docks: Preparations for the introduction of Eurostar services with the
closure of Dover Western Docks and driver training with Unit 931001.
Waterloo Station: Completion of the new Eurostar Terminal in the old Windsor platforms
and guests depart on new service via the temporary route before HS1 is completed.
Cab Ride – Glasgow Queen Street to Crainlarich.
Modern news: Launch of newly painted two-tone green Class 47 No. 47004
Old Oak Common Depot. Line-up of Class 47s in all liveries for the special event.
Preparations for test runs of D172 Ixion from Crewe to Derby. Interview with Tony Moseley
of Waterman Railways regarding the newly overhauled diesel.
Last main line run of two Class 50s in blue liveries. Nos. 50033 and D400 head to Glasgow
from Crewe and via the Settle-Carlisle line.
Final runs of the two remaining 4TC sets. We see No. 33116 providing traction for the
Hertfordshire Railtours special from Waterloo to Exeter, Weymouth and up to
Yeovil and Bristol.
Steam News: Great Central Railway Winter Gala with Nos. 44767, 45231, 34039,
34101, 4498 and 7029.
Winter Gala at the Mid-Hants Railway with Nos. 76017, 92203, 34105 and the first
appearance of an LMS type in preservation with No. 5593 Kolhapur.
Bluebel Railway with a Wainwright Weekend to celebrate the return of No. 593
accomapanied by the H class and visiting M7 tank No. 30053.
Driver experience with 4472 Flying Scotsman at Tyesley.
East Lancs Railway sees the introduction of LMS ‘Crab’ No. 42765 with Nos. 5407
and S&D 13809.
A launch of the Royal Mail new selection of railway stamps was held at Quorn on the GCR.
A4 No. 4498 produced run pasts to show the mailbag collection procedure at speed.
Main Line Steam: Locomotives include 46203 bound for Holyhead, 71000 south from
Carlisle, 6024 from Didcot to Cardiff, 34027 speeds through Whitchurch for Yeovil and 60009
on tours in Scotland. Finally, No. 75069 departs Brighton Depot for a working to Victoria.
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Railway Round Up No. 14
£9.95Our latest edition in the long-running Railway Round Up series. • Superb steam sequences over the northern fells. • The re-opening of the Mid-Hants Railway through […]
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Railway Round Up No. 16
£9.95Contents
*This edition will include several Christmas lights trains from 2021 including some aerial
footage, plus –
* The launch of No. 4079 Pendennis Castle at Didcot* The Great Central Railway’s superb ‘Working
the Railway’ Gala with re-enactments at Quorn & Woodhouse plus visiting loco No. 80080 and five
other steam plus the Class 45 diesel and DMU.* Mid-Hants Spring 45th anniversary gala with
Nos. 2857 and 48305 visiting.
* S&D 56th anniversary of closure held at the
Mid-Hants Railway with No. 53808.
* Two Class 40s around Bristol * Class 50s to
Okehampton and Kingswear. SVR Diesel Gala.
* Severn Valley Railway Spring Gala with A4 Sir Nigel Gresley and the Saint
with S15 No. 506 and first appearance of Bulleid West Country Pacific as No.
70 Queen Elizabeth II in purple jubliee livery. * Last run of Jubilee No. 45699
Galatea before overhaul. * Feature on the Nene Valley Railway.
* Lynton & Barnstaple visited at Easter with guests Laurel & Hardy and Austin 7 cars!
*Gala time at the West Somerset Railway with the Caley tank 419 and BR Standard 4-6-0 No. 75069.
* No. 34067 Tangmere returns to the main line and many scenes over Shap and the S&C of winter
trains. We see it on its test trains and progressing up to Ais Gill summit and also double-headed
with No. 45690 –
plus a great deal more.105 Minutes duration.
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Railway Round Up No. 18 – digital streaming version
£8.95Contents This latest edition is packed with steam and some heritage diesel footage. * Steaming of 9681 at the Dean Forest * Galas at Mid-Hants with […]
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Railway Round Up No. 18 – DVD
£9.95Contents This latest edition is packed with steam and some heritage diesel footage. * Steaming of 9681 at the Dean Forest * Galas at Mid-Hants with […]
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Read the real ‘Jericho’ story in our ‘Ribblehead’ book by the late W.R Mitchell MBE, plus a free DVD
£18.00Ribblehead by W. R. Mitchell MBE The ITV series – Jericho – was seen on our TV screens. In fact the storyline is about the navvies […]
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Settle-Carlisle – The middle route to Scotland
£9.95by W. R. MitchellThe whole story of the famous Settle-Carlisle railway by well-renowned local author W. R. Mitchell MBE. He describes the railway from its building […]
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Tales of the Settle- Carlisle
£12.95The famous Settle-Carlisle Railway is well-known for its beautiful surroundings and structures such as viaducts, stations and tunnels, buts just as important to the history of […]
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The Settle-Carlisle Railway – The Line That Refused To Die
£14.95Britain’s most best-loved railway, with its route over the ‘roof’ of England, the spectacular Settle-Carlisle railway (called ‘the line that should never have been built’) runs through […]
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The Story of the Settle-Carlisle
£13.95A new DVD documentary telling the whole story of England’s most famous railway. This 90-minute DVD covers the building of the line in the 1870s, the operation […]
