Narrow Gauge & Miniature

James Boyd Collection Vol.1: Welsh Lines Preserved (57-mins) ()

Ref: RF604D

James Boyd revisits, forty years on, North Wales; and in his own words, and backed by his own vintage film, tells of the fun and frustration of an era now legendary of the earliest preservation days of the Talyllyn and Festiniog preservation lines.

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James Boyd Collection Vol.2: Manx & Irish Lines Remembered (59-mins) (DVD-R)

Ref: RF605D

Though better known as chronicler of the Welsh narrow gauge James Boyd's earliest acquaintance with the genre was in Ireland and the Isle of Man; and this indeed , is where his deepest affection remains.

From the late 1940's James Boyd made many expeditions to these romantic destinations with his cene camera recording a railway scene that, just as in mainland Britain, was soon to be lost forever. This video begins in the Isle of Man - Mr Boyd's childhood holiday haunt, where well after the Second Word War the 3ft gauge railway system still boasted an extensive timetable not only for summer tourist traffic (at that time still undepleted by cheap foreign holidays) but also a year round workaday service for the Islanders and their goods - sparsely used by then but still very much a fully timetabled operation

Moving to Ireland, Mr Boyd travels the 3ft gauge County Donegal, Lough Swilly and Cavan & Leitrim systems in their declining years, by both passenger and goods service. A broad gauge journey behind steam to the far south-west itself a classic collectors item included amongst other gems, a footplate trip on the wild and remote Valentia Harbour branch and finally on the 3ft gauge once more comes an unforgettable ride on the legendary Tralee & Dingle system.

Introduced and narrated by James Boyd himself, this programme brings to today's enthusiast an experience envived by many, achieved by few, and recorded on film by even fewer. Through their remoteness, their antiquated equjpment, and their sheer nostalgia , the memory of the lines he travels continue to exert a fascination unique in railway lore.

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James Boyd Collection Vol.3: Tale Of Many Gauges (66-mins) ()

Ref: RF616D

A look at the miniature railway at Downs School where James Boyd was a pupil and later a master, plus his cine film of the Fairbourne, Penrhyn, Ffestiniog, Talyllyn, Welshpool & llanfair Railways before preservation, Russell on fayles Tramway in Dorset, the de-electrified Holcombe Brook Branch and the very last L&Y 4-6-0 on a special run in 1951.

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