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BR Steam Scenes of 1961 to 1966 (52-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC126D

This programme features the work of Alan Wycherley who travelled to serveral famous venues in the 1960s to film BR steam in everyday service. Locations such as Beattock, Shap and the Lickey Incline are covered as well as visits to less well known places.

Beginning at Beattock in 1962-64, steam was still well in evidence on all except the most importatnt workings and most trains were banked by the local stud of 2-6-4Ts. Following a brief visit to Killin to view the peculiar run-round procedure, we head south to Tebay and Shap were types seen include "Royal Scots", 9Fs, "Princess Coronations" and various Class 5s.

A comprehensive visit to Bromsgrove and the Lickey Incline towards the end of the days of steam banking is followed by sequences at various locations in the Midlands and the programme concludes with scenes of intense activity at Basingstoke.

With informative commentary and dubbed sound. Sourced from 8mm colour cine film and mastered on professional equipment.

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BR Steam Scenes No.6: South Wales and the South West (54-mins) (DVD-R)

Ref: AC145D

Featuring scenes on the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways mainly between 1962 and 1964. Beginning in Wales we make journeys from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth, Swansea Victoria to Craven Arms, Three Cocks to Moat Lane and Aberdare to Pontypool, all behind steam power. Wherever we go, we observe abundant evidence that this was still a steam railway with stations and infrastructure largely intact. Moving into England, expresses and local services around Gloucester and Cheltenham are seen before the cuts of the 1960s. A detailed look at the Somerset and Dorset main line is followed by scenes on the delightful Hemyock branch and the programme concludes with views around Lymington and Swanage.

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BR Steam Scenes No.7: Lines of Former GWR & SR (50-mins) ()

Ref: AC149D

This is the seventh in a series of programmes featuring British Railways steam in normal service prior to 1968 and this volume covers operatons on the lines of the former Great Western Railway and former Southern Railway between 1964 and 1967. Beginning in the West midlands, Castles, Halls, Granges, a County and various tank locos amongst many other types are seen on services radiating from Birmingham Snow Hill. Scenes on the former Cambrian Railways section and views around Gloucester then follow.

Further south, Clas sU and N 2-6-0s are seen hard at work on the Reading-Redhill line and more Southern Region scenes follow, on the Waterloo-Bournemouth and Waterloo-Exeter-Plymouth main lines, the latter during the final summer of steam west of Salisbury.

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BR Steam Scenes No.8: Lines of the Former LMS & LNER (52-mins) ()

Ref: AC150D

Second of two companion volumes featuring pre 1968 BR steam filmed by David Gouldthorp and overs operations on the lines of the former London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the former london & North Eastern Railway between 1964 and 1968. Begins in Scotland, lines covered include Carlisle - glasgow via Beattock, Glasgow - aberdeen and the Waverley Route. Moving into North East England, A1s, A3s, V2s, and other types are seen on the ECML while on Tyneside, more humble classes such as Q6s and J27s work local coal traffic.

In the North West, 'Jubilees', 'Scots,' Britannias and other classes are observed on such routes as the WCML over Shap and the Settle and Carlisle as well as on intense holiday traffic through Kirkham to Blackpool.

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BR Steam Scenes No.9 : Western & Southern Regions, 1962 - 1966 (51-mins) (DVD-R)

Ref: AC094D

The established author and photographer Hugh Ballantyne is well know for his still photographs of the railway scene but what is less well known is that in the 1960s, he and his wife Toni, also took a considerable quantity of cine film. This programme covers a variety of locations on the Western Region and Southern Region of British Railways between 1962 and 1966 when steam power still featured on many services, including express passenger workings.

Opening on their home territory of the time, the first scenes are on the Somerset and Dorset at Bath Green Park in 1962 when 9F 2-10-0s could be seen on trains such as the "Pines Express". Views along the Somerset & Dorset follow, right up to the closure in 1966. Other routes covered include Barnstaple to Taunton, the Hemyock branch, the Cheddar Valley line, Worcester to Oxford, the Kingham area, the Fairford Branch, Bere Alston to Callington, Reading to Redhill and the Severn Valley Railway at Bridgnorth in 1963.

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BR Steam Scenes of 1964 and 1965 (51-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC105D

Ex-G.W.R. locomotives still with nameplates and numberplates at Newport (Mon.), heavy summer traffic at Salisbury in 1964, Pacifics, V2s and other classes at Newcastle Central and ex-L.M.S. and ex-L.N.E.R. classes across Scotland.

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BR Steam Scenes of 1965 (49-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC106D

Witness ex-Great Western types at work in their final year of service, delightful scenes of the Isle of Wight, Guildford and Basingstoke. In the North East we study 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 types of classes J27 and Q6 whilst further south we see Ex-LMSA 2-6-4Ts and other classes on passenger work in the Leeds / Bradford area. Plus a brief visit to Scotland to look at two of the restored pre-grouping locos at work in their last year of service, prior to being sited at the Glasgow Transport Museum.

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BR Steam Scenes of 1966 and 1967 (51-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC107D

This is the third in a series of programmes featuring the work of Ray Hammond who travelled Britain recording on cine film the final years of BR steam.

This DVD depicts steam on four of the six regions then operating, showing that even at such a late date for steam, a considerable variety could still be seen. The Western Region is visited on the last day at Bath Green Park. On the Southern we find Pacifics still operating among the upheaval of electrification work. A large variety of locos are seen still running on the Wirral, and ex-LMS and BR classes are filmed on the West Coast route at places such as Warrington and Wigan. In the North-East, elderly pregrouping classes were still hard at work around Blyth and Tyne Dock.

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BR Steam Scenes of 1967 (50-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC108D

This fourth volume of the Ray Hammond Series features steam in action on the Southern, LM and NE Regions during the final full year of BR steam operation (1967). We see the nostalgic finale of steam on the Southern, with well polished Pacifics battling it out to the last day. Over on the London Midland there are some splendid scenes on Shap where a seemingly endless procession of goods, parcels and even express passenger trains were still handled by steam power.

1967 was also the final year of steam working on the North Eastern region and we have some evocative views around Ryhope and on the Silksworth branch as well as scenes during the last days at Leeds Central.

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British Industrial Steam (78-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC103D

Features 1970's footage of NCB operations in England, Scotland and Wales

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Industrial Steam Across Britain Vol.2 (44-mins) (DVD-R)

Ref: AC123D

Features footage taken between 1967 and 1972. Beginning in Scotland, brief visits are made to Dollar, Manor Powis & Polkemmet Collieries. Moving south of the border, we visit NCB mines in Durham, North Yorkshire, Cumberland and South Lancashire as well as other venues such as Yates Duxbury paper mill.

In the Midlands, Meaford power station, further collieries and two sugar factories are visited while a highlight of the programme is the sight of steam still at work at three Northamptonshire ironstone quarries.

In the South, venues include Bowater's at Sittingbourne before preservation and the programme concludes with visits to collieries in the North Wales and South Wales coalfields.

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Industrial Steam Across Britain Vol.3 (50-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC127D

Locations include Walsall Gas Works, Windsor Street Gasworks, Wirksworth Quarries, Doxford's, Stella Power Station & Wellesley Colliery.

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Industrial Steam Across Britain Vol.4 (50-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC128D

Locations include Swanscombe cement Works, Eastbourne Gasworks, BICC Erith & Falmouth Docks.

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Industrial Steam Across Britain Vol 5 (50-mins) ()

Ref: AC141D

Features steam in normal service at collieries, steelworks & other locations in the '60s & '70s.

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Industrial Steam Across Britain Vol 6 (50-mins) (DVD-R)

Ref: AC148D

All new British Industrial steam, mostly filmed during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Beginning in Scotland, visits are made to such NCG sites as Bedlay Colliery, Comrie Colliery, Wellesley Colliery and Lady Victoria Colliery. We then visit more collieries in England such as Burradon Colliery in the North East and Skiers Spring Colliery in Yorkshire. We then cross to the North West to see steam in action at Whitehaven Harbour and Astley Green Colliery and Bickershaw Colliery.

Further south, we have some snow scenes at Littleton Colliery and a sight of two of Coventry Colliery's ex-GWR 0-6-0PT 1500 Class pannier tanks.

We conclude in Wales with some views of Gresford Colliery and Bersham Colliery in North Wales and visits to NCB Talywain, Hafodrynys, Mountain Ash, Brynlliw Collieries and other locations in South Wales.

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Preservation Scenes from the Past (53-mins) (DVD only)

Ref: AC124D

Scenes from the early days of around 20 British preservation centres & preserved lines, both standard and narrow gauge, some of which no longer exist.

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Hugh Ballantyne Slide Shows - 1: LMS 0F to 7P (100-mins) ()

Ref: AC088D

For the first time, one of Hugh Ballantyne's famous slide shows given at venues up and down the country is being offered on DVD. The images are mostly in colour, going back to 1961, supplemented by a small selection of b & w images going back to 1950, over 175 images in all. These are presented in a magnificent slide show of optically-scanned and enhanced pictures with a full informative commentary. The show begins with an overview of all the classes that were to be encompassed in the proposed 1946 LMS locomotive standardisation scheme along with views of many other former LMS and constituent types that continued to work for much of the BR steam era. The next section contains overall views of a number of ex-LMS steam depots and then we take a journey down the West Coast Main Line with superb lineside views at many locations between Euston and the Clyde Valley. This is followed by scenes taken on various other lines that had belonged to the LMS. The DVD concludes with scenes of ex-LMS locos working over "foreign" metals in the UK plus a small number of views depicting LMS-designed 8F 2-8-0s overseas.

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INDUSTRIAL SLIDE SHOW 2 (??-mins) ()

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BALLANTYNE'S GW STEAM 2: VOL 1 (??-mins) ()

Ref: AC087D

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BALLANTYNE'S GW STEAM 3: VOL 2 (??-mins) ()

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