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Great Central Video Album Volume 1 VHS

Great Central Video Album Volume 2 DVD

56 mins approx.
Ex-Southern........
30926Repton
34105Swanage
35005 Canadian Pacific

Ex-LNER .......
4472Flying Scotsman
60532 Blue Peter
62660Butler Henderson

Ex-LMS........
5593Kolhapur

Ex-GWR ......
5029Nunney Castle
5080Defiant
52242-8-0
6106Large Prairie
6990Witherslack Hall
7029Clun Castle
7760 Pannier Tank

Sorry this title is no longer available.

We hope to release this on DVD later.

60 mins approx
Loughborough Central - a look at arrivals and departures featuring the semaphores and hard working signal man
Freight Working - an impression of preparation shunting and the running of a main line freight train including footplate action
The Red Dragon - a lineside look at visiting Great Western loco 6998 Burton Agnes Hall
The Ballast Train - Pannier Tank L90 on a leisurely run north with a short ballast train on a memorable summer's evening. Featuring views from the loco, brake van and lineside
4498 Sir Nigel Gresley - the year's star attraction. From Loughborough to Leicester on the footplate with numerous well lit lineside views
Leicester North-Rothley - northbound passenger and freight workings on the southern end of the line
Rothley - north and southbound departures, many taken in spectacular lighting conditions, featuring four of the Line's regular performers
5593 Kolhapur - rare and beautifully lit footage of this loco
Double headers - 6998/7029, 4498/34039, 34039/7029, 34039/34101
Royal Mail Train - the launch of a series of railway Royal Mail stamps prompted this recreation of an East Coast main line mail drop at high speed Winter Workings - A4 4498, Castle 7029, and Black Five 45231 feature in a winter wonderland, with the Midland engine in particularly fine form, driven in full forward gear by an expert!
Swithland - a look at a number of goods and fast freight workings through this fast developing site, featuring Black Five 44767 on the new down main line

Great Central Video Album Volume 1 VHS

Great Central Video Album Volume 2 DVD

Vid1VHS: Great Central Volume 1 VHS

£12.95

Vid2DVD: Great Central Volume 2 DVD

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Great Central Video Album Volume 3 DVD

Great Central Video Album Volume 4 DVD

60 mins approx.
46229 Duchess of Hamilton - including a full pacing sequence featuring a nine coach maroon rake running at appreciable speed.
For all those who crave the 1960's, here it is recreated in all its splendour - on-train, lineside, footplate and shots from another moving train alongside
34039 Boscastle
60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
N2 69532
8F 48305
30777 Sir Lamiel
Tank 5224
5029 Nunney Castle
5593 Kolhapur
5552 Silver Jubilee

Black Five 5231 - the effects of steam and stunning lighting on a frosty morning have to be seen to be believed. The Five is seen also on a
freight working on the down main and is featured both from the lineside and footplate in a sequence which captures, for the first time in preservation, the feel of a busy double track main line

60 mins approx
Black Prince 92203 and 92212 are seen double heading on passenger workings
46229 Duchess of Hamilton
6990 Witherslack Hall
Two Green Jubilees - 45596 Bahamas double heading with 5593 Kolhapur
N2 69523
30777 Sir Lamiel including double heading with Black five 5231
A selection of Bulleids - 34039 Boscastle, 35005 Canadian Pacific, 34027 Taw Valley
Winter Wonderland - shots taken in Dec 1995 when photographers were treated to fabulous conditions of hoar frosts and sunshine, with 30777, 46229 & N2-4F (double heading)
4F 4422
8F 48305

The 9F's - Black Prince 92203 & 92212: the Windcutter sequence with 92212 features close-in pacing shots of themotion, views taken from in front, alongside and behind the loco,shots from the brake van, between the rails and unique aerial shots at Swithland reservoir and sidings taken from a hydraulic platform. While on the footplate of the loco, another mineral train passes adding to the most authentic recreation of a main line goods train ever filmed in preservation

Great Central Video Album Volume 3 DVD

Great Central Video Album Volume 4 DVD

Vid3DVD: Great Central Volume 3 DVD

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Vid4DVD: Great Central Volume 4 DVD

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Great Central Video Album Volume 5 DVD

Great Central Video Album Volume 6 DVD

60 mins approx
B1 1264's 12 coach test trains.
B12 8572, 6990 Witherslack Hall at 60 mph and at night
7822 Ditcheat Manor
8F 48305
N2 69523
60532 Blue Peter on a van train
46229 Duchess of Hamilton in a stunning re-enactment of 'Night Mail'
(possibly the finest sequence ever filmed on a preserved railway video)
04 63601

Another major highlight of the tape is the publication of 15 mins of 8mm archive film from the collection of John Proctor, showing the GC in the mid 1960's

1hr 45 mins featuring:
V2 60800
GWR 4141
GWR 813
LNER '04' 63601
D123 (with TPO)
45305 (with TPO)
75014 (With TPO mail drop)
90775 (with TPO)
61264 (With TPO mail drop - you've got to see this one!)
34027
6990 Witherslack Hall
7821
4247
5197
and the opening of the Double Track with the late David Clarke.

Great Central Video Album Volume 5 DVD

Great Central Video Album Volume 6 DVD

Vid5DVD: Great Central Volume 5 DVD

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GCVid6DVD: Great Central Video Vol 6 DVD

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Main Line 2005 Volume 1 DVD

Main Line 2005 Volume 2 DVD

2 Hours 24 Mins
6024 King Edward 1
7100 Duke of Gloucester
7802 Bradley Manor
Black 5 45407
5051 Earl Bathurst
6233 Duchess of Sutherland
Standard 4 76079
34027 Taw Valley
B1 1264
5026 Nunney Castle
34067 Tangmere
5690 Leander

6024 King Edward I
2Hours 20 Mins
8F 48151
71000 Duke of Gloucester
5690 Leander
5029 Nunney Castle
76079 Standard Class 4
34067 Tangmere August 4th
6201 Princess Elizabeth
6233 Duchess of Sutherland
60009 Union of South Africa
61264 B1 September 4th
45407 Lancashire Fusilier
45407 Lancashire Fusilier & 76079 Standard Class 4 double heading
60800 Green Arrow
45231 The Sherwood Forester
45305 Alderman A E Draper

Main Line 2005 Volume 1 DVD

Main Line 2005 Volume 2 DVD

Vidml05v1DVD: Main Line 2005 Vol 1 DVD

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Vidml05v2DVD: Main Line 2005 Vol 2 DVD

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Main Line 2004 Volume 1 DVD

Main Line 2004 Volume 2 DVD

2 Hours 30 Minutes
76079 Standard 4 & 34067 Tangmere
73096 Standard
61264 B1
5029 Nunney Castle
45407 Black Five
62005 K1
6201 Princess Elizabeth
34067 Tangmere
76079 Standard Class 4
3440 City of Truro
6233 Duchess of Sutherland
5051 Earl Bathurst & 5029 Nunney Castle
B1 61264 & K1 62005

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2 Hours 23 Minutes
6233 Duchess of Sutherland
34067 Tangmere
5051 Earl Bathurst
45407 Black Five
45407 (Running as 44996)
5051 Earl Bathurst & 5029 Nunney Castle
5029 Nunney Castle
71000 Duke of Gloucester
34027 Taw Valley (running as 34045 Ottery St Mary)
61264 B1
62005 K1 (running as 602012)
45407 & 61264 B1 Double Heading
7802 Bradley Manor
6024 King Edward I
73096 Standard Class 5
3440 City of Truro
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Main Line 2004 Volume 1 DVD

Main Line 2004 Volume 2 DVD

Vidml04v1dvd: Main Line 2004 Vol 1 DVD

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Vidml04v2dvd: Main Line 2004 Vol 2 DVD

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Sheffield to Nottingham

Nottingham to Marylebone

55 Mins.
Featuring the northern section of the former Great Central route from Sheffield to London (Marylebone), which closed to through traffic in 1966.
Views of the 1500 DC electrified system at Oughtibridge and Sheffield (Victoria) are followed with scenes at Langwith Junction, Shirebrook and Sutton In Ashfield before arrival at Nottingham (Victoria) station, with steam classes B1s, 04s, 8Fs, Bl.5s inevidence. Joining another service from Sheffield, Nottingham is reached via the Chesterfield loop, Heath Junction, Annesley, Linby and Bulwell.

55 Mins.
Featuring the southern section of the former Great Central route from Sheffield to London (Marylebone), which closed to through traffic in 1966.
Staveley GC engine shed with class 04s at work in nearby Heath exchange sidings.
After views at Wilford Brickyard, 'Flying Scotsman' is joined at Nottingham Victoria in June 1963 for a return journey to London Marylebone, with views of traffic at Ruddington, Leicester, Rugby and Woodford Halse.

Sheffield to Nottingham DVD

Nottingham to Marylebone DVD

VidMR10DVD: MR10 Sheffield to Nottingham DVD

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VidMR14DVD: MR14 Nottingham to Marylebone DVD

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East Midlands Steam

Routes Around Northampton

67Mins.
On 16 October 1965, the ‘Midland Loco Requiem’ railtour, headed by 43953, one of the last Midland Railway Class 4F 0-6-0s, left Nuneaton.
The tour followed the ex-MR line through Shackerstone and Gresley to Burton–on–Trent, from where it took the freight-only route to Trent Junction. Leaving north from Trent Junction the tour headed for Kirby–in–Ashfield, Mansfield and Staveley, after which it journeyed down the Bolsover and Glapwell Colliery branch. From here it ran via Chesterfield to the Erewash Valley en route to Pye Bridge and Ambergate, where filming of the tour came to an end due to failing light. The programme also features many scenes at Derby and Nottingham, where trolley buses were still an everyday sight.
The programme’s focus is on the wide variety of steam classes that still operated as the 1960s unfolded. From tank locos on the rail network that served the breweries of Burton-on-Trent, to BR-built ‘9F’ 2-10-0s on coal trains through the Trent Valley. ‘Black 5s’, ‘4Fs’ ‘8Fs’ and ‘Scots’ also feature in a programme, which is a reminder of the once immense rail traffic that characterised the East Midlands

63 Mins
Northampton’s two stations and MPD in the 1960s form the focus of this video, together with journeys on the routes to Wellingborough, Peterborough and Bedford.
In addition, there is film of Stratford-upon-Avon and the former SMJ route through Fenny Compton from the 1920s to the 1960s; Rugby – including scenes inside the famous Test Plant, Banbury, Bletchley and scenes on the former GCR mainline at Woodford Halse and other locations. Duchesses, Jubilees, Scots, Crabs, 9Fs, LNER Pacifics, GWR 4-6-0s, pre-grouping locomotive designs and many other steam classes feature, together with early diesel and electric designs.

The industrial scene is represented by film of the Stewart & Lloyd’s steelworks at Corby and the narrow gauge system of the nearby Kettering Coal & Iron Company.

East Midlands Steam DVD

Routes Around Northampton DVD

VidMR26DVD: MR26 East Midlands Steam DVD

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VidAS07DVD: Routes Around Northampton DVD

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The Woodhead Route DVD

Sheffield & North Derbyshire DVD

60 Minutes
Linking Sheffield and Manchester, the 40 mile route penetrated the Pennine barrier at the Woodhead Tunnel and from 1954 the 1500V DC EM1 (Class 76) and EM2 (Class 77) dominated the route's motive power.
Fascinating scenes at Sheffield (Victoria), Rotherwood, Worsborough Bank, Penistone, Dunford Bridge, Woodhead, Torside, Guide Bridge and Manchester (Piccadily) and other locations are shown between 1954 and the through route's closure in 1981.

77 Minutes
The programme starts at Sheffield, with film taken at the now-closed Victoria Station between 1932 and 1979 showing a wide variety of steam traction, ranging from Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway designs through to British Railways ‘Britannia’ Pacifics. The unique 1500dc-electric system that linked Sheffield to Manchester via the Woodhead Route is also featured, with the BR-built electric locomotives shown at various locations on the tortuous line, which closed in 1981. Another electrically-powered transport system could also be found in Sheffield in the 1950s, in the form of the city’s original tram system and a film made in 1958 from Beauchief to the city centre is an interesting reminder of the period.

Sheffield is left behind on board a steam-hauled service in 1964, with a detailed film sequence that traces the 25-mile route from the city’s Midland Station to Chinley in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District. A famous feature of the area’s rail system was the Cromford and High Peak Railway which, together with film of the route from Parsley Hay to Ashbourne, highlights the diversity of rail operation that existed until the closures of the 1960s.

From the rural setting of the Peak District, the programme goes onto feature the industrial town of Chesterfield, where a stud of Midland Railway-built tank locomotives was still active until 1965. Next to be highlighted is the Nottinghamshire town of Worksop, with film taken in the early 1960s showing the scale of the town’s freight and passenger workings.

Finally, a fascinating film made by the British Transport Commission in 1961 shows Sheffield’s outdated rail system and outlines the ambitious plans drawn up for the modernisation of the city.

The Woodhead Route DVD

Sheffield & North Derbyshire DVD

VidAS01DVD: The Woodhead Route DVD

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VidMR30DVD: Sheffield & North Derbyshire DVD

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