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CLASSIC TRACTION

Classic Traction Action! Volume One

It features a magnificent array of motive power including three different Deltics all working on the main line, with plenty of traction action and many unusual workings. Filmed: 26/09/1998, 22/05/1999, and 03/03/2000. Loco classes featured: 31, 37, 47, 55, 58, 59, 60, 66, 73, 86, 87, 90, 91 and 92. (Also featured are: Heritage DMU, Bubble Cars and some ‘Slam Door’ stock). Steam is represented by 35028 as 35017 Belgian Marine, and 35016 Bodmin. Locations visited: Willesden Junction, Mitre Bridge by Old Oak Common signal box, Wandsworth Road, Kensington Olympia, Reading, Harringay, Finsbury Park, Bletchley, Euston, Kings X, Victoria, Cromwell Road on the West London Line and Clapham Junction. Exceptional footage includes: D9000 hauling the final 1V64 Birmingham to Ramsgate XC at Mitre Bridge and returning with the 1S64 Ramsgate to Birmingham adorned with the ‘Thistle’ headboard, arriving at a packed Kensington Olympia and making a spirited departure from Reading, Doubleheaded freightliner 47s on the Trafford Park – Grain, T’n’t 47s on the Penzance – Waterloo sleeper ecs, 37212 and 37238 on Mercia Tours ‘The Shapeshifter’, 58045 on Mercia Tours ‘The Shapeshifter’, 35028 Clan Line masquerading as 35017 Belgian Marine hauling the ‘Golden Arrow’, 55019 (leading) t’n’t with D9009 at Harringay on ecs, D9009 speeding through Harringay on for 1Z45 0803 Kings Cross – York, D9000 (with ‘Thistle’ headboard) full throttle at Harringay with the Orient Express 1Z82 0900 Victoria to Bradford Forster Square, 55019 at Kings Cross and departing t’n’t with D9009 (leading) with the ecs, D9000 arriving at Victoria with the Orient Express 1Z83 and then t’n’t with 73101 The Royal Alex (leading) on ecs, Special workings for Cup Final Day including an Anglia 86 at Bletchley, 31s and Bubble Cars on the Bletchley – Bedford service, Double headed 90s on an intermodal, 55019 (leading) t’n’t with Fragonset 47703 on a travel agents excursion to Waterloo passing Cromwell Road, 66 with 73 on the Enterprise, Res 47s on the Brighton XCs, Res 47 on the Green Express ‘The Canterbury Tales’, 34016 Bodmin on its main line test run.

 

Classic Traction Action! Volume Two

It features a magnificent array of motive power, (with four different Deltics all working on the main line), and has plenty of traction action and many unusual workings. Filmed: 03/03/2000, 23/10/1999, 28/09/2002, 22/06/2003, 17/06/2003, 21/12/2003 and 07/10/2002. Loco classes featured: 33, 37, 47, 55, 60, 66, 73, 86, 87, 90, 91 and 92. (Also featured are Heritage DMUs, Bubble Cars and some ‘Slam Door’ stock). Locations visited: Clapham Junction, Willesden Junction, International Junction, Kensington Olympia, West Brompton, Settle Junction, Helwith Bridge, Ribblehead, Garsdale, Carnforth – Pond Street – Station – F&M Junction – Crag Bank, Bolton-le-Sands, Morecambe South Junction, Morecambe Bare Lane, Heysham Port and Lancaster. Exceptional footage includes: 55019 (leading) t’n’t with Fragonset 47703 on a travel agents excursion to Waterloo at Clapham Junction, and returning through Kensington Olympia with 47703 leading, D9000 LE and hauling 1Z55 Waterloo to Weymouth (Pathfinder’s ‘The Sandstormer’) at International Junction (from the multi storey car park at Covent Garden) and then ecs at West Brompton t’n’t with 47 (leading), 55019 hauling the Orient Express ecs through West Brompton on its way to Stewarts Lane, 66102 hauling ‘The Sandstormer’ ecs , 73 and 66 on the Enterprise, Railfreight 90s on sleeper ecs, 9016 at Helwith Bridge, Garsdale and Carnforth hauling the Pathfinder’s 1Z55 0815 Newtown to Carlisle and 1Z56 1642 Carlisle to Newtown, Res 47 hauling a Nenta tour at Settle Junction, 55019 marshalling the DPS Freedom of Scotland at Carnforth. D9009 (leading) with 55019 on the rear with the ecs passing Bolton-le-Sands with the ecs to Preston. 55019 (leading) with 9009 on the rear with 1Z56 Preston to Georgemas Junction passing Morecambe South Junction, Loadhaul 56 on Sunday ballast at Crag Bank Carnforth, 33207 on the Sellafield to Heysham flasks at Morecambe Bare Lane, 1T01 FNW DMU Class 101 Farewell Tour at Morecambe Bare Lane, Heysham Port, Carnforth and speeding through Lancaster, 37426 hauling southbound Northern Belle running two hours late due to the failure of the Res 47 at Edinburgh.