Best of Steam Trains

East Coast Main Line to Scotland
This programme forms a unique and wonderfully nostalgic record of ‘The Glory Days of Steam’ on the East Coast Main Line from London to Scotland. Also featured is Edinburgh to Thornton Junction and Cumbernauld to Aberdeen. Notable locations: Kings Cross, Potters Bar, Retford, Doncaster, York, Darlington & works, Tyne yard, Newcastle, Forth Bridge, Thornton Junction, Larbert, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen. Steam on shed: melancholy scenes at York, Sunderland and Edinburgh Saint Margarets.

Lancashire and Yorkshire
This programme forms a unique and wonderfully nostalgic record of ‘The Glory Days of Steam’ in Lancashire and Yorkshire including Main Line Steam: The West Coast Main Line from Hest Bank to Warrington. Liverpool Lime Street through to Speke. Traffic on the southern end of the Settle to Carlisle Line. Cross Pennine traffic. Branch Lines & other topics: Farington Junction. Freight traffic around Wigan. Amberswood on the Whelley Loop Line. Howe Bridge Junction and the Chequerbent Incline. Passenger traffic around Bolton and Manchester Victoria. The Preston to Blackpool Line.
Steam on Shed: Aintree, Heaton Mersey, Stockport and Holbeck.

Southern Region
This programme forms a unique and wonderfully nostalgic record of ‘The Glory Days of Steam’ in the South of England including Waterloo to Weymouth Main Line shot during 1964- 1967 (featuring the Bournemouth Belle & freight traffic). Branch Line Steam including Guildford to Horsham, the Lymington branch, the Swanage branch plus the Ringwood branch with superb freight action at Wimborne, West Moors & Ringwood. Steam on shed at Nine Elms, Eastleigh and Bournemouth.

The South West
This programme forms a unique and wonderfully nostalgic record of ‘The Glory Days of Steam’ in the South West of England including The London & South Western Route from Salisbury to Exeter. Great Western branch steam operations on the Bodmin branch, Chard to Taunton, Gloucester to Stroud and the Cheltenham to Kingham Line. Great Western Main Line steam from Bristol to Plymouth. London & South Western branch line operations from Lyme Regis to Axminster. Cornish Branch Lines Bodmin to Wadebridge featuring the Beattie 2-4-0 well tanks on China Clay workings.
British Steam of the 50s and 60s
This programme is aimed at uncovering some of the unique footage taken during the 50s & 60s including workings at Clapham Junction, former G.W.R. “Kings” and “Castles”, the Great Central Line, Stanier Pacifics on the West Coast Main Line and B.R. “Standards”. Also included are former L.N.E.R. passenger and freight engines, Wellingborough on the Midland Main Line, Bullied Pacifics in the Southern region and “Britannias” at Liverpool Street Station.

Glory Days of British Steam Steam trains disappeared from the UK everyday railway scene in 1968 yet these iconic machines have never lost their appeal. This unique DVD traces the evolution of some of the most popular classes and types from the different regions throughout the UK. From the Mallard and the Flying Scotsman to the King Edward and City of Truro, this programme rekindles the Glory Days of British Steam.