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2. Island Tube (55 mins) (Ref: WP101D)
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4. European Railway Dampfspektakel 2010 (88 mins) (Ref: LN166D)
5. Mainline 2010 Vol 1 (120 mins) (Ref: PS082D)
6. Modern Image Model Layouts vol 8 (70 mins) (Ref: MO114D)
New Releases |
 Scottish Railways Remembered no 4 Vol 154 (70 mins) Ref: BR103DMore archive film in the Perth, Dundee, Montrose and Stirling area. Ex-LMS and ex-LNER motive power on passenger and freight. |
 Great Western Standards (90 mins) Ref: CT219DThis film is a tribute to the 'Standard Revolution' gala that we held on the West Somerset in March 2010. |
 Great Britain III (90 mins) Ref: GB119DFilm of the 9 day Great Britain III tour with seven different locos during April 2010. |
Railways of North East Switzerland (60 mins) Ref: JC374DStarts at the major railway centre of Zurich, along the shores of Zurichsee and Walensee, further north the SBB line skirts the Bodensee before following the Rhine to Schaffhausen. The Appenzell is then featured as are the Trogenbahn, Rorschach-Heiden-Bergbahn and the Rheineck-Walzenhausen-Bergbahn. |
 175 Years of the Great Western (93 mins) Ref: KF211DFeatures the history of the country and itsfoundations starting with Brunel. The steam museum at Swindon is the backdrop for four men who describe their working lives on the railway. David Maidment is featured talking about his days as a career railwayman starting at Old Oak Common depot, then moving to the various regions of the west country and Wales. Archive film. 1930s in Devon, Laira Depot in the 1950s, Castles at Paddington in the 1950s, GWR promotional films. Survey of GWS at Didcot and an indepth look at steam, Swindon. |
 Irish Railway Review no. 9 (80 mins) Ref: MK097DA review of current Irish railways. Liner and timber traffic is seen between Waterford and Mayo, Farewell to the NIR 80s class as they go for refurbishment but fail on their way. Nenagh's new commuter service to Limerick, Headhunters Barbers shop and railway museum in Enniskillen and various Network notes showing new paintwork and the new stations on the WRC. Also some freight clips worthy of inclusion. |
 Mainline 2010 Vol 1 (120 mins) Ref: PS082DLocomotives and highlights of the first half of the year including Great Britain III |
 Riding the Workington Shuttle (120 mins) Ref: TC066DIn November 2009 the town of Workington was literally cut into two following severe flooding which destroyed or damaged six bridges over the River Derwent. However the railway bridge survived and to help ease the situation a new station was built in record time at Workington North, allowing local residents to get to and from Workington each day without a lengthy detour by road. This film shows a ride starting at Kingmoor depot in the cab of 47501 on empty stock to Maryport. And the journey is seen from both locos with various lineside locations, various shunt moves at Workington itself, the stock used, passing freight trains, signals, signal boxes and finally a cab ride from Maryport back to Carlisle and on to Kingmoore depot from the cab of 37611. |
 Video Track 137 (130 mins) Ref: TV166DTwo Disks. Included is Floodex Finale, Class 20s in East Anglia,DRS 37s on Main Line Freight, Double headed West Coast 57s and Class 70 on Passenger and Freight. |
 Steam Video 111 (120 mins) Ref: TV167DTwo disk set. August and September 2010. Disk One features the Mainline steam diary up to mid June. Also featured is the 60163 Tornado and news and events. Disk Two features the Lickey Banker, Swanage Arrives and Departures and Great Western 175. |
 Crewe-Derby (70 mins) Ref: TF301DAboard a Class 158 2 car unit of East Midlands Trains from Crewe to Derby calling at Alsager, Kidsgrove, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, Longton, Blythe Bridge, Uttoxeter, Tutbury & Hatton & Peartree terminating at Derby. |
 Derby - Crewe (71 mins) Ref: TF303DAboard a class 158 2 car unit of East Midlands Trains from Derby to Crewe calling at Tutbury & Hatton, Uttoxeter, Blythe Bridge, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Longport, Kidsgrove & Alsager terminating at Crewe. |
 New East London Line (108 mins) Ref: TF304DA return cab ride from Dalston Junction to West Croydon aboard a class 3787 four car unit of London Underground. Calling at Haggerston, Hoxton, Shoreditch High St, Whitechapel, Shadwell, Wapping, Rotherhithe, Canada Water, Surrey Quays, New Cross Gate, Brockley, Honor Oak Park, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Penge West , Anerley and Norwood Junction terminating at West Croydon then the return journey. Bonus Features include: Surrey Quays to New Cross and return, New Cross Gate 'reversible' and Forest Hill to Crystal Palace and return. |
 Port of Tyne Branch Newcastle- Carlise (111 mins) Ref: TF305DAboard a Class 66 loco of GBRF passing through Pelaw, Heworth & Felling (Tyne & Wear Metro Stations) King Edward BridgeJunctions, Dunston, Metrocentre, Blaydon, Wylam, Prudhoe, Stocksfield, Riding mill, Corbridge, Hexham, Haydon Bridge, Bardon Mill, Haltwhistle, Brampton & Wetheral terminating at Carlisle. |
Trainspotter's Notebook vol 2 (66 mins) Ref: VL268DCovering Salisbury to the West Country and the Somerset and Dorset using a variety of narration and captions. |
The Way Ahead Reading - Leamington Spa (75 mins) Ref: VL269DCab Ride with Class 33 haulage on the main route from Reading to Leamington Spa via Oxford Narration giving information on the points of interest en route. |
 Route 66 Revisited (81 mins) Ref: VS116DThe follow up to the Route 66 programme and details the many changes to the British-based Class 66 fleet since the original film. New operators have come and gone, locos have come and gone and these are detailed in this film. |
 Epping to Ongar Branchline Tube (60 mins) Ref: WP100DEpping to Ongar Branchline a look at tube trains in rural Essex |
 Island Tube (55 mins) Ref: WP101DA look at tube trains on the Isle of Wight. Footage of the ex 1938 London Underground tube trains that work the eight and a half miles of national rail network between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin stations on the Isle of Wight. Includes archive and present day photographs, the dvelopmetn of the islands forty years of electric train history, a visit to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and finally the redundant tube stock when it finishes it's use on the island. |
 Steam in Czechoslovakia (55 mins) Ref: CM136DA Ton Pruissen film. Mostly shot during the 1960s and 70s when the Czech Station Railways - CSD were operating the most advanced steam locomotives ever built for mainline service anywhere in the world. Alongside modern locos were numerous examples of pre-war locos many of which had been modernised by the fitting of Giesl ejectors. A few sequences date from 1980 and 1988, still in the communist era., |
 Brazilian Gem (60 mins) Ref: CM137DIn Brazil the Minas Gerais (General Mines) province, a tiny 2ft 6in gauge railway still carries tourists. Once part of a 400 km system, on 13km now remain, but the 1890s baldwin locomotives and rolling stock are still in use, a living m useum of 1890s north American narrow gauge practice. The line links a historic town with a picturesque village through lush countryside and rolling hills. |
 Station to station on 'The Canadian' (115 mins) Ref: CM138DFilmed and produced by Adolf and Okran Hungrywolf. Historic scenes from father and son train trips across Canada in 1986. Travelling from Vancouver to Toronto following the traditional northern CP route via Banff. Filmed from aboard the trains, up in the dome cars from the locomotive cabs and from down on the ground, this is a unique historical record of train travel de-luxe. Shot on first-generation video equipment so that, even with remastering for this dvd the picture quality is not quite up to modern standards. |
 Island Time Warp Trains of Cuba (115 mins) Ref: CM139DSteam, diesel and electric locomotives are seen. Shot between 1994 and 1996 by Adolf Hungrywolf and his son Okran. Whilst sugar mill lines were virtually completely steam operated and feature strongly whether they are standard or narrow gauge, there are also numerous journeys over the State Railway behind a variety of diesel locomotives. Also featured is the unique Hersey Electric Railway. |
 Puffing Billy- Australia's finest! (60 mins) Ref: GW359DA programme about the steam, narrow gauge railway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Rescued from the scrapheap in the 1950s the line was restored in its entirety in 1998. Footage of the locoshed, the workshop, a cab ride and fots of steep gradients cnad curving track. |
Swiss Private Railways Standard Gauge (60 mins) Ref: JC385DTwenty Five railways are seen from the Bern-lotschberg-Simplon to the diminutive Lausaane-Oluchy. Also a driver's eye view of the soaring viaducts of the Bodensee-Toggenburg. A little live steam and a lot of diverse action. |
 European Railway Special Edition 2010 (81 mins) Ref: LN162DBelgium:Lines to Antwerpen Docks, Germany: Class 111 and Class 103 in action, Switzerland, Lausanne and Chavornay Profile, Slovenia, Mainline east of Ljubljana, Switzerland, the southern ramp of the Gotthardbahn, and Austria, the Tauern tunnel Route South. |
 Gotthardbahn, North Ramp 2000-2004 (63 mins) Ref: RI139DIncludes a visit to Erstfeld & the line in detail from Gurtnellen to Goschenen with a huge variety of freight & passenger traffic. |
Northeast Rails Remembered (100 mins) Ref: SP897DMaterial from 1988 and 1989 when Conrail became a success, plus NYS&W and the D&H |
 Amtrak across America Combo (60 mins) Ref: TC257DTwo shows on one disc. Featuring Amtrak Across America 25th Anniversay and Amtrak's X2000 Demontration. |
 Bournemouth Yellow Buses Before and After (104 mins) Ref: IT182Din late 2005 the council owned bus fleet was taken over by the French owned company Transdev. The livery of tellow stayed the same although the shade changed and the blue trim changed to a dark blue and green trim. |
 Southampton Buses Retrospective (71 mins) Ref: IT057DThis programme opens in 1975 with some cine footage of the AEC Regents in service running alongside the smart fleet of Leyland Atlanteans. Then some video footage filmed in 1987 where some Atlanteans are painted in a reversed livery. On to 1992 where more Atleanteans are painted in the overall red Southampton city bus livery. Footage of these are seen through to May 2010. |
 Bristol VR Topless in Bath (63 mins) Ref: IT180DShots of many companies all operating a number of ECW bodied Bristol VRs from all over the UK now based in Bath. The final scene is at the old Bath bus station which has since been demolished to make way for a brand new one. |
 Bristol VR Topless South West (90 mins) Ref: IT181DThis programme visits Cornwall and Dorset much of during 1995/6 and also 2006 concluding in 2010 on the day of the Weymouth bus rally to join 39971 in First corporate livery for a run up to Portland Bill |
 Bristol K types on Parade (68 mins) Ref: IT183DThis programme celebrates the marque in four areas of the UK. Starting in Bristol in 2009, then on to the Isle of Wight in October of that year. Then on to Clacton on Sea for the annual rally in June 2010. Finally on to Brighton to film a 17 service to Rottingdean. The film finishes with some rare cine footage from Graham Thorogood of former Crosville OFM 634 a 1953 Iowbridge KSW6B. |
 B lackpool Tram dvd 59 (100 mins) Ref: TC065DSummer 2010. This special edition covers the spring months of 2010 including the commencement of the tram service at Easter, new liveries for 641 and 645 and enthusiast tours from the May Day weekend with Boat 604, Coronation 660, 672+682 and 675+685. |
 Lisbon Trams blu ray (85 mins) Ref: VI261DDrivers Eye View of Route 28 on one of the 1930s vintage wooden four wheel tramcars, then on route 15 on board a modern Siemens articulated tram dating from 1995. |
 Lisbon Trams (85 mins) Ref: VI262DDrivers Eye View of Route 28 on one of the 1930s vintage wooden four wheel tramcars, then on route 15 on board a modern Siemens articulated tram dating from 1995. |
 By Canal in the 50s (110 mins) Ref: VA121DCommmemorative IWA 60th Anniversary dvd. This film proivdes a unique insight into the lives and boats of working boat families and of the struggle to keep our waterways open in the middle part of the last century. The original silent films were made between 1949 and the mid 1950s. A narrative was added by many of the waterway pioneers and retired boat men and women. |
 Modern Image Railway Layouts vol 9 (55 mins) Ref: MO116DRing Road, Melangoose, Wibdenshaw, Longcarse West, Ascott Under Wychwood, Winteringham Haven |
 Continental Model Railway Layouts vol 1 (60 mins) Ref: MO117DFeatures Rhineside (1994-2002 Germany), San Andreas Summit (1996-2006, USA) Bed Springs Creek (Late 1940s USA) Lytton CPR (Present Day Canada), Paerebongerd Prangli (2003 Switzerland), Emsland Moortrack (1958-1962 Germany) RS Tower (Present Day USA), Bergeller Bahn (Switzerland) |
 Gresley Beat vol 38 (60 mins) Ref: CDHS40Over forty years of LNER three-cylinder sounds in preservation featuring 60007, 60009 60103 60800 61994 and 62712 |
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