Diesel & Electric Journey through the 60s DVD

Description

A fascinating look back at a decade which saw diesel and electric motive power come of age.

A journey through a decade that saw the rapidly increasing diesel and electric fleet finally displace steam from the network.

Using archive film we explore this period, with scenes from the West Country and the Southern Region to the North of Scotland.

On the way we feature over twenty-five classes plus DMU’s and EMU’s.

The programme includes:

D5500 at Stratford.

BTH Type 1 at Bethnal Green.

Brush Type 2s on ‘Lea Valley Enterprise’.

D9011 at Kings Cross.

EE Type 3 on Sheffield Pullman.

EM1s on passenger and freight on Woodhead line plus Reddish Depot.

Tyneside Electrics.

Clayton Type 1s on Waverley Route.

Brush Type 4s in Scotland.

EE Type 4s on Scottish Sleeper and Express services.

NBL Type 2 D6114 at Dundee.

BR Type 2s on Highland Lines and West Highland main line.

EE Type 4s at Ais Gill.

Eastfield Shed with ‘Claytons’.

Buxton to Matlock line with ‘Peaks’ and Type 2’s.

Type 2 bankers at Peak Forest.

Early AC electrics on the West Coast Main Line.

D3 and D7 in Midlands.

‘Warships’ at Shrewsbury.

Bristol Bath Road Depot in mid 1960s.

D95xx at Bristol Temple Meads.

‘Warships and ‘Westerns’ at Teignmouth.

Wickham Railbus at Yeovil.

Hymek on Upwey Bank.

‘Westerns’ at Princes Risborough.

D602 at Paddington.

Southern EMUs.

BRCW Type 3 at Waterloo.

EE Electro Diesels on passenger and freight.

BR Diesel shunters at Weymouth Quay, Bournemouth and Guildford.

DEMUs on Southern lines.

BRCW on oil trains.

Ruston & Hornsby 0-6-0 shunter.

Plus much more.

Approx. 58 minutes.

This dvd is being sold on behalf of and with full permission of the copyright owner – Transport Video Publishing (TVP).