Journey Across Britain by Steam DVD

Description

Main Line Steam from the West Country to the Highlands.

An exploration of steam with a wide range of action from the West Country to the Highlands, and majoring on the Great Britain III Railtour of April 2010.

Great Western 175 at Didcot.

‘Halls, Castles’ and 6024 ‘King Edward 1st’ on the main line and in preservation.

LNER power with N2 tank 1744 and A4 Pacifics 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ and 60019 ‘Bittern’.

46115 ‘Scots Guardsman’.

BR Standard designs with 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ and 80002.

60163 ‘Tornado’.

Main Line steam in the Northern Fells with 5690’Leander’, 6201 ‘Princess Elizabeth’, 6233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’.

Black 5s 45231 and 45407.

Steam on the West Highland line with Standard 4 76079 and Black 5 45407 at the lonely summit at Corrour.

The Great Britain III railtour of April 2010 featuring Black 5s 44871 and 45407, 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’, 61994 ‘The Great Marquess’ and 6201 ‘Princess Elizabeth.

The tour is followed from the spectacular climb of the Lickey, over Shap and Beattock, on the Stranraer line, through Aberdeen to Inverness, to the West Coast at Kyle of Lochalsh and back over the Highland and East Coast Main Line.

Approx. 70 minutes.

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