Landscapes of Steam DVD, Part 1: Industry

Description

The Steam Locations, The Motive Power, The Trains & Workings.

An exploration of lines in the North West in the days of working steam.

Horwich Works: A tour of this once proud works using archive film taken in 1964. Includes the Lancashire & Yorkshire ‘Saddle Tanks’.

A Locomotive Survey: Steam in the LMS era and a look at the various classes at work in the 1960s including classes on the West Coast Main Line and former LMS designs to the North and East of Manchester.

Bury – A Lancashire Junction: Rare film of Bury’s railways with steam in action at Knowsley Street, Bolton Street as well as the line though Heywood and the Bacup Branch.

Through Castleton to Rochdale: Excursion, freight and stopping passenger with B1s, WDs, Fowller 0-6-0s, Black 5s, ‘Crabs’ and Standards.

The Oldham Loop: A look at a surprisingly busy branch.

Across The Pennines: Featuring the former Lancashire & Yorkshire route across the Pennines via Todmorden and Copy Pit.

The West Coast Main Line: A wide range of action on the line from Crewe to Preston.

Approx. 60 minutes.

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