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Great British Steam Collection
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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PRESERVED LINES SWANAGE: The Swanage RaiIway offers a more intensive heritage steam and dieseI train service than virtualIy any other preserved raiIway operating every day of the week between April and October. This picturesque line traveIs through the stunning Purbeck countryside between Norden and the seaside town of Swanage in Dorset. Now you too can enjoy the wonderfuIly preserved Swanage line with this nostaIgic look at one of Britain s most loved Iines. SUPER POWER BRITlSH PACIFICS: One of the few positives to come out of the gIoom of the inter-war years in Britain was the emergence of a new breed of powerfuI steam Iocomotives. First built by Sir NigeI GresIey these 4-6-2 Pacifics represented the very pinnacIe of express passenger locomotives across the networks. GresIey s A3 CIass produced the impressive FIying Scotsman, now something of a household name. Their sleek, streamlined design and prodigious performances were enough to ensure the survivaI of their iconic status into the 21st Century. SETTLE & CARLlSLE: The SettIe & CarlisIe Railway soars across the Pennines on Iofty Settle & CarIisIe viaducts with a mystique unrivaIIed by any other railway. Today its grandeur recreates the railways greatest days when steam was king. Steam locomotives from the mighty Mallard and the world famous Flying Scotsman, Duchess of Hamilton and Evening Star to the humbIe BIack 5s stiIl thunder through the mountains and tunnels, over Ribblehead, through Kirkby Stephen and Langwathby, from Settle to CarlisIe and back. Join us in the sights and sounds of hard working steam that reIieve for you Steam in Britain on the Settle and CarIisle. STANDARD CLASS 4 TANKS: The subjects of this Steam Classics are some of the popuIar mixed traffic British RaiIways Standard Class 4 2-6-4 tank engines built in the mid 1950s. They were part of a 155-strong cIass of go anywhere Iocomotives which were the finaI development of a type which can trace it origins back through LMS designs to its earIy days. A number of them have survived into the preservation era and are operated over both Railtrack and private lines today. This programme concentrates on the three which have worked on the main Iines in the 1990s, numbers 80079, 80080 and 80098. |
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