Main Line Steam Routes Volume One - Richard J Willis - Stirling Video - Steam Trains - Pal - VHS

Main Line Steam Routes Volume One - Richard J Willis - Stirling Video - Steam Trains - Pal - VHS

Today the early 1960's have a particular nostalgic appeal for those lucky enough to have observed steam's final decade in service on B.R. The gleaming locomotives we today are so familiar with in their preserved form were, 25 years ago, a pretty ill-kept and unloved bunch. This did not stop them giving their all for masters who would, within a few years, consign them to the scrapheap.

This programme is the first of a series of two volumes covering some of Britain's main line railway.routes during the closing years of the steam era. Richard's films portray the everyday as it was seen by many thousands of enthusiasts at the time. Views taken from station platforms, by the lineside, and in locomotive shed yards combine to provide a very full and nostalgic reminder of a bygone era. This is a "pure archive" programme without constant 'cuts' to modern material and a minimum of 'on train' and 'footplate' shots.

At Kings Cross we watch A1 Aboyeur move off into the tunnels, before moving to Huntingdon North to witness a 9F, A3, V2 and A4 Miles Beevor at speed on the Great Northern main line. More A4's are seen at Abbots Ripton, before we break our journey at Peterborough to view a procession of A1 and A3's culminating in the arrival of world famous A4 Mallard. A4 Union of South Africa passes at Burton Coggles. The calvacade of pacifics continues as we pass through Grantham and Torworth until we reach Leeds Central where we examine A1, A3, B1 and BR 3MT classes. Britannia, V2, A4, A3, A1 and B1 types appear during our stopover at York, prior to our final move to Newcastle to view A1, A3 & A4 pacifics, and an L1 tank on the complex approaches to city's Central Station.

Returning to Leeds we see Britannia William Shakespeare and Jubilee Kolhapur on rail tour duty before we head south again. Merchant Navy Royal Mail is far from home at Derby. A detour south to the Lickey Incline reveals a rich variety including Fowler 4F, BR Std.5, 9F 2-10-0, Jubilee, and 94XX pannier tanks. Retracing our steps to Derby we watch impressive light engine movements. More Jubilees, Crab, 9F, 4F, 2MT tanks, 8F "Peaks" and the and Black 5s are seen as we progress to Leicester, where signs of the new era appear- Midland Pullman. A Midland 2F reminds us of bygone days on the Leicester and Swannington. The secondary routes to Peterborough provide Class 5 hauled holiday extras as well as the last push-pull trains in the British Isles. A pause to view Wellingborough's stud of 8F 2-8-0s precedes our arrival at St. Pancras.

Setting out from Marylebone with a Black 5, we pause at Charwelton as a B1 and Royal Scot charge through. A Black 5 rumbles over the birdcage bridge at Rugby and Duchess 46251 is seen on railtour duty at Aylestone. The cosmopolitan motive power from the final years of G.C. steam are brought to mind by the succession of Black 5, Scot, Britannia, West Country, V2 and 9F engines passing through the city of Leicester. A 4MT 2-6-0 and Black 5s are seen on route to Nottingham, a highstpot being Merchant Navy Elder Dempster Lines at Loughborough. Scenes at Nottingham Victoria precede views of the station's demolition.

Running time: 50 MINS APPROX

Exempt from BBFC classification

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