Description

A Series produced to mark the 175th Anniversary of the Great Western Railway Volume Two – 1964 to 1969

The Definitive Archive History of Great Western Steam from grouping through to the preservation era using mainly film never before seen on DVD. Volume 2 traces the development of steam from 1964 through the end of steam and the fledgling preservation era.

The Programme Comprises: 4079 ‘Pendennis Castle’ on Tour – Castles in 1965 – Special trains in 1965 – Last steam on the Lickey – Special in South Wales – Last GWR steam to the South Coast – Scrap gathers at Barry – County Finale – Autumn of Western steam at Chester and in South Wales – Along the Cambrian Coast – Hereford to Gloucester closure – Last push pulls to Chalford with panniers and 14xx – The final year 1965 – ‘Clun Castle’ on tour – Pendennis at Swindon – Stronghold of steam at Chester and Wrexham with Panniers, 56XX and 2-8-0s -Pendennis on tour in 1965 – Last scheduled steam departure from Paddington – Last Manors on the Cambrian – Branch line special in 1965 – Variety at Bath Road shed in 1965 – Panniers in West Wales in 1965 – Oxley Shed with Manors, Halls, Prairies and Panniers – Special to Severn Valley Railway with 4555 and 1420 – Welsh Special – Stock moves to the Dart Valley Railway – Last Autumn of Western steam with specials and scenes at Oxford – Countdown to the end – Dart Valley steam – Gloucester shed – End of steam special with 7029 – Final workings in 1965 – Scrap at Severn Tunnel & Barry – 1966 survivors on S & D – Panniers at Wrexham in 1966 – Panniers special – Vale of Rheidol – Bath Road Open Day – 1967 ‘The Zulu’ to Chester – ‘Clun Castle’ on the East Coast Main Line and in the North – Stock moves – 1968 at Didcot – 1969 on Dart Valley – Panniers on London Transport.

1 hr 20 mins approx