Description

A profile of the Birmingham Railway & Carriage Companies
Type 2 later to be become Class 26 & Class 27.

A New Era of Traction. Class 24’s, 08 Shunters, Class 40s and a number of DMU classes are shown in action at Edinburgh Waverley and the Forth Bridge.

The Introduction of the BCRW Class 2’s. The 20 pilot scheme Class 2s including rare film taken on GN services.

Development of the Class. The uprated and modified Type 2s with rare film of D5410, D5379 and D5407 plus other locos on suburban dervices on the Midland Main Line and on Parcels trains.

Journey through the Highlands. A journey behind the Type 2s on the line from Crianlarich to Oban and return. We then travel along the West Highland line to Fort William before taking the line to Mallaig.

Highland Action. The Kyle of Lochalsh and lines to Thurso and Wick in 1969. Pre-Tops scenes with passenger, parcels and freight. Includes scenes at Achnasheen, Kyle of Lochalsh, Strathcarron and Garve.

Into the 1970s and 1980s. Class 26s and 27s on the Far North, Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh lines in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Includes passenger and freight traffic. The Dundee and Stirling areas are then featured with a variety of traffic.

The Final Years of BR service. Film of the Class 26s and 27s in action on specials, double heading on the Kyle of Lochalsh line with 26 001 and 26 007, the last freight trains through Stirling to Menstrie.

Preservation with action from the Great Central Railway, the Swanage Railway and the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railways.

ONE HOUR 10 MINS