Description

Designs from the days of the North Eastern, North British, Great Eastern, LNER and British Railways. Archive film from Scotland, the North East and East Anglia chronicles the following classes in action in BR days.

With rare film from the Mildenhall Branch
Veteran Great Eastern 0-6-0s in East Anglia
North Eastern survivors in the North East
North British 0-6-0s in Scotland
North British locos around Montrose & Dundee
a Gresley design in Scotland
an LNER design in East Anglia and at Leeds
a diminutive tank on pilot duties at Newcastle
an Austerity loco at Cromford & the North East
Peppercorns 2-6-0s on passenger & freight
passenger haulage in East Anglia
in Scotland plus the Great Marquess in the 60s
0-8-0 freight designs hard at work in the 1960s around Retford and on the Great Central on mineral traffic
North Eastern 0-6-0s in the North East
Gresleys 2-6-2 tanks in the North East

Plus North Eastern Memories, the Brechin Branch, Dundee and the survivors in the preservation era Classes included: E4, J15, J27, J36, J37, J38, J39, J72, J94, K1, K3, K4, 01, 02, 03, Q6 and V3

70 mins approx