Description
Disc One
MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Mid April 2018 to Mid June 2018
U Class 31806 on test run from Swanage to Yeovil Junction and on Great Britain Railtour – 34046 Braunton The Welsh Borders Explorer, Welsh Marches Express & North Wales Coast Express to Holyhead – 35018 British India Line Great Britain, The Dalesman at Ribblehead and the climb to Ais Gill, Cumbrian Mountain Express and climb to Shap. Black 5 44871 The Jacobite – Black 5 45407 The Jacobite as 45157 – B1 61264 & 45699 Galatea Great Britain – Black 5 45212 on Great Britain & Cathedrals to Worcester and Portsmouth – 45690 Leander Coast to Coast Express – 46100 Royal Scot to Holyhead on Saphos Trains first Charter & Welsh Borders Explorer – 8f 48151 on The Dalesman on Settle and Carlisle on 1st, 15th and 22nd May – 60103 Flying Scotsman on Great Britain , Cathedrals Express, Fife Circular, Cathedrals Express from Edinburgh to Preston, plus Cathedrals on Bicester Oxford circuit. 60163 Tornado on Ebor Flyer and subsequent move to Nene Valley Railway.
News & Events KWVR and Nunlow celebrates Birthday – L & Y 52322 on Spa Valley Railway – GWR Prairie on Chinnor & Princes Risborough – Great Central Railway Goods Galore with 92214, 48624 and return to steam of Standard 73069 – Isle of Wight Three Ivatts Gala with 41298, 41313, and tender loco 46447 – Severn Valley Railway Goods Gala with Great Western 2-8-0 2857 – GWR Prairie 4566 on Battlefield Railway – Tyseley special steaming with 7029 Clun Castle and other power.
Disc Two
The Great Britain XI Railtour
A programme looking at the railtour running from the 19th of April to the 27th April with 60103 Flying Scotsman, 35018 British India Line, Jubilees 45690 Leander and 45699 Galatea, B1 61264, Black 5 45212 and U Class 31806. Full coverage of the event from Kings Cross, along the East Coast Main Line and over the Settle & Carlisle and Beattock to Edinburgh, on the Highland Main Line, through the West Highlands to Kyle of Lochalsh, the return south and the Central Wales line with the climbs to the 2 major summits, from Yeovil to the Swanage Railway and the return to London.
Steam Galas The North Norfolks Spring Gala with B12 8572, 76084, 78018, 80072, 90775 and 92203. The Bluebell Railways May Branch Line Weekend featuring visiting Port Talbot Tank 813, H Class, 30541 and P Class. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway with 6023 King Edward II, S160 5160 and 70013 Oliver Cromwell.
A Brit on Tour 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the Heritage Network.
60103 Flying Scotsman on Tour During the Spring and early Summer on the East Coast Main Line, on the Fife Circulars, over the Settle and Carlisle, and on the Chiltern Line.
Parting Shot 35018 British India Line on the Settle and Carlisle.
Two Disc DVD – total running time 2hrs 22 mins
