Description

The Story so Far
The story of the building of a new A1 brought up to date including a review of its main line runs.

The Spring of 2009
The locomotive in action on the North York Moors Railway and the 1 in 49 grade from Grosmont to Goathland. Plus main line runs and an appearance at the Barrow Hill Gala.

Sister East Coast Pacifics
A look at another Peppercorn Pacific, the A2s with archive from Scotland in 1966 featuring 60532 ‘Blue Peter’ and 60528 ‘Tudor Minstrel’.

‘Tornado’ on the West Somerset Railway
Scenes from the footplate and from the lineside on a journey from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead with views on the climb to Crowcombe and Washford.

The A1s Remembered
Archive film of the class at work on the East Coast Main Line in the 1960s.

‘Tornado’ on the Torbay Express
A journey to the English Riviera with scenes on the climb to Whiteball, on the Somerset Levels, on the famous sea wall at Dawlish and Dawlish Warren plus the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway. Also includes archive from the 1950s on steam at Dawlish.