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VIDEO TRACK 201   –  SPRING 2021

NEWS & EVENTS Extended News from around the Network
40 145 on specials to & from Euston – Class 317 moves to Newport – HSTs for scrap – 73 movements – 47 749 on main line – Network Rail 37s – Moves to and from Long Marston – Class 68s – COLAS 70s on moves to and from Westbury – Test runs of 73 hauled sleepers – DRS 37s – COLAS 56s & 70s on Midland Engineers 20 118 & 132 on stock move from Eastleigh – Class 47s and 37s on moves to Eastleigh – 69 002 in new livery – 40 106 on Severn Valley Railway – HST derailment at Dalwhinnie – Class 47 on stock moves to Fort William – Intermodal test trains to Far North – Class 800 problems – ‘Snowdonian Statesman’ to North Wales – PLUS MUCH MORE

HST News stock movemenents including power cars and trailers to Ely Papworth, LNER sets on the move for store, convoys to Laira, Scot Rail HSTs, Network Rail HST and the Midland Main Line.

Healey Mills Freight traffic in and around the former marshalling yard featuring Class 56 power on tanks from Lindsey, GBRF Class 60s and 66s, COLAS 60s on a variety of traffic.

Lineside Locations. Upton Scudamore on the climb from Westbury various stock moves & freight.

Severn Valley Diesel Gala with a wide range of traction at work during the May Gala.

Central Wales Visitors. The unusual sight of a Class 20 on a special in South Wales, a Class 37 over the Central Wales Line and Locomotive Services 37s in action during the Spring.

Class 60s with GBRF Class 60s in action in Yorkshire on coal and BIOMASS moves.

Midland HSTs. The end of the HST era on the Midland Main Line that started in 1982. Archive from the early years of operation is included in a detailed look at the last weeks of HST operation over the line from St Pancras to Leicester with scenes over Harringworth Viaduct as well as various locations on the route through Wellingborough and Market Harborough. Included is the Inter City liveried 43 102 as well as the special re-liveried East Midland Railway HST. The final workings are featured at a number of locations.

Vintage Traction Interlude. A Class 37 on a stock move and 40 145 on a special train on the West Coast Main Line.

The Western Main Line. A look at a variety of traction on the Western Main Line from Reading to Maidenhead. Includes archive from the 1980s comparing the line before the arrival of the overhead wires. Includes 40 145 on a special plus a 317 unit scrap move.

Tail Lamp. The celebrity Midland Main Line HSTs 43 102 and 43 274.

RUNNING TIME – APPROX

ONE HOUR 50 MINS