The definitive archive history of steam on the Southern Region in 1967.
January 1967 with an outline of the operational steam fleet, with Standard and Bulleid designs at work.
Bridport Belle Railtour with Bulleid pacifics on the run from Waterloo to Maiden Newton and the journey to Bridport with a pair of Ivatt tanks.
Mid Hants Branch Flyer on tour on various branches west of Southampton with USA tank 30072 and Standard Tank 80151.
March 1967 with steam at Waterloo, Vauxhall, Clapham Junction, Woking, Basingstoke and Worting Junction plus steam at Victoria and ‘The Southern Ramblers Railtour’.
LNER Visitor with 3442 ‘The Great Marquess’ on tour from Victoria to the South Coast at Brighton and Lymington.
End of Steam on Lymington Branch on the 2nd April 1967.
Dorset Coast Railtour on 7th May 1967 from Waterloo to Swanage and Weymouth.
June 1967 and the last weeks of Southern Steam with scenes at Brockenhurst, Southampton Central, Basingstoke & Clapham junction.
A4 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ on the Southern on the 3rd and 4th of June. The loco is shown en route from Waterloo to Weymouth.
The Last Steam Sheds. Nine Elms, Guildford, Eastleigh and Bournemouth in the last days of steam. Includes ‘aerial views’ of Nine Elms and a USA tank at Guildford.
The Final Week. Scenes from the last days of steam showing the official ‘last day’ specials of Saturday the 1st of July plus workings the following week and the last day, Sunday the 9th of July with the very last trains.
After the End. The movement of Standard 4 75029 & 9F 92203 to the Longmoor Military Railway plus steam for scrap.
Produced by - Transport Video Publishing
Running time - 85 Minutes
Release date - 2013
DVD only
