AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER - Due for release in late August.
Cab Ride: Shrewsbury to Derby
via Wolverhampton & Sutton Park
The Network Rail 97/3s work all freight, passenger, infrastructure monitoring and engineers trains on the Cambrian lines. These three former 37s are very well known, painted in their NR yellow livery, all named and all based at Coleham depot, just south of Shrewsbury.
In more recent times, Swietelsky-owned 37405 was been on hire to Colas, also based at Coleham and although not fitted with the ERTMS equipment for Cambrian work, the loco can be used behind the 97 to provide extra power or within/on the rear of trains in an engineering possession.
37405 and the 97s are periodically moved from Coleham to Derby RTC, Barrow Hill and Colwick depots for different jobs and maintenance and this cab ride features one such move, with 37405 and 97302, filmed in September 2025.
The route taken is very much as expected, running over a few lesser-seen curves and freight only lines, as the locos weave their way around the midlands. From Coleham, the rarely used curve at English Bridge Jn takes us forward to Wellington onto Cosford and then a pathing stop at Oxley Up Goods Loop. Forward to Wolverhampton, then Portobello Jn, Wallsall and the freight only Sutton Park branch to Water Orton, Tamworth, Burton OT and Derby.
The full journey is shown. Maps, on-screen captions and minimal narration. A thrash cam in the back cab of 37405 records the loco at work and ambient sounds.
Produced by - Train Crazy
Duration - 133 minutes
Format - 16:9 widescreen
Blu-ray and DVD
Released - late August 2026
