A journey through a decade that saw the rapidly increasing diesel and electric fleet finally displace steam from the network.

Using archive film we explore this period, with scenes from the West Country and the Southern Region to the North of Scotland.

On the way we feature over 25 classes plus DMUs and EMUs.

The programme includes...

• D5500 at Stratford
• BTH Type 1 at Bethnal Green
• Brush Type 2s on 'Lea Valley Enterprise'
• D9011 at Kings Cross
• EE Type 3 on Sheffield Pullman
• EM1s on passenger and freight on Woodhead line plus Reddish Depot
• Tyneside Electrics
• Clayton Type 1s on Waverley Route
• Brush Type 4s in Scotland
• EE Type 4s on Scottish Sleeper and Express services
• NBL Type 2 D6114 at Dundee
• BR Type 2s on Highland Lines and West Highland main line
• EE Type 4s at Ais Gill
• Eastfield Shed with 'Claytons'
• Buxton to Matlock line with 'Peaks' and Type 2s
• Type 2 bankers at Peak Forest
• Early AC electrics on the West Coast Main Line
• D3 and D7 in Midlands
• 'Warships' at Shrewsbury
• Bristol Bath Road Depot in mid 1960s
• D95xx at Bristol Temple Meads
• 'Warships and 'Westerns' at Teignmouth
• Wickham Railbus at Yeovil
• Hymek on Upway Bank
• 'Westerns' at Princes Risborough
• D602 at Paddington
• Southern EMUs
• BRCW Type 3 at Waterloo
• EE Electro Diesels on passenger and freight
• BR Diesel shunters at Weymouth Quay
• Bournemouth and Guildford
• DEMUs on Southern lines
• BRCW on oil trains
• Ruston & Hornsby 0-6-0 shunter

Plus much more.

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Produced by - Transport Video Publishing
Running time - 58 Minutes
DVD only

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