‘The Great Britain’ returned for its sixteenth annual tour of the UK in April 2024. Travelling across England, Scotland, and Wales, passengers were treated to nine days of steam-hauled action, including many unusual and rare routes for steam traction.

This product allows you to follow the tour from the lineside across days 1-8, with accompanying maps, location titles and gradient profile information. From the Lickey Incline to the Scottish Hills, you can sit back and watch all the action from various lineside locations.

Route information:
Day 1 – London Victoria to Cheltenham via Kent and Oxford
Day 2 – Cheltenham to Lancaster via the West Coast Mainline
Day 3 – Lancaster to Glasgow via the Settle & Carlisle Railway
Day 4 – Glasgow to Inverness over the Druimuachdar and Slochd summits
Day 5 – Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh and return
Day 6 – Inverness to Edinburgh via Aberdeen
Day 7 – Edinburgh to Liverpool via the West Coast Mainline
Day 8 – Liverpool Lime Street to Swansea

The tour was steam hauled throughout, featuring multiple steam locomotives: LMS 5MT No.44871, LMS 5MT No.45407 ‘The Lancashire Fusilier’, and SR BoB No.34067 ‘Tangmere’.

Aerial videography:
A selection of aerial clips filmed using drone technology are featured throughout the product, each with carefully pieced sound to ensure you can hear the sound of the steam locomotives working hard.

Basic commentary with accompanying route maps are included throughout the product. Short titles are included throughout informing you of the locomotive, location and gradient. This product has contributions from YouTubers, ‘The Southener’ and ‘Transport of Yesteryear Through the Lens’.

Produced by - Steaming Around Yorkshire
Running time - 58 minutes
Format - 16:9 Widescreen UK PAL
DVD and Blu-ray
Released - June 2024