A review of mainline steam operations filmed countrywide between April - December 2021.
Contents in running order:
45231 Sherwood Forester 2nd April Crewe to Llandeilo (4 mins)
45407 & 45212 Black Fives ECS 12th April Carnforth to Fort William piloted by a class 47 seen on Shap and Beattock (2 mins)
35018 British India Line 18th May Carnforth-Blackburn-Hellifield-Carlisle (2 mins 30 secs)
6201 Princess Elizabeth 27th/29th May Seen hauling the ‘Northern Belle’. Carnforth-Shap-Carlisle-Settle-Preston (2 mins 27 secs) 26th June Preston-Settle-Carlisle-Carnforth. Seen hauling the ‘Northern Belle’ (2 mins)
45231 Sherwood Forester & 46100 Royal Scot Double Heading 2nd June Crewe-Hereford-Bristol (2 mins 21 secs)
46100 Royal Scot & 45231 Sherwood Forester Double Heading 11th June Bristol-Plymouth-Bristol (10 mins)
60103 Flying Scotsman 12th June Worcester-Sapperton. (2 mins 47 secs)
61306 Mayflower & 31806 Top ‘n’ Tail 20th June Portsmouth-Brockenhurst (1 min 24 secs)
46100 Royal Scot & 45231 Sherwood Forester Double Heading 1st July Bristol-Lickey Incline (3 mins 18 secs)
46115 Scots Guardsman seen hauling a selection of ‘Dalesman’ trains over the Settle & Carlisle line (3 mins 31 secs)
45690 Leander 18th July Liverpool-Chester-Holyhead-Liverpool (3 mins)
46115 Scots Guardsman 20th July Preston-Llandudno Jnc-Festiniog-Preston (3 mins 18 secs)
45596 Bahamas 1st August Taunton-Plymouth-Taunton (10 mins 34 secs)
60103 Flying Scotsman seen hauling the ‘Waverley’ from York to Carlisle (2 mins 31 secs)
45699 Galatea (running as 45627 Sierra Leone) Seen hauling a selection of ‘Dalesman’ trains from Preston to Carlisle (5 mins)
61306 Mayflower 22nd August Paddington-Stratford-Paddington (1 min) 4th September Paddington-Gloucester-Hereford-Shrewsbury (1 min 30 secs)
60163 Tornado 31st August-2nd/11th September Edinburgh-Aberdeen-Perth-Edinburgh (6 mins)
45690 Leander 29th August Taunton-Plymouth-Taunton (9 mins)
60163 Tornado Featured on the ‘Northern Belle’ on a selection of trains Carnforth-Shap-Settle-Preston (2 mins 47 secs)
7029 Clun Castle 25th September Tyseley-Sapperton-Banbury-Tysley (3 mins 16 secs)
‘The Jacobite’ 44871 Taken in October and November, we see the Black Five working from Mallaig to Fort William (4 mins 51 secs)
7029 Clun Castle 2nd October Tyseley-Cardiff-Banbury-Tyseley (3 mins)
46100 Royal Scot 6th October Bridgnorth-Banbury-Bristol-Bridgnorth. Sequence also features the ECS workings from Crewe to Kidderminster and Kidderminster to Crewe on the 5th and 7th October (6 mins 28 secs)
60163 Tornado 21st October Preston-Settle-Carlisle (2 mins 12 secs)
6233 Duchess of Sutherland 30th October Derby-Worcester-Bromsgrove-Derby (4 mins 40 secs)
60103 Flying Scotsman 30th October Stratford-Manchester (1 min 36 secs) 27th November seen climbing Shap (1 min)
34067 Tangmere 10th October Carnforth-Hellifield-Preston-Carnforth ECS Test Run inc footplate footage (3 mins 46 secs)
6233 Duchess of Sutherland 13th November Tyseley-Shrewsbury-Hereford-Gloucester-Worcester-Tyseley (7 mins 37 secs)
7029 Clun Castle 20th November Tyseley-Worcester-Lickey Incline-Tyseley (5 mins 49 secs)
6233 Duchess of Sutherland 20th November Tyseley-Bromsgrove-Worcester-Bromsgrove-Tyseley (2 mins 36 secs)
6233 Duchess of Sutherland 2nd December Norwich-Bromsgrove-Worcester-Bromsgrove-Norwich (2 mins 54 secs)
7029 Clun Castle 5th December Tyseley-Melton / 11th December Solihull-Bristol / 18th December Tyseley-York (4 mins)
44871 Black Five 11th December Paddington-New St-Shrewsbury-Paddington (2 mins 40 secs)
6233 Duchess of Sutherland 15th December Tyseley-Nuneaton-Chesterfield-York (1 min 54 secs)
46100 Royal Scot 15th December Chester-Chinley-York (2 mins 20 secs)
60103 Flying Scotsman 18th December Hellifield-Carlisle (2 mins)
Produced by - PSOV
Running time - 150 minutes approx (2 hrs 30 mins approx)
Stereo soundtrack
Blu-ray and DVD
Released - January 2022