This DVD contains the finest collection of main line action ever taken of BR Standard 4-6-0 70000 Britannia during its second period of main line running in the early 1990s. 100% action. No commentary.
Contents:
July 25th 1991 - Test Train (including dismantling the motion at Shrewsbury)
July 27th 1991 - Shrewsbury-Hereford-Crewe
Sept 7th 1991 - CME (S)
July 5th & 26th Aug 1992 - North Wales Coast Express with the Irish Mail
20th Dec 1992 - Ealing Broadway-Stratford
20th Jan 1993 - Stewarts Lane Depot re-numbered as 70014 plus Dover Marine at night
20th March 1993 - Eastleigh-Yeovil-Eastleigh
11th April 1993 - Didcot-Stratford-Didcot
25th April 1993 - Bishops Stortford-Ely-Bishops Stortford
25th July 1993 - Didcot-Worcester-Oxford-Didcot
7th May 1994 - Victoria-Dover as Iron Duke
8th May 1994 - Waterloo-Alresford
23rd June 1994 - Gloucester-Hereford-Crewe
26th June 1994 - Crewe-Holyhead-Crewe
9th July 1994 - Cumbrian Mountain Express
11th September 1994 - Didcot-Worcester-Didcot
26th November 1994 - Arlesford-Waterloo
3rd/10th December 1994 - Cumbrian Mountain Express (S)
27th March 1995 - Cumbrian Mountain Express (N)
8th April 1995 - Crewe-Bristol-Exeter double heading with 75014
29th April 1995 - Plymouth-Exeter-Paddington double heading with 75014 plus pacing along the M5)
25th June 1995 - Bishops Stortford-Ely Shuttles
14th October 1995 - Exeter-Plymouth double heading with 7802 Bradley Manor
21st October 1995 - Penzance-Exeter-Bristol also includes on-train shots
4th November 1995 - Bristol-Swansea double heading with 7325
3rd March 1996 - Paddington-Minehead
2nd March 1996 - Paddington-Minehead
23rd March 1996 - Ely-Norwich is a time warp for semaphores, signal boxes, level crossing gates and telegraph poles
25th May 1996 - NWCE sequence includes a superb, high speed, pacing sequence
15th June 1996 - The Bury St Edmonds Shuttles
1st March 1997 - 70000 is seen on its last run.
Produced by - PSOV
Running time - 136 Minutes
DVD only