2024 marked the 30th anniversary of Train Crazy railway videos and DVDs. Starting out as a hobby in 1994, just about every type of locomotive and unit has featured, with more than 400 passenger, freight, cab ride and tram titles, released on VHS tape, DVD, Blu-ray and download.

Here's the good bit... In the last few years, software to restore old grainy and wobbly film has become more accessible. Previously it was expensive, slow and not very good, but by 2024, huge advances were made. The old film used on these new compilation programmes is all being reworked, improved, cleaned up and upscaled. For the first time, all of the film shot in standard-definition (720 x 576 or less) can be upscaled and presented in top-quality high-definition (1920 x 1080).

This is the second and final compilation of the Train Crazy footage of the Class 101 DMUs. In their final years, the units could be found working off Glasgow, in North Wales and around Manchester with Power Twins working to Sheffield and Power Trailers on the local services to Marple and Rose Hill. Included here are the bizarre 'triple' sets formed of Power/Power/Trailer, the Fridays only Stockport-Stalybridge, the cascade of Scottish units to Manchester, the 'last day' from 2001, the last 'Seaside Special' to Blackpool, units stored and ready for scrap and the farewell tour from December 2003.

Presented in a no-nonsense format of on-screen captions with unit number, location and date, sit back and enjoy some top-quality action from 30-years ago - with much-improved picture quality and in HD for the very first time! This is far from a complete record of these trains during these years but this is what was filmed, now re-edited, re-worked and upscaled.

Produced by - Train Crazy
Duration - 90 minutes
Format - 4:3 and 16:9
DVD and Blu-ray
Released - January 2026