However, views at Leicester, Nuneaton, Nottingham and Staveley set the scene to begin at Marylebone for the GC and St. Pancras to Luton.

Remember when Class 27's in their original livery worked suburban stock and the Wheathampstead to Dunstable branch was still with us?

This time it is with diesel and early DMU as steam was covered in Volume 29.

Next the steam scene north of Irchester Junction to Wellingborough and Kettering.

In the early 1960's freight dominated the railway here; 9F, WD and 8F engines pulled loaded and empty trains along the four track main line.

Wellingborough shed and station saw Fowler and Jinty tanks and the 84000 Standard tanks on the locals to Northampton.

We traverse the route to Northampton Bridge Street with a 78000 Class mogul.

The main traffic from the area was ironstone; visit Irchester, Finedon, Cranford and Kettering Furnaces industrial systems.

There was a line to Butlins, Butlins Sidings that is!

Engines working hard and fast, slow and branch line work, a feast of steam in an area now mostly devoid of the traffic you see in this video.