The second instalment in the tenth anniversary programme in the Traction series has another astonishing assortment of wacky workings, preservation progress and modern traction developments.

And the 'Shed' count is in single figures! There are also plenty of farewells as well as comebacks as the traction story continues to unfold.

Here's a selection of what you can expect to see:

FREIGHT TRAFFIC AND TRACTION:
37416 and 37421 on a Millerhill - Thornton MGR
Royal-liveried 67005 on the Colnbrook tanks
DRS Class 20s on the Chiltern line with nuclear flasks
French-liveried Class 56s and 58s emerge from Toton and Old Oak Common
Triple-headed 'Tractors' on the 6S75 Bescot - Mossend Enterprise
2 x Class 09 shunters working the Llanwern - Newport trip
The first freight working for GB Railfreight's Class 73s
37114 and 37698 working a Daw Mill - Ratcliffe MGR
37521 rescuing the Kingsbury - Lindsey tanks
Cotswold Rail's 47316 hauling a Freightliner
GBRf's 87013 on intermodal and departmental workings
Class 20s D8056 abd 20168 on coal and cement traffic in Derbyshire

PASSENGER TRACTION AND WORKINGS, RAILTOURS AND SPECIALS:
37372 and 37698 on Arriva's Leeds - Carlisle service
Cotswold Class 47s on diverted London - Norwich services
37426 hauling Virgin's Newquay - Manchester HST
47815 on an HST drag from Old Oak Common to Bristol
47798 'Prince William' returns to the main line
The last day of Class 37s over the S&C
47200 and 47316 hauling the 'Queen of Scots' to Chichester
Riviera Class 47s on North Wales services
37197 and 47853 working the 'Royal Scotsman'
37261 on the Fort William - Mallaig 'Jacobite'
40145 storming through Warrington
DRS 37229 on an HST drag
The end of Virgin's Class 90s
Class 50s venture to Kings Lynn
45112 arriving at Edinburgh
The FGW Class 47 and Anglia Class 86 farewell trips

THERE'S ALSO:
47355 and 73107 hauling a rake of Southern Region de-icers from Ramsgate to Immingham
37197 and 37261 towing a fire-damaged DMU along the Preston Docks branch
Network Rail Class 31s reach Paignton
50049 visits Llandudno
31602 rescuing test DMU 'Iris'
45112 hauling a Network Rail inspection saloon over the S&C
'Silver machine; 67029 and DVT on test
57601 hauling two DEMUs from Redhill to Swindon
47145 hauling redundant Mark 3 coaches to Bicester
Loco-hauled Rio HST moves
Four GB Railfreight Class 73s on Bethnal Green bank
87016 on the M4 in South Wales
56057 returns to action at the Nene Valley Railway

News stories, factual information, an astonishing assortment of strange workings and locomotive classes - all mixed with plenty of thrash - make this programme the most comprehensive and authoritative video record of the final seven months of 2004.

Produced by - Locomaster Profiles
Running time - 90 Minutes
DVD only