Our Digitally Remastered Series are bigger, better and in stunning HD for the very first time! These are the original programmes which have been put through the upscale and remastering treatment with improvements to audio, colour balance, contrast and most of all - picture quality. Some of the trains featured here were never filmed in HD or in broadcast quality. Now, for the first time - you can enjoy just that!
Sri Lankan preserved steam across the island with B1 4-6-0s No's 251 and 340. Colombo to Kandy, Nanu Oya, Badulla, then Trincomalee.
Darjeeling Himalaya charter with B Class tanks from Siliguri Jct to the summit at Ghum and onto Darjeeling.
The 'Viceroy Special' train operates across Sri Lanka climbing over 6,000ft to the line's summit near Nanu Oya. This film covers the exploits of B1 4-6-0s No's 251 and 340 from Colombo to Kandy and Badulla, plus the first steam into YTrincomalee in 20 years.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is justly world famous with the B Class tanks thrashing up the 1:20 gradients on the line to Ghum.
Produced by - Belhurst Productions
Running time - 56 Minutes
DVD and Blu-ray
Released - 2005
Re-released - February 2024