DVDs and Videos
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All DVDs and videos are used unless otherwise stated BUT have been played through twice, checked for faults and are in a very good condition with cases.
DVD's
Classic Steam Train Collection - Black Five Green Train. A look at a Black Five's performance on the Severn Valley Railway as Stanier Class 5MT 45407 came to the rescue for an outing from Alton to Bridgenorth. Green Umbrella, 2004, 75 mins. £4.50
Steam. 10 Programmes on 5 dvds. A comprehensive, all steam set with archive British and contemporary footage, along with steam from across the world. Boulevard Entertainment, 2006, total running time 575 mins. £8
The World of Steam. Material showing steam hard at work from around the world. TVP. £3.00
Videos
Best of British Steam. Northern England. Arts Magic, 2001, 58 mins. Preservation including Bowes, Carnforth, KWVR, ELR and the Beverley Museum of Army Transport amongst others. £2
Glory of steam on LMS lines. Ferndale Films, 45 mins. Dates, locations on screen, covering 37 locomotives. Some minor screen problems between 12-14 mins. £2
Locomotion, Rail and Snow. NTV, 1992, 37 mins. Comprising 3 films. Snow, made during winter of 1963/64, Rail, 1965/67, Locomotion, 1975. £2
Pennine Steam in the 60s. In 2 parts this looks at Huddersfield - Marsden, with Black Fives, Jubilees, Britannias, 8F's, 9F's and Stanier and Fairburn Tanks along the Colne Valley which are contrasted with footage of the same locations in 1990s, and Bradford - Huddersfield with comprehensive film of Bowling Junction, Low Moor shed, Greetland as well as Elland, Brighouse and Hillhouse. Video, NTV Entertainment, 1992, 55 mins. £3
Rail Around Series. North Midlands. IVL, 2004, 55mins. Modern freight/passenger at Crewe, Stone, Stoke, Buxton, Longport, and many others. £3
The Great British Trains. Coronation Scot, Elizabethan Express, Blue Pullman, Intercity 125. British Railways Board/BTF, 1987, 59 mins. Slight audio glitch at start £2
The Great Western experience. Sights and sounds of the old GWR. Television Experience, 55 mins approx. GWR locos at work on the Severn Valley and at Didcot in the 1980s. £3
The Railway Age. The Southern Holiday Line. Castle, 1999, 55 mins. Largely archive steam in b/w and coour. £3
The Steam Era No. 1. Trains to Tenterden. Polygram, 1993, 60 mins. Footage on the KESR. £2
The Steam Era No. 2. Blackmore Vale and The Bluebell. Polygram, 1993, 55 mins. £2
The Steam Era No. 3. Steaming Back to Marylebone. Polygram, 1993, 60 mins. Various locomotives are included, including ex LNER and LMS locos. £2
The Steam Era No. 4. Bluebell on Parade. Polygram, 1993, 55 mins. Early (1960) footage along with late 1980s. £2
The Train Now Departing. Twenty Years After the End of Steam. Part One. BBC, 1989, 87 mins. 3 sections look at the S-C, steam on the West Highland and industrial locos (archive Ivo Peters) in industry and preservation. £3
WCML The Trent Valley Route. Chase Golden Films, 1993, 58 mins. Diesel/electric passenger and freight traction between Rugby and Stafford. £3