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This series of programmes will take us to classic
stations, depots and other railway locations around
Britain, where the locomotives, liveries and rolling
stock are from an era that is now long gone.
Loco-hauled passenger and freight trains are in
abundance, but we will see shunters and multiple units as
well.
Volume 1 in the series of programmes
looks at three locations.
Chapter 1:
Sheffield Midland station in the three years 1986, 1987
& 1988.
Passenger trains are in the hands of
Peaks, 47s and 31s but 20s and even a 25 are seen on
class 1 passenger duties.
Freights and parcels
traffic are also seen, with classes 45/0 & 47 in
evidence.
Also seen is the 'Hills & Cities No
2' railtour of 6 June 1987 where 45029 hands over to
45062 for the run back to Euston.
Chapter 2: We drop a few hundred miles South now to
Basingstoke in 1986 - Wednesday 20th August 1986 to be
precise.
Here we see 50s on the Exeter trains and
33s on the Salisbury's, but freights also abound with 33s
& 47s and there is even a 33+73+33 triple header on a
TC set!
Chapter 3: North of the
border now to Perth to see 20s, 26s, 27s, 37s & 47s
in action on passenger & freight.
Ex-works
26025 is seen illustrating the new railfreight grey
livery.
As a bonus we drop down to Dunblane,
Stirling & Larbert to view proceedings which include
a 37 substituting for a class 27 failure.
Full captions with minimal commentary.
Approx running time 65 mins
What the
Press say about the Diesel& Electric Diary series
......
'Priceless video material ... recommended,
and especially good value at £16.95 each' - Rail Express
November 2008
This is the first in a
nostalgia-packed series of DVDs filmed during the heyday
of British Rail. The programmes will bring spotters
notebooks back to life as we are whipped back to happier
times when loco-hauled trains featured a variety of
diesel classes at the front with first generation units
on supporting services (including that chocolate &
cream 117 set!).
In this first of the series, we
see a variety of ‘Peaks’ at Sheffield and it’s hard
enough now to consider there could be a Harwich-Blackpool
through service, let alone that it would have a Brush
type 2 or type 4 at the head, or even a chattering class
25!
There are some impressive cross-country
services seen in the first volume not just passenger
turns but also parcels traffic from the North-East to the
South-West.
Peak Forest freight trains are seen
trundling through Sheffield station, a 47 rescues a
failed HST, a single 20 delivers a failed 31 and takes
away another to Tinsley – what a fascinating time it
was.
Of course it was different again on Summer
Saturdays when a pair of 20s would whistle in on a
Skegness service or class 45/0s on a railtour.
At
Basingstoke, the action naturally includes Cromptons,
while in and around Perth we see classes 26 & 27 in
their element.
The writing was already on the wall
for many of the loco types to be found on these excellent
compilations, but this is a great way to enjoy their
company once more.
David Brown, editor
Traction Feb 2009 issue
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