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We already have two major programmes released in 2010.
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GVF147 London Calling

GVF148 Diesel Decade 2000-2009

If you have a favourite loco or locos you can find out which programmes contain them.
Just go to the SEARCH BOX above and enter the loco identity.
Remember, some locos have carried several identities; for example- if you enter 47407 you will find that it appears in programme GVF128, but if you enter ‘D1506’, which was it’s previous identity, you will find that it appears in GVF147, because it was filmed in 1963, when it carried it’s original number.

A new service operated by First Great Western commenced on Monday 14 December 2009 and is expected to run for 12 months.
This brought a very welcome return to loco haulage on the branch - the first Monday-Friday loco-hauled timetabled service since 1987 we think (email us if you know better).
The diagram is:
5U02 0600 Barton Hill - Bristol TM
2U02 0619 Bristol TM - Cardiff
2C67 0800 Cardiff-Paignton
5C67 1135 Paignton-Goodrington
5U20 1215 Goodrington-Paignton
2U20 1247 Paignton-Cardiff
2C85 1700 Cardiff–Taunton
2M68 1918 Taunton-Bristol TM
5M68 2049 Bristol TM-Barton Hill

In the shot above taken by Roger Geach, 67016 leads the 1247 train away from Paignton on Weds 16 December 2008.
67017 is at the rear of the train (not powering)

Pathfinder's 1Z59 'Pie-Bridge Pie Man' railtour from Westbury on 12 December headed for the East Midlands utilising exotic freight motive power.
The three shots taken at Shirebrook below show:
Firstly the abandoned diesel depot as it is now.
Secondly 56312 heading the railtour and thirdly 60040 bringing up the rear.



Photos:Roger Geach
By way of comparison, here's Shirebrook depot in better times 35 years earlier, with 37135 & 31252 evident.

Photo:Steve Marshall

Saturday 24 October 2009 saw Pathfinders 'Buffer Puffer 8' railtour visiting many locations in and around London.

Above, Advenza freight liveried 66844 arrives at London Bridge from Bromley North a few minutes after it's 16:40 due arrival time.

At the other end of the train, D5613, alias 31190, stands ready to depart for Tonbridge.
Both photos: Steve Woodbridge

Click the link below for video of the remarkable working of D1015 WESTERN CHAMPION as it steers 6Z52 0935 Tavistock Jn-Burngullow slurry tanks past Moorswater viaduct, Liskeard, on a misty Thursday 15 October 2009.

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GVF146 The Diesel & Electric Diaries Vol 7 is now in stock.

The programme features 3 locations.

York in 1986 & 1990

Stafford station in 1989

The Derby to Nottingham route in 1991 & 1992, including views at Derby station, Trent Jn, Nottingham station, and inside Toton depot.

Running time 64 mins
Price £16.95 inc p&p

Volume 6 in the 'Diesel & Electric Diaries' series is now in stock.

These programmes contain scenes from famous train watching locations during the 1980s or early 1990s and runs for over 60 minutes.
Volume 6 features March & Ely, Edinburgh to Dundee and Oxford & Didcot.

For more details please choose the 'DVD' tab at the top of the page.

Highlight of 2009 surely has to be the visits to Devon of the newly constructed A1 Pacific No 60163 Tornado.

The view above shows the locomotive on it's very first appearance in the West Country, at the head of the 'Torbay Express' on 5 July 2009.
It is seen climbing Goodrington bank.
Photo:Hilda Marshall

Special trains to Penzance on 27 June 2009 brought 2 class 37s and a class 40 to Penzance.
The forty was in fact standing in for unavailable 37s, so there should have been 4 in one day!
In the picture above, the booked motive power, in the shape of DRS locos 37194 & 37087, pass through Keyham, close to Devonport Dockyard, with 1Z70 0553 from Birmingham International.
Photo: Hilda Marshall

After a gap of almost 50 years, a Britannia Class 7P6F made a welcome return to Kingswear on 13th June 2009.

The Railway Touring Companies 'Dartmouth Express' is seen above approaching Kingskerswell with the outward train.
Photo: Mike Rowe


56 years earlier 70022 Tornado stands on the turntable at Kingswear after arriving with a train from Paddington.
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Nice to see one of the old St Blazey stalwarts back in the West Country on 16th May as a Pathfinder railtour brought 37401 & 37670 'St Blazey T&RS Depot' to the Parkandillack branch.
The outward special is seen here approaching Stoneycombe, just west of Newton Abbot.
Photo: Steve Woodbridge

December 10th 2008 saw the Serco train in operation around Lincoln.
Here, 37605 leads the train southbound through Saxilby.
Photo: Roger Geach

1pm till 2pm turned out to be rush hour at Churston station on the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway on Saturday 30 August.


Firstly, locally based 2-8-0 ex GWR No 5239 passes with the 1245 Kingswear to Paignton service.


Sister engine 4277 heads in the opposite direction with the 1245 Paignton-Kingswear


A tale of two Marshalls - as Dave Marshall of the DTG, in the cab of D1015 Western Champion, chats with me (Steve Marshall) - no relation by the way.
The loco was carrying a D1005 Western Venturer replica name & numberplate in this view.


Soon after, 47773 in retro livery as D1755 passes straight through clear signals with a Tyseley to Kingswear excursion.


Tucked in behind 47773 as insurance was West Coast liveried Crompton 33025 not powering. The first class 33 on the branch since 1996 unless I am mistaken.

Network Rail Class 37s 97304 & 97303 were out on test on 15 August 2008.
Here the pair head past Clay Cross.

Photo: Roger Geach

Newly delivered Fastline 66 No 66301 passes Treeton with loaded coal hoppers on 23 July 2008.


DRS 37 No 37423 also at Treeton Junction with an Inspection Saloon on 23 July 2008


Back to 1990 now at Barnetby as 47407 is seen with a train of steel coils on 17 March 1990.


Now back nearly 30 years to see BR blue 31244 at Barnetby in 1979.

All photos: Roger Geach.

The 30 June also found an interesting train movement on West Country rails as DRS 57012 arrives at Totnes with the much travelled South Devon Railway heritage diesels, returning to their home base after visiting both the Keighley & Worth Valley and West Somerset Railway.
For the record the consist is - 57012, D8110 (20110) D6737 (37037) and D7612 (25901)

55022 ROYAL SCOTS GREY made only the second visit by a Deltic to Penzance on Saturday 28 June 2008.

This impressive view of the type 5 in BR blue was taken on the approach to Dainton tunnel with the return train, Pathfinders' 1Z56 1615 Penzance-Birmingham International.

Photo: Steve Woodbridge

21 June 2008 brought double-headed DRS Class 37s to Paignton with Spitfire's 'Paignton Pudden' railtour from Crewe.
Here the two locos 37423 & 37606 are seen stabled in Goodrington yard waiting to return to Crewe.

Following it's failure at Newton Abbot with 'The Cornishman' steam charter on 21 June, the unique Riddles class 8P No 71000 Duke of Gloucester was sent to Churston, on the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, to turn on the turntable so it could return to Bury for repairs.

The first visit of the locomotive to the line was captured on film at Churston, having just been turned.

The June 2008 Mixed Traffic Gala held by the West Somerset Railway was heavily weighted in favour of the diesel fans.
Below are some of the highlights


D9520 & D9526 approach Blue Anchor on the Friday of the gala.


Soon after retro-liveried D6737 passes the same point.


Heading in the opposite direction is D832 Onslaught

Video & stills now added for our new release - GVF138 Stars of Steam Vol II

Video clips are now available for many products in our online catalogue.

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The intention is simply to give a flavour of the content of each programme.
Captions have also been removed from these clips.

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Following hard on the heels of our news item of 2nd September, Kingswear hosted another FIRST the following weekend.



On Saturday 8 September, class 40 No 40145 in large logo livery, made a debut for the class, when it powered Pathfinders 1Z55 Banbury to Kingswear, standing in for the unavailable 55022 ROYAL SCOTS GREY.
First of all we see the 40 passing Dawlish Warren with the down train (photographed by Richard Hargreaves) , then the classic view from Sugar Loaf Hill at Waterside, near Goodrington, and shows the returning special bathed in brilliant sunshine.
Click below for a short video clip of the train leaving Paignton, (give it a few seconds to load as usual).
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On the following day, 9 September, the former Southern region Battle of Britain class, 34067 TANGMERE, headed the Torbay Express, following the unavailabilty of 6024 King Edward I.

After a smooth run from Bristol, Tangmere found the infamous Goodrington bank just too much to take. This was the same spot that defeated 60009 Union of South Africa in 2005.

Help arrived in the form of Ex-GWR 2-8-0 No 5239, which was borrowed from the 1300 Kingswear-Paignton service, and assisted the Bullied to the summit at Churston.


For a video clip of the train near Torquay click below, again give it a few seconds to load.

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Just like buses - you wait ages for one to come along, then 2 come together!

Not only that, but the first visit by EWS liveried class 37/4s to Kingswear on the 'Dartmouth Arrow' of Friday 31 August 2007, was repeated when 37410+37417 visited the branch again two days later with the Torbay Express from Bristol, filling in for the unavailable steam locomotive 6024 King Edward I.

The 11 coach train of 2 Septemer is seen above passing Waterside, between Goodrington and Churston, on the 7 mile branch from Paignton to Kingswear.

Photo: Steve Woodbridge

With only a handful of EWS class 37s still in traffic it's nice to see that they are still getting to old haunts.


This splendid view taken by Jon Price on Saturday 25 August 2007 shows 37422 and 37417 crossing Knucklas viaduct, on the Central Wales line, with 1Z38 1645 Llandrindod Wells-Eastleigh railtour.

On 24 August 2007 Past Times railtours ran the 'Holliday Express' railtour from Bristol Temple Meads to Par and return with double-headed steam both ways.

The intriguing pairing was ex-GWR King No 6024 King Edward I and ex-Southern Railway Batlle of Britain 34067 Tangmere.

With the duo swapping positions for the return leg, both Western & Southern camps were happy.

The above view shows the outward train approaching Ivybridge.

The evening return service cross St Germans Viaduct.

Both photos Roger Geach

Several shots of the special will appear in our forthcoming programme GVF138 Stars of Steam Vol II.

The 1st September 1984 was like any other Summer Saturday at Exeter St Davids until 1700 hours!
I happened by chance to be at Exeter St Davids that day with 'top' Bristol spotter Norman Ansell - Hiya Norman!

Then this happened to roll in with the 1215 Liverpool to Penzance HST service starting at Birmingham New Street.

The sequence that let to this amazing working commenced earlier that day, when the HST set failed on it's outward working and was terminated at Birmingham New Street.

Control decreed that Saltley would provide a locomotive to assist the HST back to the West Country and apparently the driver misheard his instructions and comandeered 58002 from the depot instead of Class 56 No 56058 which was intended.

Only when it was sitting on the train in New Street was the mistake noticed, and with the crew being members of the famous 'Saltley Seagulls', who were renowned for their outrageous escapades, their agreement to take the train was forward was not doubted!

Initally, as the story goes, Bristol was the destination for the Class 58, where the train would be terminated.
However Bristol came and went, and it was only the unfotunate air brake fault on the 58 at South Brent, between Totnes and Plymouth, that prevented the train continuing all the way to Penzance!

After the enforced stop at South Brent and nearly an hour attempting to continue with the Class 58, it was decided to restart the leading Power Car 43147, which managed to push the whole ensemble to Plymouth station, where the train was finally terminated.


58002 rounds the curve at Dawlish Warren


58002 turns a few heads at Plymouth


No doubting the location!
Thanks to Steve Woodbridge who was the only one of us with a camera!


Has there ever been a rarer diesel working on a service train to Plymouth?
The only candidate to come close we can come up with was D335 in (1964?).
Has anyone got a photo?

We are pleased to announce the release of our latest programme 'Regiments and Racehorses', dedicated to those glorious type 5 Deltics.

All 22 of the type 5 Deltics appear, as well as the prototype and a handful of Baby Deltics.

This is an-all archive programme. Most of the material dates from the late 1970s but earlier scenes are depicted as well.

Duration 62 minutes.

It is available only on DVD.
Click on the DVD tab at the top of this page and choose GVF136.

On 1 August 2007, 34067 Tangmere worked from London to Weymouth and back on Steam Dreams 'Sunny South Express'.
Here, the Battle of Britain speeds past Worgret Junction, near Wareham, where the Swanage branch turns off the mainline to Weymouth.

Two shots of this train will appear in our forthcoming programme GVF138 Stars of Steam Vol II.

A fantastic gathering of EE class 20s occurred on the weekend 14/15 July 2007, with some engines working passenger trains to Earls Cement at Hope.


20228 still carrying CFD livery from it's days in France, is seen in the yard at Barrow Hill next to 20001.


D8132 in the yard in British Railways green livery


20119 in BR blue livery


Type 5s 56006 and 58001 were also present at Barrow Hill


One of the specials is seen at Foxlow Jn on 14 July 2007.

Thanks to Roger Geach for the above photos.

During June & July 2007, the 'Steamy Affairs' charter train company are operating a short series of Blue Pullman specials under the banner 'Steam trains in the heart of Devon'.

On the first such outing of 23rd June, two silver liveried Cotswold class 47s, 47810 & 47828, were employed on the special originating from Ashford.

47810 'Captain Sensible' is seen leading the train past Goodrington with the return service.


43 years earlier, in 1964, the only Paxman engined Warship, D830 'Majestic', passes the exact same spot, but heading in the opposite direction, with a down local working to Kingswear.

Class 8P 4-6-2 71000 Duke of Gloucester finally made it to Devon on Bank Holiday Monday 28 May 2007.

Fittingly carrying 'The Devon Duke' headboard, the train is seen approaching Dainton summit on the return from Plymouth.
Photo: Steve Woodbridge

The second leg of the Railway Touring Company run Great Britain ran on Saturday 7 April 2007, with 6024 King Edward I and 5051 Earl Bathurst double-heading the train from Penzance to Bristol.
Click the link below to see a short video clip of the climb up Hemerdon bank.
(Please be patient while video loads)
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After working a series of special trains in Cornwall this week, 5MT No 45407 heads up Dainton with a Plymouth to Buckfastleigh and Exeter train on Thursday 29 March 2007. Photo: Steve Woodbridge


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On arrival at Exeter 45407 will head for the West Somerset Railway.
Meanwhile the return service was worked back to Plymouth by the diesel support - 37410 & 37406. Photo: Phil Gardner

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Thanks to PAST TIMES railtours, late March 2007 has brought about a spate of interesting branch line workings to deepest Cornwall.

Branch lines that have not seen a 'real train' for several years were basking in the glory, indeed the local community band turned out at St Ives for the visit of Black 5 No 45407 on Sunday 25th.


37410 arrives at Falmouth Docks station on Sunday 25 March.
Black 5 No 45407 is on the rear of the train ready to work back to Truro.



45407 makes history as it arrives St Ives.



Later the same day 45407 heads through St Erth, junction for the St Ives branch, with a Penzance to Par working.



On Monday 26 March 37410 leads 1Z21 special down to Par Harbour, last visited by a passenger train in the early 1980s.
Photo: britishrailwaysphotos.co.uk.


For details of all PAST TIMES tours see: http://www.past-timerail.co.uk/

With the exciting news that 47306 has been purchased for preservation by the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, we thought it would be interesting to see the condition of the loco which has been stored at St Blazey for some years.

Here it is pictured on 6 March 2005, complete with nameplates.

The deal is balanced by the sale to HNRC, Barrow Hill, of the lines two class 20s, 20166 and 20197.

Below is a video clip of 47306 at work in February 2000 on the occasion of a Rugby international at Cardiff.

She is seen at Llanbradach on 19 Feb 2000 top & tailing with 47721 on the 1306 Cardiff to Bargoed service.
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This is taken from a scene in our programe GVF112 Visions of Power - The Class 47s

Tuesday 6 March 2007 saw two special workings past Dawlish.


Firstly, shortly to be preserved 47840 NORTH STAR passes by running almost 90 minutes late with refurbished stock on transfer from Derby to Plymouth Laira.
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Soon afterwards, 37510 hurtled by light engine with a route learning special from Crewe to Plymouth.
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Both photos: Phil Gardner, British Railways Photos
www.britishrailwaysphotos.co.uk

40145 looks splendid as it passes what's left of Cardiff Canton diesel depot with Pathfinders 'Welsh Central Liner II' railtour of 3 March 2007

Photo: Jon Price

Following in the footsteps of 37405 which ran to Penzance on 9th September (see news item below of 10th September) - stablemate 37406 took charge of the second train of 30th September.
The 0610 Clapham Jn-Penzance is seen above approaching what used to be Aller Junction, Newton Abbot, and in the video clip below climbing past Stoneycombe Quarry, half a mile from Dainton summit.
Photo courtesey of Steve Woodbridge.
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Ian Rileys Standard No 76079 has been working specials in the South-West over the last few days.
This shot by Phil Gardner shows her at Totnes working a Plymouth-Buckfastleigh-Newton Abbot service.

Those with broadband connection may like to see a video clip of the 4MT approaching Barnstaple on the Thursday evening 1st June
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On the evening of 31 May 76079 had taken the South Hams Pony to Buckfastleigh and Newton Abbot before travelling light engine to Exeter.
The soon to be withdrawn 37411 was utilised to take the train back to Plymouth from Newton Abbot.
Click the link below for a video clip of the Newton Abbot departure.
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Saturday 3rd June brought FM RAIL 47832 to Kingswear, seen here approaching the top of Goodrington bank, Paignton with the NENTA Norwich to Kingswear special. 47703 was at the rear.

Tuesday 6th June and 31233 leads 31105 on the 1907 Newton Abbot-Penzance Network Rail service at Stoneycombe.
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Pathfinders' EDEN special of Thurdsay resulted in the silver liveried 67029 reaching Cornwall.
In the clip below the 67 speeds past Nailsea & Backwell with 1Z50 0625 Banbury-Penzance just after 8.30am.
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GB Bluebirds are still extremely rare in the South-West.
Just like buses - you wait for months then 2 come along together.
Firstly 66703 passed Dawlish at 07.53 on the morning of Friday 9th June with 6G53 0445 Truro-Westbury engineers, then less than half an hour later 66715 passes through the station with 5Z90 Laira-Derby Etches Park empty HST coaching stock.
The latter is seen in the video clip below.
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Finally, a view of 37314 (temporarily renumbered from 37190), visiting the South Devon Railway for it’s June 2006 Diesel Gala. The train is the 2002 from Buckfastleigh to Totnes Riverside seen soon after leaving Buckfastleigh.
As usual there was a good variety of diesel traction for the gala and if you missed this one make a date in your diary for their 2nd gala of the year in November.
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For those able to view our on-line video clip here are a couple of recent shots.
(Please note Broadband download time will be around 15-20 seconds.)

The End of an Era

With the Class 37 hauled Cardiff to Rhymney services now down to one diagram, here are two views filmed at Ystrad Mynach on Saturday 26 November.

Firstly, BR green liveried 37411 passes with the 1059 Cardiff-Rhymney service.
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Heading in the opposite direction 37419 powers away towards Cardiff with the 1115 Rhymney-Cardiff working.
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With the new Class 50 programme only released last week it's nice to have already received the following feedback..

Paul Stevens from Dorset emails - Many thanks for the latest edition to my DVD collection and as usual the Flight of the 50's proved to be another excellent choice. I would like to say thank you for all your hard work in providing a superb DVD.

Top quality as ever - Mark in Exeter
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Gary White from Hampshire kindly emailed us after watching GVF027 and GVF028 Diesel Decade the 1980s Vols 1 & 2 - "Just watched diesel decade 1-2 absolutely brillant quality of the picture was great. Keep up the good work" -
That's what it's all about, many thanks Gary

And finally two customers from Germany - Mr Upsall says Class 37 Tribute Vol II was 'superb - fantastic - I had almost forgotten what a 37 sounded like. This is the best video in my collection of more than 20'
and Franz Maier writes -
The day before yesterday I get an order and today the postman was
ringing.That was a very quick settlement.
Also,thank you to Steve and his team for the excellent DVD's.I'm very happy
to have it.
My english is very bad,but my pleasure is great.
The best wishes from Germany to you and your team

Franz Maier