News and Forthcoming Programmes
Updated 16/01/2012
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TRACTION
2011 – Part 2
Work
on the 33rd ‘Traction’ programme is well underway and although we
are currently wrestling with the welcome problem of what to leave out!
Covering the period July 1st to December 31st, this one looks set to
rival T2011 Part 1 for interest and variety, so here’s a small taster
of what’s in store…47810 & 47841 deputising for a Sprinter on
Norwich-Lowestoft services, 37610 on hire to DBS to work the Mossend-Irvine
china clay tanks, 56311 on a scrap metal working from Grimsby to Cardiff
Tidal, 37409 on hire to GB Railfreight to haul a 322 EMU from Kilmarnock
to Springburn, 66703+66740 arriving on the Nene Valley Railway on a
snowplough test, ‘Royal’ 67006 on the Edinburgh ‘bins’, 47500
with an assortment of track machines on a departmental working from
Nottingham to Hitchin, 57309 on the Paddington-Penzance sleepers, 56311
taking redundant TUA tanks from Harwich to Kingsbury for scrapping,
37069 & 37610 hauling Network Rail’s ‘track panel’ train from
Toton to Mossend, 20308 & 20309 on the Sizewell flasks, 37706
rescues the steam-hauled ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, 56302 hauling
two convoys of locos from Barrow Hill to Burton, 50044’s charter from
Euston to Holyhead hauling the Virgin ‘Pretendelino’, 67030 rescuing
newly-overhauled 60007 on the Kings Cross-Ketton cement, 47749 hauling a
Bescot-Hinksey ballast, 66847 hauling the first Colas timber train out
of Heathfield, 47375 & 56302 taking redundant china clay tanks from
Burngullow to Burton, 33012 ventures to Whitby, the incredible 5 loco
Deltic convoy from Shildon to Bury, Network Rail’s new Class 57s on
rescue missions…and extensive coverage of the autumn RHTT’s.
We are aiming to release this DVD in late February/early March,
priced at £19.95.
VAC
ATTACK
We are finally coming to an end of our re-releases on DVD, and ‘Vac
Attack’ has long-been a much-requested title. This is a Wired for
Sound cab-ride filmed on board D431 when it and D449 worked the
‘Celtic Hoovers’ railtour from Glasgow Central to Crewe in
September 2000. This took the two Class 50s back to their original LMR
stamping ground of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s and the locos
were duly transformed into ‘as built’ livery for the occasion.
With a respectable load of 13 coaches, the 2 ‘Vacs’ produce a
spirited performance as they tackle the tortuous climbs of Beattock and
Shap. While the superb thrash offers excellent audio entertainment, the
view from the locomotive footplate offers plenty of fine scenery along
the route. As with the majority of our re-releases, not only will this
programme be digitally re-mastered, but it will contain an extra 20
minutes of footage not included in the original VHS version.
We are aiming to release this DVD in early April, priced at £19.95.
TRILOGY
Over the last 15 years we have produced several
programmes for The Fifty Fund documenting the groups progress with their
3 locomotives 50031 Hood, 50035 Ark Royal and 50044 Exeter. We have
recently re-mastered the first three programmes - The First Five Years,
The Pilgrim Hoover and Onwards & Upwards – onto a double-disc DVD
set.
Between the three programmes this collection runs to over three hours of quality viewing.
Priced at £19.95, this is available exclusively
from The Fifty Fund via the following link http://www.sales.fiftyfund.org.uk/trilogy.htm.
VHS
TAPES. . . .
As demand for VHS is now minimal, we have deleted all our titles on
tape which are now available on DVD. Please note that none of the TRACTION
series are available on VHS, the early years having been covered in our TRACTION
DECADE DVD. We have also reduced the VHS programmes down to six
titles. These are as follows:..BATH ROAD, CLASS 40 STORY, CROMPTON
COUNTDOWN, TRAINLOAD TYPE 5s, MEDWAY CROMPTON and 50s THE FINAL
YEARS. VAC ATTACK is due for release on DVD this spring and BATH
ROAD will follow suit later in the year. Please note that due to the
vast increase in Royal Mail charges for items of this size and weight
there is an additional postage & packing charge of £2 per tape.
Therefore the total cost of a VHS tape is £18.95.
CATALOGUE
Although our website contains details on our current range of
programmes you may prefer to browse through a ‘hard copy’ of our
catalogue which you can request by e-mailing us your details at helpline@locomaster.co.uk
