Stay of Execution
THE
video of THE modern traction event of the decade!
When Traction Magazine, the East Lancashire Railway and EWS got together
to stage a diesel event and decided it would be the biggest and best of
its kind ever, they meant it! Not only had EIGHT of the visiting main
line locomotives never operated over a private railway before, but it
was the first time withdrawn locomotives had been resurrected from the scrapline for such a show!
The three-day "EWS Classic Traction Event" featured this
amazing EWS motive power line-up:
31110 - newly re-painted back into British Railways green livery as
D5528;
33202 - brought out of store at Immingham specially for the show;
complete with Burma Star nameplates;
37351 - the ‘Clag Monster’ - temporarily re-numbered 37002 with
black headcode boxes; 37906 another escapee from Immingham, this
loco stole the show with its amazing flame-throwing exploits and it
teamed up
with classmates 37029 & 37351 to produce a spectacular Tractor
triple-header;
47306 - dragged off the Old Oak Common scrapline at the last minute, The
Sapper had not worked a train for 9 months;
56006 - rescued from Immingham and sent to Old Oak for a re-paint into
original BR blue, the Rumanian Grid looked stuning hauling a rake of
blue and grey Mark 1 coaches;
73129 & 73133 - were the event’s most bizarre visitors - the first
EDs to work over the East Lancs!
This 90-minute programme is the official video of the event and was
produced with the full co-operation of EWS and the East Lancs. Not only
are there plenty of stunning lineside shots (with unbelievable amounts
of thrash!) hut also three mini "Wired for Sound" cab-ride
sequences featuring 37906, 47306 and 73133 ... PLUS behind the scenes
shots at Immingham and Old Oak Common depots to see how the locos were
resurrected and prepared for their moments of glory.
"An extraordinary record of a unique
spectacle." RAILWAY MAGAZINE
