TRACTION 2005 Part 2
If
‘TRACTION 2005 - Part 1’ surprised many people with its remarkable
content, then Part 2 was no less surprising. Included in this programme
are:
FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 47 298 reaches Kent to
rescue the Dungeness flasks, 67 014 + 67 022 at Oxcroft colliery with a
1,600 tonne MGR, 67 015 + 67 025 on the Ardingley-Whatley stone empties,
47 200 on the first Royal Mail train to Aberdeen for more than a decade,
37 411 on the Toton-Castleton departmental, Riviera’s 47 839 on Heavy
Haul’s Dagenham-Wembley stone train, mixed-livery 67 005 + 67 029 on a
Daw Mill-Toton MGR, Anglia-liveried 47 714 on a Freightliner, 37 416 on
the Bescot-Birch Coppice trip, 47 145 on a Toton-Crewe ballast train, GBRf
Class 73s reach Scotland and
Plymouth, end of the DRS ‘Cromptons’.
PASSENGER
TRACTION & WORKINGS, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: the final Virgin West Coast Class 87-hauled service, the Gatwick
Express Class 73 farewell, Anglia’s second Class 86 farewell, ‘Top
& Tailed’ Class 57s deputising for a ‘Turbo’ DMU on a
Paddington-Twyford commuter service, former Scottish Class 47/7s return to
passenger duties in Fife, Class 47s return to Cardiff-Rhymney services,
the first Class 87-hauled passenger train on the Anglian main line,
D1015’s marathon 3-day tour from London Euston to London Victoria –
via Exeter, Birmingham and the Central Wales Line, 40 145’s Scottish
adventure to Aberdeen and Inverness, 87 012 on Silverlink’s
‘Cobbler’ service, 55 019 on the Southern Region en-route to Havant…and
coverage of the Norwich gala with classes 20, 31, 33 on passenger services
to Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.
THERE’S ALSO:DRS Cass 20s on the ‘weedkilling’ train, Royal-liveried 67 005
on scrap ‘slammers’ to Caerwent, 47 145 on test train duties in West
Wales, DRS Class 20s and 37s on Network Rail ‘s autumn ‘water jet’
trains, GB Railfreight Class 73s visit York, four Cotswold Rail Class 47s running light engine from Oxley
to Willesden, five Class
73s running from Eastleigh to Tonbridge, 73 136 returns to the main line,
37 605 towing a ‘stoneblower’ from Ashford to Cambridge, 56 057 on
Nene Valley freight…and 47 826 reaches Mallaig!
BONUS
FEATURE: the DVD has a bonus
feature which has a detailed look at the EWS Class 56 and Class 58
locomotives working abroad in France.
This programme is available on DVD priced at £19.95. Running time is 110 minutes.
