News and Forthcoming Programmes
Updated 31/01/2026
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TRACTION
2025 – Part 2
The second six months of 2025 more than lived up to our
expectations for the 30th anniversary of the Traction series. So here
are a few – and we do mean ‘a few’ – selected highlights you can expect
to see in this forthcoming programme…33012 hauling two cranes from
Eastleigh to London Gateway freight terminal, 50008 returning the same
departmental kit back to Eastleigh two weeks later, 37901 rescues a
failed 70008 on the Llandudno-Hope aggregates, DB Cargo and DRS start
using the new East-West route for freight, 20302 & 20311 hauling an
assortment of track machines from Parkeston Quay to Dollands Moor, 50008
towing the Robel MMT from Hitchin to York, ex-DB Cargo 90021 & 90040
re-enter traffic for Freightliner, 20007 & 20205 hauling a Greater
Anglia 720 unit from Wembley to Ilford, WCRC duo 37685 & 37706 on a
Carnforth-Doncaster departmental working, GB Railfreight’s new Class 99s
undergoing AC and diesel testing, ROG Class 93s finally enter
revenue-earning service, DCR’s 56301 goes full-retro as BR blue 56045,
the former 56009 is unveiled as 69015 at Eastleigh Works in red stripe
Railfreight livery, LSL’s 37521 & 37667 on hire to Colas for test train
work, 37116 & 37405 on a snowplough move from Taunton to Wolverton
Works, GBRf’s 47739 and 92032 on two moves of new JNA wagons, 56113 &
56302 delivering two snowploughs to Norwich, former Trans-Pennine Class
68s and Mark 5 sets being tested prior to transferring to Chiltern
Railways, DCR hire 56049 from Colas and 60026 from GBRf, 93006 being
trialled by Freightliner, various transit moves to the ‘Greatest
Gathering’ event at Derby Litchurch Lane, 40013 breaks new ‘Forty’
ground for with a visit to Oban, D1015 working the very last Pathfinder
Tours charter, 56103 & 56113 on the ‘Tytherington Quarrier’ railtour,
45118 leaving Bristol Temple Meads heading to Kingswear, 97303 & 97304
hauling the ‘Britannic Explorer’ over the Cambrian route, the ROMIC-liveried
HST debuts at the Mid Norfolk Railway, D9000 in action at the North
Norfolk Railway, 50021 hauling the preserved rake of TTA tanks on the
Dean Forest Railway, the final day of GWR HST operation…and 89001
returns to the main line for testing between Crewe and Stafford.
Whatever your taste in motive power, this programme will have something
for everyone. We hope to have this latest DVD available for release in
early March.
SOCIAL
MEDIA
Following numerous requests, we are now on Facebook. Those of you
that are on this social media platform can get in touch with us at:
https://www.facebook.com/LocomasterProfiles/ .
We are also on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/locomaster_dvds/ . Alternatively, if it’s
Twitter you’re into, you can find us at @LocomasterP .
DVD
PRICE REVIEW
Some of our older DVDs are now priced at £14.95. The individual
programme pages with the revised prices have been updated accordingly on
our website. Also, some of the older Traction programmes – those from
T2003 Part 1 to T2010 Part 2 – are now available at £9.95. Postage &
packing is still free.
100 Not Out
We are pleased to have been able to produce this brand-new DVD in
conjunction with The Fifty Fund and Class 50 Alliance. All the action
from
2021 to Summer 2025, including trips to Stranrear, Deal, Reedham, Leven,
Brighton and their 100th railtour - hence the title...
Here’s the link to the Fifty Fund website where you can order the DVD…
100 Not Out
SECURE ONLINE
ORDERING
This is the quickest way to order our
programmes and allows for DVDs to be ordered by credit card, debit card
or Paypal without the need for having to send payment by post - or even
having to phone us! You will receive an email once your DVD has been
dispatched, which is usually on the same day for UK orders placed before
4pm. Overseas orders are dispatched twice a week.
ORDERING BY POST
For those of you that prefer to pay by cheque or postal order, you
can do so by sending either means of payment to us at FREEPOST
RTJS-JLHR-CSLA, LOCOMASTER PROFILES, LANGLEY, BERKS, SL3 7DQ. This is a
Freepost service so there’s no need to put a stamp on the envelope.
ORDERING BY PHONE
For those of you that prefer to speak to a human being and would like
to pay by credit or debit card, you can call us on 01753 545888. We are
usually available to take your calls Monday to Friday from 09.00 to
17.30.
POSTAGE
& PACKING - UK ORDERS
Postage and packing to UK addresses is free of charge irrespective of
the number of DVDs ordered.
POSTAGE
& PACKING - OVERSEAS ORDERS
For overseas orders we charge a flat rate of £2 postage per DVD,
irrespective of their destination. However, overseas orders are sent
post free, if they are ordered online from our website via Paypal.
VHS TAPES ...
Please note that we no longer supply any of our programmes on VHS as
most of our older titles are available on DVD. Please also note that
the early years of the TRACTION series (1995 to 2002) which are not
available on DVD are covered in our TRACTION DECADE DVD. Old Locomaster
VHS titles which are not available on DVD can sometimes be found for
sale on Ebay.
