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Power Hour 4 (and a half)
 The fourth volume in
the POWER HOUR series continues with the theme of the previous three
programmes – main line diesel locos being pushed to the limit (and
beyond!) to deliver rousing audio and visual spectacles. This spectacular
collection of scenes from around Britain’s national rail network (and on
2 high-speed routes in France!) were filmed over a 15 year period from
1993 and 2008.
FREIGHT WORKINGS:
47 330 climbing through Micheldever with a Freightliner, 56 090 pounding
up Hatton Bank with the Swindon-Longbridge Rover vans; 33 025 + 33 202
storming through Oxford with scrap wagons; 37 425 blasting pigeons out of
Castle Bar Park tunnel; 57 005 screaming out of Milllbrook Freightliner
terminal; a freezing winter scene in Kent as 33 065 clags away from
Tonbridge on a weekend infrastructure train; 37 890 at full tilt on the
6E89 Mossend to Immingham enterprise; 20 075 + 20 187 powering out of an
engineering possession; 37114 slipping and sliding on the Birch Coppice
branch; 31 154 + 31 420 hauling the 1,600 tonne Northolt-Calvert ‘Binliner’,
60 033 + 56 037 in tandem struggling up Sapperton with a 3,060 tonne steel
train; 31 552 proving that load is not equal to thrash; 66 227 clagging
and sounding anything like a ‘Shed’; multiple roaring from 58 041 + 58
049 on the Hoo Junction-Eastleigh departmental; a clagging 47 306 on a EMU
delivery move from Derby to Stewarts Lane…plus classes 37, 56 and 58 all
suffering major meltdown in France!
PASSENGER WORKINGS
& RAILTOURS:
Classic Napier sounds as 55 022 departs from Tyndrum Lower en route to
Oban; D1015 obliterating Dolau on the Central Wales Line….followed by a
repeat performance at Preston; spectacular fireworks from 37 416 as it
tackles the climb off the Preston Docks branch; 33 103 + 33 202 powering
up the Lickey incline en route to Buxton; 37 411 shattering the peaceful
countryside at Little Kimble; 47 812 ‘chirping’ as it climbs towards
Copy Pit summit; Vac thrash on the Kyle of Lochalsh line as 50 049 departs
from Strathcarron; trademark ‘Deltic’ clag as 55 019 sets off from
Tyndrum Upper; 40 145 tackling the Camp Hill incline at 05.25 in the
morning; D1015 and 40 145 climbing Tallerdig; 33 030 + 33 116 storming out
of Grantham with the ‘Whitby Jet’ charter; 50 031 doing battle with
Hemmerdon bank; 37 401 climbing out of Rannoch with the luxury ‘Royal
Scotsman’…plus Virgin CrossCountry thrash with D9000 powering away
from Didcot, 31 110 + 31 203 blasting through the Birmingham suburbs and
56 035 screaming out of Coventry.
POWER HOUR 4 features
14 different locomotive classes – 20, 31, 33, 37, 40, 47, 50, 52, 55,
56, 57,58, 60….and even
a Class 66!
The good news is that this
programme is not actually an hour long as the title suggests, but is 90
minutes. The bad news is that this DVD is NOT environmentally friendly.
You are also strongly advised to close all windows and doors to avoid
disturbing your neighbours!
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Programme Fact File
Introduction: David Maxey
First Published: 2009
Route Featured: From all over the UK
Classes Featured: 20, 31, 33, 37, 40, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60,
66.
Availability: Now
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Other Locomaster Profiles Programmes featuring a similar range of
motive power: Power Hour 1, 2 & 3,
Power Hour 5,
Power Hour 6, Power Hour 7,
Power Hour 8, Freight No More Vol
1, Freight No More Vol 2, The Traction Series, and Stay
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