VIDEO 125–UK (DVD)

All DVD titles from VIDEO 125 are in the 'pressed' DVD format and are suitable for playing on

any DVD player. They are not 'region coded'

NG-D Sir Nigel Gresley On The Main Line 50 minutes plus BONUS, 39 minutes $48.00

We’re on the footplate as the classic A4 Sir Nigel Gresley faces a demanding test run to gain approval for running over Network Rail. We then travel with the loco on its nostalgic return to King’s Cross and an emotional reunion with three other survivors of the class at York. With exclusive footplate access and spectacular aerial photography there’s also a bonus feature on 60007’s four year restoration at the North York Moors Railway along with footage of the NYMR’s A4 Festival including Bittern, Union of South Africa, Green Arrow and Flying Scotsman.

As if that was not enough, there is also main line footage of Oliver Cromwell and Scots Guardsman as well as fabulous views of Princess Elizabeth on the Settle & Carlisle taken from the air!

Get beneath the surface of the London Underground with this fascinating series originally shown in the London region of ITV and now available on one DVD.

LUL opened its doors to television to record the day to day life of some of its 16,500 staff. This award-winning series takes us behind the scenes to tell the story of some of the dedicated and colourful characters who work for LUL, doing a difficult job under often challenging and stressful circumstances.

We discover many surprising things about the complexities of running an over-stretched, under-funded and creaking network. Sometimes tragic and other times hilarious situations pepper the series revealing what it's like to work and travel beneath a thriving metropolis.

This DVD covers the first two series - 13 episodes plus extras including the drivers viewpoint, key sections of the Northern and Bakerloo lines; plus a LUL timeline, picture gallery and episode chapters.

In this award-winning ITV ‘fly on the wall’ series 3, we go behind the scenes to tell more stories of the dedicated staff who work for LU and visit some unusual underground locations. We explore the bowels of the Lost Property system, see the stress that abusive customers cause and spend time with the Emergency Response Team, as they hold their annual rehearsal. The series contains an array of both dramatic and comic moments, revealing the realities of working and travelling underneath a thriving metropolis. This DVD contains all six episodes from the third and final of the series plus extras including a picture gallery, footage of trains & old stations plus the two episodes filmed on the 7th July 2005, ‘The Tube Under Attack’. Narrated by Jonathan Kydd.

Under Attack 1 / Under Attack 2 / Special Operation / Losing It
Tickets Please / Off the Rails / The Train Set / Moving On (Old & New)

The hourly Southern service to Ashford (Kent) nowadays starts at Brighton, running fast to Eastbourne stopping only at Lewes and Polegate.
At Eastbourne the 2-car class 171 diesel multiple unit reverses to continue along the coast to Hastings calling at Bexhill and St Leonards Warrior Square.
Our train continues beneath the semaphore signals towards Ore where the third rail runs out. From here we run fast along the single line to the ancient town of Rye.
Now we run across Romney Marsh, the flat landscape giving the line its name. After the unstaffed halt at Appledore, situated roughly one mile from the village, our train calls at one of the staggered platforms of Ham Street Station followed by the terminus at Ashford International.
We then jump back to Lewes and join the driver in the cab of a 3-car class 377 electric multiple unit for the short trip down the scenic branch line to Seaford.
Calling at Newhaven Town and Harbour the line becomes single and continues along the coast through Bishopstone into the terminus at Seaford, the latter two stations retaining different but classic Southern Railway buildings. Narrated by Jonathan Kydd.

BONUS: London to Brighton Speed Run 11th September 2005. Record run of 36 minutes 56.28 seconds by class 377 shown in entirety.

A C3000 CAF DMU takes us on a journey over Northern Ireland’s longest railway (96¼ miles). We start at Belfast’s Great Victoria Street Station reopened in 1995 and subsequently allowing all lines to converge here for the first time. After Belfast Central our train climbs up and over the new multi-million pound cross harbour-link which was the catalyst for the metamorphosis of Northern Ireland’s rail network. Shortly after passing York Road depot the Larne Harbour line branches off and we continue on the new 90 mph reinstated line to Antrim. From there we reach the populous towns of Ballymena, Ballymoney and Coleraine. Now follows the most scenic section from Coleraine to Derry running via the semaphore signalled Castlerock Station and through the atmospheric Castlerock tunnels beside the sea. Further coastal running brings us into Londonderry along the banks of the River Foyle. We then jump back to Coleraine where we board a classic 450 class DEMU (‘Thumper’) for a trip along the 5¾ mile branch line to the popular seaside town of Portrush. Finally we take a brief look at the Bushmills and Giant’s Causeway steam railway. As usual, much of the history of the various lines is included. Narration is by Belfast-born television personality Eamonn Holmes. Stereo Sound

From unique nature reserves and public footpaths to the abandoned and completely wild trackbeds and former stations. Part social history, part industrial archaeology, the series is a travel programme too,

touching different counties and unearthing local characters and the area's industrial past. TV viewers in the South of England have been enjoying a great series of programmes exploring the paths of old railway lines. Presenter, Hannah Shellswell walks and cycles disused rail tracks, sometimes alone, sometimes in conversation. In the course of her journey, Hannah learns many things - local and anecdotal, historical and significant. But, essentially, it's the story of people; some well-known names crop up - like Dr. Beeching, whose damning report axed so many lines and stations in the sixties, or did history blame the wrong man? The 8 episodes show:

Each year, thousands of holidaymakers experience the thrill of riding through the picturesque Purbeck Hills on one of the Swanage Railway’s classic steam trains. The line runs for 5½ miles from a new Park and Ride station at Norden through the unique Corfe Castle station and Harman’s Cross into the small seaside town of Swanage.

Today’s railway is thriving and this film takes you on a guided tour of the line by steam train, looks behind the scenes and talks with some of the staff and volunteers who work on the line. To look at the railway today, it’s hard to believe that in 1972, under British Rail, the line was run down and closed, the track taken up and the buildings left to decay. With the aid of old photographs and archive film, we recall the mammoth struggle to rebuild the line - from scratch! Narrated by Fred Dinenage Photos and archive footage courtesy of the Andrew P M Wright Collection

The start of our journey around the north eastern tip of the Isle of Thanet is the seaside town of Ramsgate. The town has been on the railway map since 1846. Eventually two rival companies served the town for over fifty years until the Southern Railway built a connecting line between the two. Even today, there are two main routes into the town, one via Ashford from Charing Cross and the route we are taking via Chatham into London Victoria. Our 4 coach class 375 Electrostar starts off as the hourly fast service calling at selected stations to Faversham. Here we join up with a similar 4 car set from Dover. We then call at Sittingbourne and the Medway Towns of Rainham, Gillingham, Chatham and Rochester. Once over the Medway itself, our 8 coach train runs fast to Victoria calling only at Bromley South. This journey is shown virtually in real time. Made with the co-operation of Southeastern Trains. Narrated by Jonathan Kydd (narrator of ‘The Tube’). Dolby digital stereo.

The Bakerloo Line is a main artery, connecting four of the capital’s main line railway stations with the heart of London’s West End. The southern terminus at Elephant and Castle consists of just two platforms requiring fast turnarounds to provide the 3 minute service interval. Just under half the 14.5 mile line is in tube tunnel. The 1972 stock trains (amongst the oldest running on the network) surface at Queen’s Park. Roughly one in three continues to Harrow and Wealdstone alongside the West Coast Main Line. As well as seeing the entire route in real time from the Driver’s cab we also peek inside the Bakerloo Line’s signalling and control centre at Baker Street. The Waterloo and City line is LUL’s smallest self contained operation running for just over 1.5 miles between Waterloo and Bank. We see the whole line from the Driver’s cab of a recently refurbished 1992 stock train in real time starting in the reversing siding in the compact depot at Waterloo.

Now you can see the route for yourself, travelling aboard a General Motors’ class 201 diesel locomotive heading the 10.00 Heuston to Cork. The train is scheduled to cover the 165 miles between the Capital and Ireland’s second city in 2 hours 50 minutes, running at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour and calling at just three intermediate stations en route, Thurles being the first, a distance of 86 miles. At the rear of our train is a streamlined driving trailer - literally the sharp end of investment in new Intercity rolling stock. Ireland’s premier line was built by the Great Southern and Western Railway in stages from 1846 and is double tracked throughout. Dubliner Henry Kelly delivers the historical and contemporary narration. Multiple cameras follow the progress of our train from within the cab, trackside, stations and even the CTC Central Traffic Control Centre at Connolly.

Driver's Eye Views are not mere cab rides - They have several major differences. Each is made with the production values of a television programme and has a fully researched narrative to entertain as well as to inform. Every ‘Driver's Eye View’ has dozens of shots of the train, the driver at the controls and many even feature aerial views taken from a helicopter flying overhead. All are in stereo too.

Paris’s integrated transport system, run by RATP, is the envy of cities throughout the world. It consists of buses, trams, regional express railways and of course the famous Paris Metro. Over a dozen lines criss cross the capital of France and arguably the most interesting are Lines 5 and 6.

Line 5 Is mostly in tunnel and runs on conventional steel wheels from Place d’Italie in the south for 9 miles to Bobigny Pablo Picasso in the north. The line surfaces to cross the River Seine before plunging back into tunnel to run via stations such as Bastille, Gare de’ l’est and Gare du Nord.

Line 6 Is very different. Firstly, it runs on rubber tyres - RATP’s preferred technology. Secondly, it runs mostly overground on viaducts – reminiscent of New York’s famous elevated subway. Starting to the west of Paris at Charles de Gaulle Etoile (beneath the Arc de Triomphe) the line surfaces to cross the Seine giving a magnificent view of the Eiffel Tower. Still elevated, it then skirts round the southern suburbs of Paris via Montparnasse, popping in and out of tunnel every few miles before reaching the eastern terminus at Nation, a total distance of 8.5 miles.

This Driver’s Eye View provides a fascinating insight into these lines with a historical and contemporary commentary. English / French Narration
BONUS: Driver’s View of the Turnback Siding at Bobigny and Driver’s View of depot at Nation.

The North London Line is unique in being the only Network Rail route to be featured on the London Underground map. 2006 is the last year of operation into North Woolwich by the class 313 EMUs. To record this for posterity, Silverlink Trains allowed Video 125 cameras unrestricted access to train cab and stations along the route. We start our journey in South West London at Richmond, where North London Line trains run interspersed with those of the LUL District line as far as Gunnersbury. Here we branch off towards South Acton for the NLL proper. At Acton Central we see the raising of our pantograph and the switch from third rail to overhead current collection. The route was electrified at 25KV overhead to allow vital freight movements around the capital. One of the most unusual stations is that at Willesden Junction, the platforms being positioned above the West Coast Main Line and the affiliated ‘DC lines’ from Euston to Watford. North London stations such as Hampstead, Camden Town and Hackney come and go in quick succession before we arrive at the modern Stratford (low level) station where 2 of the 4 hourly trains terminate. We continue alongside the Jubilee line and Docklands Light Railway to Canning Town – a 2 mile section of line that will soon be converted to DLR. At Custom House we travel over a section of line that will be lost to rail altogether, from Custom House to North Woolwich. The history of the route is complex but totally fascinating, details of which are related en route by Rob Curling. Dolby Digital Sound

The railway between Aberdeen and Inverness was built by the Great North of Scotland Railway, the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction and the Inverness and Nairn, the former two companies meeting end on at Keith. Of the 50 stations that have come and gone over the years, ten remain open. In little over a hundred miles we encounter 16 existing, or former, rail junctions – on average one every seven miles - a remarkable testament to the commercial rivalry and duplicity of lines between the Highland and GNSR companies in the latter half of the 19th Century. Today the route is operated by First Scotrail and plied by class 158 ‘Express Sprinters’. The route is mostly of single line and features tokenless block and electric key token sections controlled from manual signal boxes with semaphore signals. This scenic route was filmed in sunny or good weather from the cab, from the trackside and from the air.

Much of the fascinating history is to be found in the narration. Narrated by Sally Magnusson

The Dublin to Belfast route is 113½ miles long. Our journey begins at Dublin’s Connolly Station. For the first few miles we proceed through the rapidly re-generating suburbs under the wires of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit. At Malahide we leave the wires behind us as our train runs over a magnificent causeway and alongside the sea at Skerries. Drogheda is the first stop. Back in 1845 trains could go no further until the wide River Boyne was bridged by a large viaduct completed a whole ten years later. Now you can see the box girder viaduct from the cab. The next stop is Dundalk, following which we face a similar long drag to that on the Settle and Carlisle line in England. Now we cross the border into Northern Ireland calling first at Newry. Immediately beyond the utilitarian station we cross Craigmore viaduct - Ireland’s highest. The scenery is no less spectacular as the line climbs up and through Poyntzpass. The final intermediate stop is at Portadown, now we have a free run all the way into Belfast Central. This is a route of great interest with double line throughout. Our 90 mile an hour express was filmed mostly in sunshine. Narrated by Henry Kelly Dolby Digital Stereo

Europe’s largest surviving mechanical signal box is seen here as never before. This is the most comprehensive railway production ever undertaken. We employed a multi-camera outside broadcast unit for ‘LIVE’ continuity. Shot on the 30th June 1990, a busy summer Saturday, there is plenty of action to witness. The program starts with a thorough description of the area controlled by the box and looks inside all three fringe boxes as well. HTV presenter Arfon Haines Davies then discusses events as they happen ‘live’ with the Area Movements Inspector Bernard Hitch. The program is divided into three main sessions: one in the morning and two in the afternoon. There are original DMU’s and Sprinters as well as class 37s & 47s. The star attraction is steam loco ‘Duke of Gloucester’ passing through on a rail-tour. If you have ever wanted to experience the clanking levers and ringing bells of a mechanical signal box here is the next best thing.

The East London Line is one of the smallest autonomous operations on the Underground, with its own depot at New Cross. Services alternate between the two southern termini of New Cross and New Cross Gate. Our journey on board an ‘A’ stock train begins at the former and takes us through the very oldest part of civil engineering on the underground network, Marc Brunel’s 1843 tunnel under the Thames. Peak services continue to Shoreditch which is where our journey ends.

Our second journey starts at Richmond where we board a ‘D’ stock train running along the District Line’s main artery from Earl’s Court along the bottom half of the Circle line to Tower Hill, beyond which the line joins up with the Hammersmith and City line to Barking. We then continue all the way to Upminster. This most intensive route sees trains running with intervals of only two to three minutes. The journey time from Richmond to Upminster is approximately 90 minutes.

The Edgware Road branch then follows: Starting at Wimbledon, our ‘C’ stock train takes us over the former Southern Railway branch to Putney Bridge. After Earl’s Court our train turns north along the western side of the Circle line through Notting Hill Gate to terminate at Edgware Road - the only station shared by District, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines.

Finally there is by far the shortest route on the District: Kensington High Street to Kensington Olympia, at one time running only during exhibitions but nowadays running daily.

All four routes are shown virtually in real time on this DVD. Individual lines and key stations have fast menu access. Narrated by Rob Curling

It was in the 1890s that the original experiments with cinematography took place in Britain, France and the USA. Trains were amongst the first subjects ever filmed and incredibly many of those clips have survived.

Renowned railway film historian John Huntley presents this unique glimpse of steam railways as they actually were at the turn of the 20th century. All known surviving railway film from the period is included on this one DVD.

Researched written and presented by JOHN HUNTLEY. Produced by PETER MIDDLETON
Colour production with black and white archive material.

Completed in June 2001, the LGV Méditerranée joined up with the LGV Rhône Alpes and the original

Paris / Lyon TGV line completing the link between Marseille and Paris. Now is your chance to see this truly amazing feat of engineering from the cab of a Duplex (double deck) TGV. The Ligne a Grande Vitesse (LGV) features dozens of massive viaducts, tunnels and earthworks cutting a swathe through the French countryside (with no expense spared) to allow for very high speed running. Marseille vies with Lyon to be the second City of France. Having a population of 1.25 million, as well as being the gateway to the French Riviera, there is ample demand for a high speed rail service with the capital. To make the service comparable with air, a target journey time of three hours was set for the 466 mile route. This could only be achieved with an average start to stop speed of around 155 miles an hour. Our non-stop service achieves just that taking us over the longest TGV route in France whilst beginning and ending via the classic main lines into each City.

DVD MENU OPTIONS: Indexed map for easy access to different sections. Bonus footage.

DF-D THE DOWN FISHGUARD 115 min $53.00
Swindon to Fishguard (Drivers Eye View)
The name Fishguard conjures up a sense of adventure. Rightly so, for the vast majority of travellers, Fishguard is a mere stepping stone on the long journey to Ireland. However the traditional Boat Train starts from London some 4 hours earlier but we join it an hour into its journey at Swindon. The direct line from Swindon, via Bristol Parkway, was built to reduce the journey time from South Wales in conjunction with the Severn Tunnel. For most of our journey in the cab of a First Great Western High Speed Train, we are travelling through Wales on the country's major main line - the South Wales. Engineered by I.K.Brunel it was the last main line to be built to the 7ft broad gauge. Being isolated from the rest of the burgeoning rail network in South Wales, it was converted to standard gauge just years after completion. Today the route is traversed by a half hourly HST to Cardiff and an hourly HST to Swansea. One service a day continues to Fishguard in connection with the Stena Line ferry to the Emerald Isle. The double line eventually gives way to a single track at Clarbeston Road. The 15 mile Fishguard branch is worked by electric token. Narrated by Richard Bath. No region code.

SC-D SETTLE AND CARLISLE 90 min $53.00
(Drivers / Birds Eye Views)
The Settle and Carlisle Railway is renowned for its spectacular scenery and what better way to appreciate it than in the midsummer sunshine. For the first time you will see the line from the air as well as from the ground in this all new production.
We join our 2 car Sprinter at Skipton. Operated by Arriva Trains Northern, this fast service takes us through the restored junction station at Hellifield complete with semaphore signalling. We join the famous long drag at Settle Junction - 15 miles of almost continuous climb up to Blea Moor. The fully restored 24 arch Ribblehead viaduct is seen from the air as well as from the driver's cab. Our sprinter disappears into the long tunnels at Blea Moor and Rise Hill while we fly over the top for a surprising view! Our train makes an unscheduled stop at Garsdale before peaking at the famous steam age summit of Ais Gill. The Long Drag is shown almost in real time with Appleby to Carlisle discretely condensed into half an hour. The fascinating tale of this main line, constructed at great expense through largely unpopulated territory, is legendary. Richard Bath's narrative refers to the techniques employed by the thousands of navvies who toiled for four years in often-atrocious conditions and with few mechanical aids. Filmed in association with Arriva Trains Northern. Narrated by Richard Bath. No region code.

C1-D CLASSIC TRAIN JOURNEYS - SCOTLAND 60 min $45.00
Another production for the travel market, this program takes the most scenic sections from our Driver's eye view series. Beautiful landscapes unfold before your very eyes with cameras placed inside the driver’s cab and in helicopters flying overhead. You get a privileged seat on this thrilling journey through the highlands and lowlands, lochs and glens.
Highlights include: *Britain's most scenic railway from Fort William to Mallaig on board a class 5 steam engine. *An amazing ride on an InterCity 125 over the awe-inspiring Forth Bridge. *The stark contrast between the hustle and bustle of Glasgow and the utter desolation of Rannoch Moor on the West Highland Line. *An exhilarating coast to coast journey from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh, gateway to the Isle of Skye. *An unforgettable trip over the remote Far North line to Wick and Thurso.
Narrated by Chris Denning Stereo HiFi

With cameras placed inside the driver’s cab and a helicopter flying overhead, you can enjoy the splendor of the journey from a truly privileged seat. Highlights include:
The main line through Cornwall and the branch lines to Looe and St Ives;
A ride on Britain’s unique street-running railway at Weymouth;
Brunel’s Royal Albert Bridge across the River Tamar;
A ride through the New Forest on a ‘Wessex Electric’ train;
Steam trains at Dobwalls theme park and on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway;
A driver’s eye view of Britain’s busiest railway station - Clapham Junction;
An exhilarating 125 mph ride from London to Bristol …and much much more.
Sit back and let the train take the strain with this magic carpet ride on some of the world’s most beautiful railways. Narrated by Chris Denning. This is a compilation from previously released titles of this area.

With cameras placed inside the driver’s cab, you can enjoy the splendor of the journey from a truly privileged seat. Filmed in the summer sunshine, this program takes you on a gentle meander right through the heart of Wales. Highlights include:
The Heart of Wales line through Llandrindod Wells
The Cambrian Coast line to Barmouth
The Tallylyn Steam Railway and Fairbourne Miniature Railway
An evocative steam trip on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog
The beautiful Conwy Valley line to Llandudno …and much much more.

C4-D CLASSIC TRAIN JOURNEYS - NORTHERN ENGLAND 60 min $45.00
(Drivers / Birds Eye Views)
This is a compilation from Settle to Carlisle, Transpenninexpress, Flying Scotsman 2 and the Cumbrian Coast titles
With cameras placed inside the driver's cab and in helicopters flying overhead, you get a privileged seat on this thrilling journey around the coasts, along the plains and through the mountains of Northern England filmed in glorious summer sunshine.
Highlights include: A scenic trip round the magic Cumbrian Coast on a perfect day; A ride through the very heart of the Pennines aboard the Transpenninexpress; GNER's Flying Scotsman speeding from York to Berwick upon Tweed. The spectacular Settle and Carlisle with the awe inspiring Ribblehead viaduct. The Ravenglass & Eskdale Steam Railway and Mallard at the National Rail Museum; ….and much much more. So sit back and let the train take the strain and enjoy this magic carpet ride on some of the world's most beautiful railways.

With cameras placed inside the driver’s cab and in helicopters flying overhead, you get a privileged seat on this thrilling journey around the coasts, along the plains and through the mountains of the Emerald Isle.
Highlights include:

Tralee and Blennerville Steam Railway
and much much more. So sit back and let the train take the strain and enjoy this magic carpet ride on some of the world’s most beautiful railways. Narrated by Henry Kelly. This is a compilation from previously released titles of this area.

Skirting the edge of the Cotswolds the line from Swindon to Gloucester runs through the valley of the River Frome - enchantingly known as the ‘Golden Valley’. The viewing platform for our 36¾ mile journey is a 2-car class 143 Pacer operated by Wessex Trains. Some of the delights of any journey over this route are the classic GWR stations at Kemble and Stroud, little changed over time. As well as the usual shots of the driver at work, trackside runpasts and station sequences, there are aerial shots taken from a helicopter.

Originally a program in its own right, 30 minutes of railway action chosen with the emphasis on their stereo soundtracks. Now included as a menu-driven bonus on this Driver's Eye View.

NC-D            NORTHERN CITY / NORTHERN WEST END             117 min                                 $53.00
(Drivers Eye View). Combination DVD
CITY: Edgware to Morden via Bank
This video begins at Edgware in Middlesex for the overground section to Golders Green. Then into the long tube tunnel into the underground’s deepest station at Hampstead followed by the complex junction at Camden Town where the High Barnet branch joins. Here the City Branch and West End branches diverge. We take the City branch via Bank and London Bridge to converge again at Kennington for the final section to Morden in Surrey.
The video was filmed in bright weather using the latest DIGITAL cameras. The pictures in the tube tunnels can only be described as fantastic. Narrated by Rob Curling
WEST END: Kennington to High Barnet via Charing Cross & Finchley Central to Mill Hill East
This video starts off with the fascinating Kennington reversing loop. We then run over the West End branch via Charing Cross to join up with the City branch again at Camden Town. Our 1995 stock train emerges from the tunnel into the four platform East Finchley station – built for the tube extensions that never happened. By contrast stations High Barnet reflect their former LNER steam character. The video also features a drivers eye view of the Mill Hill East branch. The video was filmed in bright weather using the latest DIGITAL cameras. The pictures in the tube tunnels can only be described as fantastic. Narrated by Rob Curling

SS-D            STEAM THROUGH THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS                 60 min                         $38.00
The 'Road to the Isles'
Join Clive Anderson as he takes his first class seat on a journey of discovery over Britain’s most scenic railway – the “Road to the Isles” from Fort William to Mallaig. Clive confesses to a wave of nostalgia as he recognizes a familiar sound from his childhood – the beat of a steam engine. He sees the summit of Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain, visits a whisky distillery, the railway museum at Glenfinnan and witnesses fish being landed and processed at Mallaig. All the while, Clive chats to those on board the train with stories to tell, from the business of actually running the steam train to the restoration of the veteran engine – which was scrapped and deemed beyond repair – to a real-life Jacobite, the secretary of the ’45 association. An unforgettable trip through the glorious scenery of the Highlands of Scotland. Narrated by Clive Anderson

JL-D            JUBILEE                                                                         85 min                                         $53.00
(Drivers Eye View).
Another route full of interest, running from Stanmore in Middlesex over the branch originally built by the Metropolitan. At Wembley Park the Jubilee runs alongside the current Metropolitan all the way to Finchley Road. From there to Baker Street is through the cast iron tunnels of the former Bakerloo line. With the junction still in place, we now enter the original purpose-built Jubilee tunnels for the run to Green Park where the brand new Jubilee line extension begins. Now we can see the wide modern concrete tunnels built by the "new tunneling method" and featuring platform edge doors at the stations. Running through the heart of the Docklands redevelopment - famous for the Canary Wharf Tower and Millennium Dome, our "1996 stock" train surfaces again at Canning Town in East London. Video 125 cameras have captured the best pictures ever of an underground line. With cameras in the cab, on the platforms, and even in the tunnels you will see the Jubilee in a new light. We even take a look at the old Charing Cross Station now abandoned. As if the pictures were not enough you can hear the fantastic sounds of the trains in motion - captured in digital stereo. A comprehensive commentary from Rob Curling keeps you informed with the facts about this fascinating route. The Driver's Eye View is followed by a DOCUMENTARY made for London Underground entitled LONDON'S NEW RAILWAY celebrating the opening of the Jubilee Line Extension. This comprehensive documentary looks at the planning, construction and unique architecture. It contains interviews with key personnel such as construction engineers, managers and users. 2 programs on one tape. Narrated by Rob Curling

HM-D            HIGHLAND MAIN LINE                                                         95 min                                     $53.00
Perth to Inverness (Drivers Eye View).
You are in the cab of a brand new ScotRail TurboStar for the 118 mile trip over the Highland mainline. Perth is the gateway to the Highlands and still boasts a large imposing station - the legacy of the Victorian era railway competition. The main line features stretches of double and single track with semaphore block signalling predominating to Aviemore from the eight operational signal boxes. There are stiff climbs to the two summits at Druimuachdar and Slochd, the latter forming the summit of the Inverness cut-off line. This direct line from Aviemore to Inverness was a major feat of civil engineering forced upon the Highland Railway company by the threat of competition. It was completed in 1898 having taken 14 years to build. You will see the two largest structures spanning the rivers Findhorn and Nairn - and not just from the cab. As usual no expense has been spared and so our train is tracked by helicopter to show the train and the terrain from the air. Narrated by Sally Magnusson

PP-D            PATHE RAILWAY PICTORIAL                                    61 min                                         $45.00
VIDEO 125 presents a nostalgic trip through the archives of British Pathe. Of all the cinema newsreels Pathe News is the most widely remembered. From the 1930s to the 1960s Pathe covered a dozen or so news stories every week and of course many of those featured railways - being the main form of transport. In addition to newsreels, Pathe produced a regular magazine program entitled Pathe Pictorial. As with the newsreels, railways also featured regularly and we have selected no less than 37 stories taken from those 35mm archives. The news stories run from 1935 to 1955 but the larger selection is of Pathe Pictorials from 1934 to 1964 depicting a fascinating side of the railways long-forgotten!
PATHE NEWS
GWR streamline loco 1935 / GWR viaduct demolition Llanbradach 1937 / Steam scrapyard Swindon 1938 / Sir Nigel Gresley LNER 50 years of progress 1938 / New SR Electric loco Waterloo 1942 / Whitemoor Marshalling Yard Cambridgeshire 1949 / Trains running again after end of national rail strike in 1955.
PATHE PICTORIALS:
Paddington Goods Depot 1934 / Horwich Fire Train 1936 / One train a week - Blackwell Mill Halt, Buxton
1938 / The shortest railway - East Kent Light Railway 1938 / The house above Clayton Tunnel SR 1938 / Old Liverpool and Manchester Station 1939 / One man railway station – Port Victoria Kent 1939 / The Devon Belle 1947 / The privately owned Snowdon Railway 1948 / Waterloo platform track laying by new BR 1948
COLOUR PICTORIALS:
Early Talyllyn Railway 1955 / Deltic, Classes 20 & 08 at exhibition 1957 / New Hastings DEMUs 1957 / New track recorder 1959 / Long welded rails - ECML at Dinsdale 1960 / Terence Cuneo on location painting a Co-Bo loco Condor 1960 / Modernisation of British Railways -Temple Mills 1960 / Old station at Nunnington Yorkshire 1960 / Queen Victoria's coach at Clapham 1960 / Steam replaced by electrics at Stratford East London 1961 / Early Bluebell Railway 1961 / Land Rover adapted to run on standard gauge rail lines 1961 / Old LNWR coach with thatched roof - Essex 1961, Students working on the Middleton Railway 1962 / Modernisation - various locations 1963 / Nunnington Station turned into a Café 1963 / The Royal Scot locomotive taken by road to Butlins, Skegness 1963 / Horse shunting at Newmarket 1964 / Early Ffestiniog Railway 1964. Introduced by John Huntley

LL-D            A LOOK AT LIFE ON THE RAILWAYS                         50 min                                        $45.00
From 1959 to 1969, the Rank Organisation made a series of short films for the cinema under the series title Look at Life. The films were released on a weekly basis and shown in Odeon cinemas up and down the country. Ultimately over 500 Look at Life’s were produced, all of them shot on 35mm film and in colour. Film historian John Huntley presents 5 films from the series, all of which feature the railways of the time - a time of great change, when steam was rapidly being replaced by diesel
Letting Off Steam (1959): Centenary London to Portsmouth line, Evening Star, New class 40 D202, Stratford Class 31 D5522, Bristolian still steam hauled, Woodhead Tunnel Route, Wiring the Eastern Region, Driver’s Training School, Prototype Deltic in action, Long welded rails at Dover Marine, Potters Bar Station.
Draw the Fires (1963): Production Deltics, Class 25s under construction, Bletchley Flyover, Baby Deltic DP2, Tollerton Signal Box, AWS, Railway Museum York, Westerham Kent closed station, Carlisle withdrawn steam, Newly preserved Bluebell Line, The Palatine Express, High Wide and Faster (1964): Integrated transport system, Carlisle Kingmoor Yard, London Termini, On board Blue Pullman, Coal Merry go Round, Cliffe, Kent, Cement terminal. Turn of the Wheel (1964): Scrapping old carriages, New class 47, Middleton Railway preservation, Newmarket old station, London buses, Trams at Crich, Derbyshire, Traction Engines, Pullmans. Playing with Trains (1967): Keighley and Worth Valley, Middleton Railway Trust, Open day Taplow, Clapham Transport Museum, Flying Scotsman 'Cathedrals .

F1-D            FLYING SCOTSMAN - KINGS CROSS to EDINBURGH             190 min                     $73.00

(Drivers Eye View)
Britain's fastest railway, the East Coast Main Line, viewed from the cab of a GNER class 91 electric loco at the head of the 10.00am 'Flying Scotsman'.
PART 1 - Kings Cross to York: Covers the first leg of the ECML from King's Cross calling only at Peterborough. York is reached just 1 hour 50 minutes after departure. That means that the majority of the 188 miles is traversed at a speed of 125 mph (an average of 103 mph)! Highlights include: The exit from King's Cross with the various tunnels, the infamous Welwyn bottleneck which brings the ECML down to just two tracks, the Newark flat crossing - soon to be history, the Selby new line, and Stoke bank where "Mallard" achieved the world speed record for steam traction in 1938.
PART 2 - York to Edinburgh: Covers the journey from York to Edinburgh calling only at Newcastle. The Flying Scotsman completes the 204½ miles between the two cities in 2 hours 20 minutes at an average speed of 87.6 miles an hour. Highlights include the Darlington Bank Top Avoiding Line, the approach to Newcastle crossing the mighty River Tyne, the notorious curve at Morpeth, the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick, the scenic coastal sections and the approach to Edinburgh Waverley. Newcastle/Edinburgh section reduced by 40% for time reasons (No features lost). Narrated by Fred Dinenage. Stereo HiFi

Fort William to Mallaig
The West Highland Extension - the ‘Road to the Isles’ is a masterpiece of railway engineering. When filmed, in 1985, the line was still signalled by semaphores. See dozens of trackside and footplate shots, as we make our way from Fort William through Mallaig Junction and along the shores of Loch Eil to the famous Glenfinnan viaduct. At the time of construction this was the largest concrete structure in the World. At Lochailort there is a dramatic change in scenery. This part of the line was the most difficult to build with tons of explosive being the only way to drive the railway through the rock. A hundred years on, it is all the more spectacular for it. At Arisaig (Britain's most westerly station) our ‘Black 5’ heads north across Keppoch Moss until we emerge alongside the Atlantic Ocean for the approach to the fishing port of Mallaig. Narrated by Anton Rogers.

London to Sheffield (Drivers Eye View)
The Midland mainline begins appropriately at the ultimate statement of Victorian railway optimism and pride - St. Pancras Station in London. Filmed from the cab of a High Speed Train, the first 50 miles are under the wires of Thameslink as far as Bedford. Then Sharnbrook, Desborough and Kibworth summits follow in quick succession, these banks infamous in steam days. Nowadays the first stop is Leicester - a distance of 100 miles! A change of scene as we head north from Derby through the delightful Peak district stopping at Chesterfield and terminating at Sheffield. Narrated by David McEwan Stereo HiFi

TP-D TRANSPENNINEXPRESS 81 min $53.00

Manchester to York (Drivers Eye View)
The Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester is now the main rail line over the Pennines with four 'transpenninepresses' plying the route every hour. The line climbs or falls almost continuously for 43 miles, the only level section being inside Standedge Tunnel, the major feature of the line. The tunnel is the fourth longest on the national network at 3 miles 66 yards. Both it and the other major tunnel at Morley (1 mile 1609 yards) are seen (and heard) from the Driver’s cab with the aid of additional lighting. Today’s route incorporates the lines of various pre-grouping companies – with no less than ten significant junctions being traversed between Manchester and Leeds. Our class 158 Express then continues to York over another three – the last of which brings us onto the East Coast Main Line. As well as gradients, junctions and tunnels, the route also features track circuit block signalling. Last, but not least Yorkshire Television’s Geoff Druett tells of the fascinating history. Stereo HiFi

PC-D PICCADILLY 105 min $53.00
Rayners Lane to Cockfosters / Acton Town to Heathrow (Drivers Eye View)
The Piccadilly line has two branches, one from Uxbridge in Middlesex and the other from Heathrow Airport both joining at Acton Town. This Driver's eye view begins in the reversing siding at Rayners Lane and takes you right through the centre of the capital and out into the North London suburbs. Emerging from tunnel at Arnos Grove our train continues to Cockfosters in Hertfordshire. The section between Acton Town and Hammersmith is unique in being the only tube line to feature express running - leaving the parallel District line to provide the stopping service. We then go back to Acton Town and join another 1973 stock train for a Driver's eye view of the Heathrow Airport branch. This line, much of which was built by the District Railway, has another unique feature for a tube line, a quadruple track section from Acton Town to Northfields. As well as seeing four closed stations from the driver's cab, we also pay a visit to Aldwych, the terminus of the short branch which ran from Holborn but closed in 1994. Narrated by Rob Curling

UT-D THE UCKFIELD THUMPER 61 min $45.00

Uckfield to East Croydon (Drivers Eye View)
These unique trains have long been called Thumpers due to their distinctive sound. Now, after the units' well earned retirement, this record of their unmistakable sound (from trackside and on board) lives on in stereo. Surprisingly, the Uckfield branch is fascinating in itself. It is the stub of a former through route from Tunbridge Wells to Lewes. Nowadays the route features both single and double track sections. Following the fatal head on collision at Cowden in 1994, strict new operating procedures were put into place including the provision of SPAD* signals at strategic points. You will see these as the driver does from the cab. The line runs through classic Kent and Sussex countryside with, surprisingly, only three towns of any significant population. At Oxted we take a brief look inside the signalling centre and then our Thumper, 205 009, runs non-stop to East Croydon. Made in association with South Central Trains. Filmed in the summer of 2003. * Signal Passed At Danger. Narrated by Fred Dinenage

RO-D ROSSLARE EUROPORT TO DUBLIN CONNOLLY 105 min $53.00

(Drivers Eye View)
This is one of the most interesting and spectacular routes running up the east coast from Rosslare Europort to Dublin Connolly. After running round its train, our class 071 diesel sets off with a rake of Mk 2 coaches. At first the line skirts the coastline alongside the Irish Sea. At Wexford our train slows to walking pace as it traverses the long street-running section next to the harbour. Turning inland, the line follows the course of the River Slaney offering up further magnificent views from the cab. There are only three trains a day on this route and we pass one of them at Enniscorthy. At Wicklow we are back on the coast for a high speed section on long welded track. The overhead wire heralds the start of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) at Greystones. Soon we encounter the most difficult section to build, at Bray Head. Here the much-photographed tunnels cling on to the side of the sheer rockface. Photographers rarely get the chance to see the tunnels from the driving cab let alone from a helicopter flying alongside. Running through Dun Laoghaire (Dun Leary) the Irish equivalent of the Cote D'Azur, we enter the Dublin conurbation*. This was the very first railway in Ireland, dating from 1834. Half a dozen or so level crossings close for our passage before we pass through Dublin Pearse station, the original southern terminus, and arrive at Connolly Station in the heart of Ireland's capital.
Stereo soundtrack. Narrated by Jon Slattery *Conurbation: An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

LS-D LEARNING TO STEAM 92 min $45.00
Here is your chance to find out how to actually drive a steam train, through the eyes of life long steam enthusiast and HTV Wales presenter, Arfon Haines Davies. Arfon spent a week on the Great Central Railway finding out almost everything a trainee footplate member needs to know. After a look at the 1830 replica locomotive Planet and a spell in the classroom, Arfon is shown around Clun Castle by GCR Locomotive Superintendent Phil Wheeldon. Starting at the bottom, just as a real trainee would have done 40 years ago. Arfon first becomes a Cleaner then gradually progresses up the ladder with ex BR Fireman Ray Martin teaching him the act of firing. Ex-BR Driver Bill Gwilt then takes over to explain how to oil and prepare the loco followed by how to drive. Arfon then takes the controls of Clun Castle in charge of a seven coach “express” running from Loughborough Central to Rothley. Multiple cameras capture all the thrills of this ultimate footplate experience, as they happen!

NB-D NORFOLK BRANCHES 93 min $53.00

(Drivers Eye View)
East Anglia is synonymous with the Norfolk Broads and is the pleasure-ground of thousands of holidaymakers, many of whom still travel by train. The branch lines feature traditional semaphore signals and wooden level crossing gates - opened and shut by hand. Add the unique marsh landscape, the swing bridges at Reedham and Somerleyton and the long-forgotten lineside telephone poles and wires still in use, the railways of Norfolk offer a variety all of their own. Travel: Norwich to Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth to Brundall, Norwich to Sheringham, and Reedham to Great Yarmouth via Berney Arms. The DVD also features a menu-driven Driver's view of the North Norfolk Railway - taken from a classic DMU.     Narrated by Mike Smee. Stereo Hi-Fi

CE-D            CONNEX                                                                                         60 min                              $38.00
Brighton to London Victoria (Drivers Eye View)
A Driver’s Eye View from Brighton to London Victoria taken from a refurbished class 319 electric locomotive. This fast run is shown in full. The train runs non-stop to East Croydon not even stopping at Gatwick Airport! Then to Victoria non-stop through Clapham Junction. Narrated by Fred Dineage. Stereo Hi-Fi

NL-D            NORTHERN LIGHTS                                                                     95 min                             $53.00
Edinburgh to Aberdeen (Driver’s Eye View)
A GNER InterCity 125 is our viewing platform in another Driver’s Eye View. This superb journey through Scotland takes in both the awe-inspiring Forth and Tay Bridges! North of Dundee, with the sun gradually sinking in the clear blue sky this really is the “Northern Lights”. Travel through Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Leuchars, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven before reaching our destination of Aberdeen. Narrated by Paul Coia. Stereo HiFi

IN-D INTERCITY NORWICH 90 min $53.00
Norwich to London's Liverpool Street (Drivers Eye View)

A class 86 electric locomotive hauls a train of predominantly Mk2 coaches in BR InterCity colours. InterCity Anglia being the last of the former sectors to retain the distinctive livery in privatisation. With a top speed of 100mph, the hourly service trains normally cover the 115 miles between the capital of East Anglia and London’s Liverpool Street station in well under 2 hours, giving us an opportunity to see this interesting route almost in entirety. Narrated by Chris Denning Stereo HiFi

The Rank Organization produced a weekly series of short films for showing in Odeon cinemas up and down the country in the 1960s. Undiscovered until now we have chosen six showing the aircraft industry as it was in the 1960s.
AIR HOSTESS (Heathrow 1960) / CONTROLLED LANDING (Heathrow 1961)

CITY OF THE AIR (Heathrow, Gatwick & Stansted 1963) / FLYING TO WORK (Various 1964)

THE SPIRIT OF BROOKLANDS (Weybridge 1965) / THE BIG TAKE OFF (Farnborough, Filton, Bristol & Derby 1967)

Here we present six of those films, showing various aspects of Military Aviation as it was in the 1960s.

Golden Wings: (1962): - Just over ten years after the Wright brothers first flew in 1903, the First World War saw the rapid development of the aircraft for military purposes. Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert looks at those early aircraft which he actually used to fly….

Black Arrows: (1959): - This is a film about the Black Arrows aerobatic team of Treble One squadron flying Hawker Hunters in 1959. Cameras film the team preparing for displays and then follow the action from the ground and in the cockpit.

Flight Deck (1960): - Hermes was the Royal Navy’s largest aircraft carrier when filmed in 1960. Two decades before she became famous in the Falklands conflict, film cameras take us above and below decks to film the day to day operations including the take off and landings of aircraft such as the Fleet Air Arm’s Sea Vixens.

Test Pilot: (1961): - This film follows the life of a test pilot flying one of the best loved jet fighters of all time – the English Electric Lightning, the Royal Air Force’s first supersonic fighter which had entered service just one year earlier.

Turning Blades: (1962): - From fixed wing to rotary wing, Turning Blades looks at the world of the helicopter as it was in 1962. It shows helicopters such as the twin rotor Belevedere – the forerunner of the Chinook and the experimental Rotodyne VTOL aircraft.

Jumping Jets: (1965): - Three years after that film was made, an altogether different approach to vertical take off and landing came in the form of the Kestrel – the forerunner of the Hawker Harrier….

Vol.1: Having spent much time and effort VIDEO 125 discovered a collection of professional 35mm film on Britain's railways that had been largely unseen, which enabled us to bring to you some fascinating glimpses of the railway scene from the 1930s to the 1960s. Unlike other railway archive videos, which were shot by amateurs mostly as 'home movies' and mostly on 8mm film, those in this production were taken for feature films such as 'The Ladykillers', 'Train of Events', 'The Good Companions', 'Return to Yesterday', but never actually used. They include trains out of Euston just north of the Euston Bank (1948), Copenhagen Tunnel (1955), Paddington arrivals & departures (1939), Dawlish sea wall expresses (1939), The Waterloo mainline at West Weybridge (1941), Salisbury Tunnel Junction (1959), a driver’s eye view of Newcastle Station (1930).

Vol.2: Covers all areas of Britain and there is bound to be something of interest for everyone. It contains film from the 1930s right through to the end of steam in the 1960s. Highlights include: Watford Junction in 1936 (B&W), East Coast Main Line in the 1930s (B&W), Euston in 1948 (B&W), the last days of the GWR Princetown branch (B&W), Paddington around 1960 (Colour), Glasgow in 1961 (Colour), Waterloo in the 1960s (Colour), Out-takes from the “Titfield Thunderbolt” (Colour). Views from the Footplate, and dozens of miscellaneous runbys depicting all sorts of trains plus much more. Made entirely from 35mm British Film. (66% B&W, 34% Colour). Narrated by John Huntley. Has audio option of Narration On / Off.

This title is a combination of the video titles, 'Steam on 35mm – 30s, 40s & 50s' and 'Steam on 35mm – Vol.2'

Vol. 3: This selection features out-takes from 'Brief Encounter'. Filmed at night in 1945, these shots never made it into the finished production but nonetheless retain all the atmosphere of the original film. There are various 'takes' of the classic LMS local services arriving at Carnforth as well as express runbys - actually filmed at Watford Junction! Out-takes from 'The 39 Steps' are also featured. The first version (filmed in black & white) shows LNER arrivals and departures from Edinburgh Waverley in 1935. The 2nd version (in colour) also features action at Waverley as well as on the Forth Bridge in 1958. Additionally there are sequences taken for back projection, i.e. a 35mm camera was placed at the rear of the train and filmed the complete departure from Waverley - not a Driver’s Eye View but a Guard’s Eye View! Highlights include: GWR Paddington (1937, 1954), Golant Halt, the Looe branch etc. etc., runbys on the Oban line in Scotland (1948), plus the Southern at Charing Cross (c1935) and much more. There are even some magnificent shots taken on the Longmoor Military Railway (1960).

Vol. 4: The fourth collection of steam action taken from top quality motion picture out-takes. What you will see and hear is the golden age of steam. Single shots and entire sequences from the GWR, LMS, LNER, and SOUTHERN from 1935 to 1948 and British Railways up until the end of steam at Waterloo in 1967. There are 110 clips in total. Highlights include: A series of GWR runbys in 1943 at Heyford in Oxfordshire (B&W). Various shots from Paddington both inside and outside from 1930s (B&W) up to 1963. Runbys on the Midland Mainline and departures from St Pancras circa 1938, including whole trains and Bankers at the rear (B&W). LNER arrivals Leicester Central 1940s (B&W). A wide variety of steam arrivals and departures from both Waterloo and Victoria taken from the mid 1930s to the late 1940s, many also including assisting tank engines at the rear (B&W). A4 Sir Nigel Gresley in LNER blue livery at Nine Elms Shed and heading a subsequent rail-tour from Waterloo in June 1967 (Colour). Merchant Navy & West Country Pacifics at Waterloo and Raynes Park on their last day of steam in July 1967 (Colour). Plus shots from places as diverse as Euston, Kings Cross, Nottingham (Victoria), Leicester, Southampton, Plymouth North Road, and even Killiecrankie in Scotland. This title is a combination of the video titles,'Steam on 35mm – Vol.3 & Vol.4

Part 1 covers the first leg from London Euston scheduled to run non-stop to Preston at a maximum speed of 110mph aboard a class 87 locomotive. The route takes us via Watford Junction, Milton Keynes, Rugby, Stafford and Crewe. Due to a broken rail, the train takes an unplanned switch to the slow line for a few miles to the north of Watford Junction. With no intermediate station stops, this Driver’s Eye View is more continuous than most. There are of course, numerous shots taken inside the cab as well as from the trackside. Written by established author John Boynton, much of the History of this former LNWR route is here. NOTE: 140 minute journey edited to 90 minutes approx. WIGAN not seen from cab due to technical fault.

Part 2 covers the second leg of the 401 mile journey to Glasgow Central, running via Lancaster, Carnforth, Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle, Lockerbie, and Carstairs. Our class 87 manages to maintain a speed of 90 mph over the legendary 1 in 75 banks up to Shap and Beattock summits - an achievement that would have been unimaginable in steam days. Narrated by Fred Dinenage.

This title is a combination of the video titles, 'Royal Scot – Part 1' and 'Royal Scot – Part 2'

Travel aboard an Intercity 125 from . See the magnificent engineering of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s original Great Western Railway, as you pass through Reading, Swindon, & Bath. At Bristol Temple Meads see the original terminus with its wooden roof then on to Taunton and finally arriving at Exeter St. Davids. Filmed 1993. Narrated by Anton Rogers.

Looe - Liskeard, Lostwithiel - Fowey, Par - Newquay, Falmouth - Truro & St.Erth - St.Ives. (Drivers Eye View)

To compliment HST FAR WEST and the mainline through Cornwall, here are the branches.

Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular scenery and there is no better way of experiencing it than travelling over the country’s railways in the Driver’s Cab. No less than 5 branches are featured, in fact all passenger lines and one freight. The scenery of the Looe branch with the interesting reversal and climb from Coombe Junction, the freight only branch at Fowey, running alongside the picturesque river, the meandering Newquay branch, the Falmouth branch still with its original mainline infrastructure and finally the classic coastal railway over golden sands to St Ives. All motive power is first generation DMUs on the passenger branches (single & two car) and class 37 on the Fowey branch. Filmed 1991. Narrated by Anton Rodgers

Vol.1 - Steam: John Huntley and VIDEO 125 present a selection of fascinating Cinema newsreels.

The 41 steam stories include - EARLY NEWSREELS: Corris Railway (1926), Old Locos eg. Puffing Billy (1926), Leek & Manifold (1927), Royal Scot in USA (1933), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coronation Scot (1937). WORLD WAR 2 & AFTER: Building 'Austerities' (1943), GWR Oil Firing experiment (1946), Reopening of the RHDR (1946), Nationalisation (1948), Tavern in a Train (1949), Princess Elizabeth (1950), Doncaster Loco Spotters (1951). CRASHES: Bourne End (1945), Harrow & Wealdstone (1952), Sutton Coldfield (1955), Rugby (1955), Didcot (1955), Welwyn (1957), Lewisham (1957). END OF STEAM: Southwold Closes (1929), Brill Closes (1935), Last Crewe-built loco (1958), Longmoor Closes (1959), Last Swindon-built loco (1960), Last BR Steam Paddington (1965), Last BR Horse Newmarket (1967), End of steam Swindon (1968). PRESERVATION: Painting Forth Bridge (1927), Ffestiniog Centenary (1963), Reopening Welshpool (1963), Flying Scotsman (1963/73).

Vol.2 - Modern: The 47 modern traction stories include - INNOVATIONS: 'First Streamlined Diesel Train', Newcastle (1933), LNER '6701' electric (1941), LMS Diesel '1000' Euston (unseen footage 1947), Double Deck train Charing X (1949), Gas Turbine '18100' Codsall (1951), 'XP 64' Marylebone (1964). OPENING & CLOSURES: London / Brighton electrification (1933), Central Line Tube extensions (1946/47), Swansea & Mumbles closure (1960), Victoria tube trials / opening (1968), Brighton Belle Ends (1972). MODERNISATION: 'Deltic' first service (1955), 'Swindon' DMU (1956), D8200 Euston (1957), D600 Warship Paddington (1958), Blue Pullman Marylebone (1960), New class 310 EMU (1965), WCML electrics (1966), 'Kestrel' Marylebone (1968),

'4 PEP' Waterloo (1973). ACCIDENTS: Charing Cross underground (1938), Northwood (Met) & Lichfield (1946), South Croydon (1947), Runaway DMU Royton (1961), Hither Green (1967). HIGH SPEED: 'APT-E' (1972), IC 125 Prototype & inaugural run Cardiff (1976). In addition, fascinating oddball stories from rail-inventions to human interest. Most stories in the above volumes, feature the original commentaries from the likes of Leslie Mitchell and Geoffrey Sumner.

You’ve seen the Hammersmith and City line, now here’s the mainline from the Driver’s cab of a refurbished 'A stock' train. In 'Metropolitan and District' you saw the world’s first underground railway travelling in an easterly direction. Now you can see it the other way as far as Baker Street. Here we take the diverging Junction into one of the four dedicated platforms, from where, until recently, all off-peak services terminated. From here northwards the railway is literally unique, the legacy of the Metropolitan railway’s ambitions to be a mainline in it’s own right. Retaining the Underground’s only fleet of commuter-style trains, the

A60 / 62 stock is seen in the midst of a major refurbishment program. As well as the fast run to Amersham, much of it over multiple tracks, we take the branches to Uxbridge and Watford - the latter destined soon to become history. Finally there is the Chesham branch - London Underground’s furthest outpost and it’s sole surviving single line. Narrated by Rob Curling

For commuters into Waterloo, London's largest terminus, the south coast resort of Weymouth is only 143 miles by rail. Mention the town of Weymouth and the unique Quay branch comes to mind and therefore we begin with a brief look at the so called 'tramway' from a class 73 electro-diesel locomotive. Heading north on the mainline out of Weymouth aboard a class 442 Wessex Electric, we climb up towards Dorchester South. Turning east the train calls at the intermediate stations as far as Poole and Bournemouth, with their classic causeway approaches. Speeding up now, we call at Brockenhurst and pass through the delightful stretch of unspoilt New Forest to Southampton. Now the Wessex slots into South West Trains’ new shuttle pattern. We then run non-stop at up to 100mph along the old LSWR quadruple track mainline via Bassingstoke and Woking. This is our first Drivers Eye View to run through Clapham Junction and of course into Waterloo itself, just prior to the start of international services. Filmed in 1994. NOTE: Winchester / Bassingstoke section excluded for time reasons. Narrated by Fred Dinenage

A class 156 Sprinter sets off from Queen Street station, on a 122 mile long adventure into the heart of the West Highlands of Scotland. Climbing out of the 1 in 45 Queen Street tunnel, we proceed through the suburbs of Glasgow, mostly under the wires of the Strathclyde electrics. At Craigendoran the West Highland line branches off towards Helensburgh Upper. At first, following the course of Gare Loch and Loch Long, the line eventually emerges high above the banks of Loch Lomond. By the time we reach Crianlarich (where the Oban line diverges) the dense forest has given way to more open aspects. The famous Horseshoe Curve is the next major feature encountered. Beyond Bridge of Orchy, the main road turns west towards Glen Coe, whilst the railway turns northeast and strikes out across one of the last great wildernesses, Rannoch Moor! 95 miles from Glasgow we reach Britain’s remotest station, Corrour. Here is the summit, the old Signalman’s house, but little else. The line now descends alongside remote Loch Treig into the Spean Valley and civilisation once more. Running past the foothills of Ben Nevis we arrive in the West Highland capital of Fort William. Filmed 1993. Narrated by Paul Coia

Vol. 1: This production features modern traction from the early years (1930s to the early 1970s). Wallow in the nostalgia of Deltics, Warships, Westerns, 25s, 40s, 45s, and the Blue Pullmans. Plus AC Electrics, 20s, 47s, & DMU's in their early liveries. Also featured are 1st generation EMU's going back to the 1930s. As is the case with 'Steam on 35mm, The 30s, 40s & 50s' all the footage in this production originates from 35mm film shot for TV programs and feature films. Most of the material was never used and was confined to the film vaults until we discovered it. One of the most remarkable shots features a class 16 in action, a class rarely photographed let alone filmed! You will also find footage of the prototype Deltic and LMS 10000 & 10001. This production gives a valuable insight into Britain's Railways during the transition from steam to diesel/electric and will bring pleasant memories of the classes that have since been superseded, and their original liveries.

Vol. 2: Taken from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, this is a profusion of nostalgic memories from the very early days of BR's modernisation program. Highlights include: DELTICS etc. at KINGS CROSS (1965) and on their stamping ground the ECML. WARSHIPS & WESTERNS at PADDINGTON, on the GWML & DAWLISH etc., 31s, 37s at CLACTON (1962), 40s, PEAKS, 47s, GREEN DMUs, GREEN ELECTRICS (3 regions), GLASGOW 'BLUE TRAINS', BLUE PULLMANS, 50s at SHAP/BEATTOCK (1973), AC locos and even the odd DC loco (class 71). Over 150 colourful sequences are featured (taken by British Transport Films but never actually used until now!). Two thirds are from the 'pre-blue' era, one third from the 'post-blue' era. Narrated by John Huntley Colour / B&W

A compilation of recently discovered 35 mm motion picture outtakes. Divided into four main categories, these hitherto unseen sequences show all kinds of nostalgic action from the late 1950s all the way through to the early 1970s.

Diesel: A classic mix of first generation diesel locomotives in both green and blue liveries filmed in a wide variety of locations throughout Britain. Gems include Green 47s, Peaks, Warships, Deltics, DMUs etc.

Electric: Electric Multiple Units in early and late liveries from various BR regions, along with blue AC

locomotives on the WCML. Gems include green Nelson EMUs and Hastings DEMUs (included in this

Underground: For tube lovers there are shots of red 1920's ‘standard’ stock on the Central line as well as blue examples on the Isle of Wight. Red 1938 stock, silver and red District line stock are further gems!

Driving cab sequences: Film shot from the drivers’ cabs, showing various lines in the good old days of semaphore signals, goods yards and sidings and even sets of water troughs! Half a dozen sequences show parts of the GCR line, including High Wycombe as well as entering the stations at Thame and

All sixty minutes of footage included within this DVD were filmed on 35mm cinema-standard film in glorious colour. Not only will you SEE the trains but you will HEAR them too - especially as you can turn the commentary off if you like. (menu option). Narrated by Richard Bath

Porthmadog - Blaenau Ffestiniog (Narrow Gauge) / Blaenau Ffestiniog - Llandudno (Standard Gauge)

The 13.5 mile line was of course built to carry slate and for many years worked by gravity. We travel aboard one of the famous double Fairlie steam locos - 'Merddin Emrys'. The ride is typically rocky in places, as you might expect. The terrain changes from the wide open 'Cob' at Porthmadog, to the fertile wooded valley in the vale of Ffestiniog, to the slate capital itself. The BR line, originally LNWR, was built in order to capitalise on the slate traffic as well. Within the first mile, on board a class 101 DMU, we pass the old mine and quarry workings and enter the 2 mile long Ffestiniog tunnel, Britain's longest single mainline railway tunnel. At the end of the tunnel is the wild & remote Lledr Valley. At Betws y Coed we stop briefly to explore the Conwy Valley Railway Museum. The line then levels out and we dash along the Conwy Valley to Llandudno Junction, on the Chester to Holyhead mainline. Finally, as most services go through to Llandudno itself, so do we. The 3 mile branch is double track and still block-worked with semaphores. Filmed 1991. Narrated by Arfon Haines Davies

In 2004, the Intercity route to Sligo was still traversed by diesel locomotive-hauled trains. 2004 was destined to be their penultimate year of operation before route modernisation and the inauguration of DMU traction. Our train of Mk 2 coaches – hauled by class 071 locomotive 088, starts its journey in one of the terminal platforms at Dublin's Connolly Station. The line follows the course of the Royal Canal most of the way to Mullingar – the railway having actually purchased the canal before building the line. After leaving the western suburbs of the capital, the line is controlled by time-honoured electric key token block sections and semaphore signaling. Many level crossing gates are still opened and shut by hand. As well as seeing this scenic line from the driver’s cab, there are the usual trackside shots, shots of the drivers and signalmen at work and aerial shots taken from a helicopter accompanying our train all the way to the west coast town of Sligo.

Ealing Broadway - Hainault, Leytonstone – Epping, Epping - Ongar (Drivers Eye View)

This traditional tube line was filmed in early 1992 just before the total route modernisation. The 30 year old tube stock was still two person operated and controlled by on-site signal boxes. The Central line boasts one of the busiest sections on the whole Underground, between Liverpool Street and Stratford. By contrast the anachronistic Ongar branch is by far and away the least busiest.

The tunnel sections are shown almost in entirety and are arguably the most fascinating part of this unique video. Running through the very heart of London you can see, amongst other things, the junctions at Marble Arch and Liverpool Street etc.

We then travel the other main branch from Leytonstone. This runs entirely above ground over the Old Great Eastern Railway route via Woodford and Loughton.

The “icing on the cake” is our trip over the single line Ongar branch. There are only half a dozen trains a day nowadays on this unlikeliest branch of London’s Central Line.

The Dingwall & Skye Railway is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most beautiful lines and now you have the chance of seeing it as the Driver does - from the cab! Shot in mid-summer, the route is seen at its most spectacular! We begin with our train departing from Inverness, hauled by a class 37 diesel. From there to Dingwall we travel alongside the Beauly Firth and witness some of the last remaining Highland Railway semaphores still in operation. At Dingwall we enter the R.E.T.B. system (Radio Electronic Token Block) and turn due west for the Highlands! We traverse the summits at Ravens Rock, Corriemoillie and Luib (the highest at 646ft) and stations such as Garve, Achnasheen and Strathcarron set amidst the beautiful Highland scenery. Finally, the most spectacular section, Stromeferry to Kyle on the shores of Loch Carron. In addition there are features on the long closed branch to the spa town at Strathpeffer, and a detailed look at the RETB both in the cab and at Dingwall. Includes numerous aerial shots from a helicopter. Filmed in 1987. Narrated by Paul Coia

Birmingham’s premier suburban railway, having recently undergone a total metamorphosis. To celebrate the electrification of Birmingham’s Cross City line, Regional Railways invited VIDEO 125 to make a Driver’s Eye View of this stretch of the network. The class 323 electric multiple units are a totally new design. They provide a frequent service of 4 trains per hour throughout the day, over most of the route. We ride a class 323 covering the full distance from Redditch to Lichfield Trent Valley taking the viewer through the centre of Birmingham and one of Britain’s major hub stations, New Street. Narration is by BBC TV’s Midlands Today presenter Kay Alexander, who has been closely associated with the line since being invited to open the new station at Redditch. The 1½ hour long trip is covered virtually in real time. Narrated by Kay Alexander

Exeter to Plymouth (and Saltash): The Devon mainline is best known for its coastal scenery and its gradients. A five minute dash from Exeter finds us on the famous sea wall at Dawlish, from there we continue along the coast to Teignmouth and then head inland to Newton Abbot. After climbing Dainton Bank we drift down to Totnes where we take a look at the Dart Valley Steam Railway. Rattery Bank follows as we head out over the edge of Dartmoor, through South Brent and scenic Ivybridge. Plymton, Laira depot and Plymouth soon follow. The grand finale is the run to the awe-inspiring Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash - Brunel’s greatest masterpiece - and we see it all from the cab! Both GWR semaphores and multiple-aspect colour light signals feature. Soon after filming all the semaphores were removed! In addition we also look at the atmospheric pump houses at Starcross. Filmed 1986. Running Time: 85 min. Narrated by Anton Rodgers

Saltash to Penzance: HST Far West begins where 'HST West' finishes - with a Driver’s Eye View of Brunel's magnificent Royal Albert Bridge spanning the River Tamar between Devon & Cornwall. The 75 miles that follow rate amongst the most hilly and curvaceous of any mainline. It has 34 viaducts - more per mile than any other in Britain. Features include DOBWALLS theme park where miniature USA - style steam and diesel locomotives haul visitors over accurately recreated gradients depicting two great American Railroads. The BODMIN STEAM RAILWAY gives us a chance to sample the reinstated passenger service from Bodmin Parkway to the old Bodmin General station aboard an 0-6-0 tank engine. Filmed 1990 Running Time: 95 min

We join an Exeter to Newcastle service formed of a five car Virgin Super Voyager at Bristol Temple Meads station. The limited stop service calls next at Bristol Parkway before branching off the Great Western onto the former Bristol and Gloucester Railway. By-passing Gloucester by means of the south loop, the next stop is Cheltenham Spa. Now we run non-stop all the way to Birmingham New Street via Bromsgrove and the notorious Lickey Incline. This is the two mile long ascent of the Lickey Hills at a gradient of 1 in 38, the steepest bank on any main line in Great Britain. From Birmingham New Street our class 221 takes the former Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway running non-stop at up to 125 miles an hour through Tamworth and Burton on Trent to reach the county town of Derbyshire. The fascinating history of the route is related by Alan Hardwick, long-time anchor of Yorkshire Television's evening news program Calendar. Filmed in the clear blue skies on a summer's day from start to finish.

We start at Dingwall - the Inverness section having been covered in Skyetrain. Much of the 142 miles from Dingwall to Wick is sparsely inhabited. The line follows the coastal contours through Invergordon to Tain. Instead of taking the direct route across the Dornoch Firth, the line heads inland via Lairg. After Rogart we pass through the long-since closed ‘Mound’ station still with it's platform for the Dornoch branch derelict but intact. We take a look at the remains of this erstwhile line. At Golspie the line became the ‘Duke of Sutherland's Railway’ - one of the longest-ever privately built lines. Dunrobin Castle station is next on route. By the time the train reaches Helmsdale, the coast has become more rugged than ever. From there it proved absolutely impossible to drive the railway any further along the coast, so our ‘Sprinter’ heads inland again, this time through the remote Strath of Kildonan for 25 miles to Forsinard. Britain's most northerly junction is where our four-car class 156 divides, one portion going to Thurso the other to Wick and we see both! Narrated by Paul Coia

We travel to the Cumbrian Coast by means of two different trains. Firstly, we board a North West Regional Railways Express (Class 156) which traverses the former Furness Railway via Grange-over-Sands and Ulvertston to Barrow-in-Furness. There we change to a class 153 for the most scenic section of the route along the coast from Bootle to Maryport. Narrated by Chris Denning

Here is a line that is a complete contrast within itself. Along its length, it changes from rolling countryside to the urban sprawl of the Metropolis. At the Southern end, three stations are separated by two long tunnels (on the south coast line to Eastbourne & Brighton). At Bopeep Junction our “4-CEP” EMU turns north through the East Sussex countryside towards Tunbridge Wells. The character of the line changes at Tonbridge as we join the mainline from Ashford, Dover & Folkestone. Two lines become four at Orpington - the start of the commuter belt. By the time we race toward London Bridge our fast lines are lost in a bewildering maze of tracks. Finally after traversing the junctions with Cannon Street and Holborn Viaduct we cross Hungerford Bridge and enter Platform 5 at Charing Cross. Narrated by Peter Egan.

The most spectacular stretch of the famous Cambrian Coast railway is the 25 miles alongside Cardigan Bay from Machynlleth to Barmouth. The line has been much in the news over recent years and it is easy to appreciate why, from the driving cab of our class 150 ‘Sprinter’. We reach the magic coastline soon after leaving Dovey Junction (where the Aberystwyth line diverges) and very soon we are traversing the narrow swathe between sea and rockface. After Aberrdyfi (Aberdovey) and Tywyn we encounter the most notorious section of the whole line - the Friog cliffs. Here our 2-car train crawls up and onto the narrowest of ledges cut into the sheer rockface. Two derailments occurred here in years past, on both occasions sending locomotive and crew crashing down to the beach 100ft below. Today a concrete avalanche shelter marks the spot. Finally, of course, there is the half-mile long timber trestle bridge at Barmouth, still standing in splendid isolation across the Mawddach estuary. Two other railways are featured en route, the Talyllyn (the first ever “preserved” railway) at Tywyn and the Fairbourne and Barmouth Steam railway following its metamorphosis under new ownership. Filmed 1988. Narrated by Dafydd Hywel

One of Britain’s scenic railways to have survived the ravages of time is the Heart of Wales. As the name suggests, this rural line meanders right through the Welsh Heartland, retaining the atmosphere of a rural cross-country branch line. The normal journey actually takes around 4 hours, so we have condensed this into a video of just 1½ hours of the most interesting and scenic sections. These include the departure from Swansea, the 1 in 52 climb up to Cockett Tunnel, the reversal at Llanelli and the double line from there to Morlais Junction. Nowadays the route is signalled entirely from Pantyffynnon Box, and here we see the line’s last remaining semaphores. Our single car class 153 unit then tackles the famous bank up to Sugar Loaf Tunnel. We de-train at both Llanwrtyd and Llandrindod Wells for a brief look at these typical spa towns. Viaducts witnessed from the cab include Cynghordy and Knucklas (illustrated on the jacket) as well as the new Glanrhyd Bridge - replacing the original which collasped during flooding in 1987. Finally at Craven Arms we join the former LNWR / GWR joint line from Hereford for a semaphore-signalled run into Shrewsbury. Narrated by Arfon Haines Davies

Hammersmith to Whitechapel and Whitechapel to Ealing Broadway (Drivers Eye View)

This was our first venture onto the London Underground and a very successful one at that. We chose the very section which was the first passenger carrying underground railway in the world, Paddington to Farrington. Our journey begins aboard a ‘C’ stock train owned by the ‘Circle & Hammersmith’ division of LUL Ltd at Hammersmith “Met” station. For the first couple of miles the line rides upon a viaduct. At Westbourne Park we ‘fly under’ the Western mainline and continue to Paddington. Here we go underground into pitch darkness. The tunnels are so dark that a specialist image intensifying camera had to be loaned from Sony Broadcast Ltd., enabling you to see the tunnels clearly as the Driver does with his naked eye! At Whitechapel, having traversed what is also the northern part of the Circle Line, we transfer to a ‘D’ stock District Line train for the return long the southern portion of the Circle. As the Circle branches off, we continue through Earls Court alongside the Piccadilly tracks to eventually end up at Ealing Broadway. Narrated by Rob Curling. Filmed 1989

This shows the old Great Central / Great Western Joint line via High Wycombe and Princes Risborough etc. The joint line actually runs from Northolt Junction in Middlesex to the one time Ashenden Junction in Buckinghamshire. Both companies built their own connections to the joint line, the GWR from Paddington and the GCR from Marylebone. In order to see both these lines we start from Paddington aboard what was the only, passenger train of the day still to use the old GWR link. The 6.12pm commuter express hauled by Class 50 ‘Ark Royal’. The Class 50 takes us via Old Oak Common West Junction to Northolt Junction (‘Take One’).

‘Take Two’ shows the GCR link from Marylebone aboard a first generation DMU (Class 115). At the time of filming this was London’s last Terminus to be signalled by semaphores. This time we go right through Northolt and all the way to Banbury. The high spot. on the way, is High Wycombe which was little changed since steam days in both layout & signalling. Along the route there are snippets from within many of the mechanical and power signal boxes. Narrated by Philip Hayton Filmed 1989