uk is a trading name of Mortons Media Group Ltd | Registered Office: Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle. Great dvds following the progress, mostly from the footplate but also using good lineside run - bys, mostly of a particular railtour event or events. and is actualy about following Clan Line for a year, having said that very very interesting great footplate videos , love the short clip of the engine being fired whilst pulling hard and seeing the coal be sucked from the shovel !

After many years of static exhibition, the locomotive was the subject of a complete overhaul which is recorded here for posterity. If there is going to be a significant delay (more than 10 working days), we will contact you and, where possible, give you an estimated dispatch time. Clive one of the most experienced enginemen in the country demonstrates how to fire four very different steam locomotives from lighting up in the morning and oiling the machine right through to the disposal of the engine at night. This set of six colours has been selected to facilitate the modeller´s enjoyment when painting classic British steam locomotives, without having to resort to complex colour mixtures.Old and new communities alike thrived on the new accessibility and soon the railways were the arteries carrying the very life blood of the county. Known as the maid of all works, there were 842 Black Fives built and she was certainly the most reliable workhorse of the London Midland Region.

Classic Steam Engines: Complete Collection Collection of documentaries celebrating classic steam engines.

If the service that you require is not shown, please get in touch with us and we can quote for your desired service. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. Steam locomotives were first developed in the United Kingdom during the early 19th century and used for railway transport until the middle of the 20th century. Way back in the 1960s, when steam was on the way out, a group of kids decided they simply weren’t prepared to let the Merchant Navy class die – so they bought one straight out of BR ownership!

Add in the shunters which used to bring empty trains in and out of the terminals, the even greater diversity of local trains and the whole lost world of local freight operations — and the unending fascination of the steam age railway begins to make sense.

Read our Privacy Policy to give you more detailed information about your rights and how we use your data. season Classic Steam Train Collection(2005) Tells the story of classic steam locomotives including King Edward I, Green Arrow, Taw Valley, Flying Scotsman, Clan Line, and the Black Five, Castle and Manor classes, beautifully capturing the sights and sounds of a bygone era. After adjusting over a quarter of a century’s front line service, “Princess Margaret Rose” was bought by Sir Billy Butlin as a children’s’ amusement in a holiday camp.

This set the pattern which has developed all across the country so it is fitting that this DVD covers a summer's day journey from London to Bristol and back with one of KGV's siblings, King Edward I. From observing and obeying signals to understanding the dangers of letting speed run away with you, Clive Groome’s easy manor and vast experience makes this definitive footplate guide a must-watch for anyone interested in steam.We can take it as read that railway enthusiasts will enjoy the new insights to be found within these pages but I hope a wider audience will enjoy it too. Filming had already started aboard 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley” when mechanical faults ruled the engine out.