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DRS Locomotives Part One - £19.95 (GBP)
From the post-privatisation of British Rail one operator bucked the trend, and instead of buying new locomotives they invested in class 20s, 37s and 47s.
Now operating a fleet of more than 60 locomotives and rising, Direct Rail Services emerged from a small operation based in Cumbria to become the third largest freight operator in the UK today.
From the high profile 66411 ‘Eddie the Engine’ to the humble class 20, this programme looks at the locomotives owned and operated by DRS and the trains which they haul.
Starting with the Class 20s, which are featured hauling flask trains, including the famous 6K73 working. Although they normally work in pairs, some triple headers are included as well as mixed formations with Class 37s. See 20313, 20314 and 20315 on the Twenty Twenty Vision railtour.
The popular Class 37s feature on many different duties. From coal trains to Intermodals, flasks, tankers and water cannons, see these veteran type 3s hard at work. Includes amazing footage of 37029 hauling the Royal Scotsman!
The most elusive members of the DRS fleet are the Class 47s. With just three operational members in 2007 and little booked work, these machines were often hard to find but with a new livery, a relaunch and some coaches to haul, 47501 and 47802 ended up on a passenger trains! See 47237 and 47802 on flask duty in Scotland and 47237 at the Keighley and Worth Valley Diesel Gala.
With a recent addition of ten, a total of 30 Class 66s are now operated by DRS. The locos are featured on mixed duties again including flasks and water cannons plus Intermodals on the West Coast Main line and the high profile Tesco train. See 66411 on railtour duty and hauling the Tesco train over Ribblehead viaduct!
The programme is completed with locomotive details, footage from the Carlisle depot open day from July 2007, a look at the newly acquired Class 57s and a section dedicated to familiar DRS locos in previous lives!
Now operating a fleet of more than 60 locomotives and rising, Direct Rail Services emerged from a small operation based in Cumbria to become the third largest freight operator in the UK today.
From the high profile 66411 ‘Eddie the Engine’ to the humble class 20, this programme looks at the locomotives owned and operated by DRS and the trains which they haul.
Starting with the Class 20s, which are featured hauling flask trains, including the famous 6K73 working. Although they normally work in pairs, some triple headers are included as well as mixed formations with Class 37s. See 20313, 20314 and 20315 on the Twenty Twenty Vision railtour.
The popular Class 37s feature on many different duties. From coal trains to Intermodals, flasks, tankers and water cannons, see these veteran type 3s hard at work. Includes amazing footage of 37029 hauling the Royal Scotsman!
The most elusive members of the DRS fleet are the Class 47s. With just three operational members in 2007 and little booked work, these machines were often hard to find but with a new livery, a relaunch and some coaches to haul, 47501 and 47802 ended up on a passenger trains! See 47237 and 47802 on flask duty in Scotland and 47237 at the Keighley and Worth Valley Diesel Gala.
With a recent addition of ten, a total of 30 Class 66s are now operated by DRS. The locos are featured on mixed duties again including flasks and water cannons plus Intermodals on the West Coast Main line and the high profile Tesco train. See 66411 on railtour duty and hauling the Tesco train over Ribblehead viaduct!
The programme is completed with locomotive details, footage from the Carlisle depot open day from July 2007, a look at the newly acquired Class 57s and a section dedicated to familiar DRS locos in previous lives!
Fours-The Class 37/4 story - £19.95 (GBP)
Fours reviews the history of the Class 37/4 since its creation in 1985/86.
Although the 31 locos featured heavily at first on the work for which they were created - passenger services in Scotland and Wales - changing traffic trends spead them across England, too, in later years, on both passenger and freight workings.
It was appropriate, then, that the newly-formed English, Welsh & Scottish Railway should acquire them in 1995, opening up a further period of useful operation until the present day in 2009 and, perhaps, beyond.
Highlights include:
‘Early days’ shots in large logo blue in Scotland and Wales
37421 on oil at Barnetby
Pairs on the stone at Peak Forest
West Highland freight
‘Club’ trains at Preston with departures by 37416, 37418 and 37426
Plus 37430 at Leyland, 37407 at Salwick and a noisy departure from Poulton-le-Fylde by 37425
A selection of 37/4s along the North Wales Coast, including 37401, 37408, 37415, 37417, 37418, 37420, 37421, 37426 and 37429
37/4s on the ‘Silver Bullet’
A Tower Colliery MGR with 37412 and 37418
37422 and 37425 leaving Margam with an MGR
A pair at Machen Quarry
The Fort William sleeper with 37401, 37403, 37405, 37406, 37421, 37423 and 37427
The Rhymneys with 37403, 37405, 37408, 37412, 37415, 37418, 37419 and 37425
Charters, including 'The Royal Scotsman', Pathfinder trips and, of course, SRPS railtours
The Settle and Carlisle top and tail passenger turns for Arriva
The survivors out and about on freight workings in the past few years, including 37401 and 37417 towing steam loco Duke of Gloucester
The Vale of Glamorgan line re-opening specials with 37411 and 37425
37408 rescuing a failed 66 at Barry Docks
DRS’s 423 with an observation saloon
And plenty more to bring the memories flooding back.
With informative graphics to accompany the nostalgic pictures, Fours is the story so far of the 'Electric 37'.
Although the 31 locos featured heavily at first on the work for which they were created - passenger services in Scotland and Wales - changing traffic trends spead them across England, too, in later years, on both passenger and freight workings.
It was appropriate, then, that the newly-formed English, Welsh & Scottish Railway should acquire them in 1995, opening up a further period of useful operation until the present day in 2009 and, perhaps, beyond.
Highlights include:
‘Early days’ shots in large logo blue in Scotland and Wales
37421 on oil at Barnetby
Pairs on the stone at Peak Forest
West Highland freight
‘Club’ trains at Preston with departures by 37416, 37418 and 37426
Plus 37430 at Leyland, 37407 at Salwick and a noisy departure from Poulton-le-Fylde by 37425
A selection of 37/4s along the North Wales Coast, including 37401, 37408, 37415, 37417, 37418, 37420, 37421, 37426 and 37429
37/4s on the ‘Silver Bullet’
A Tower Colliery MGR with 37412 and 37418
37422 and 37425 leaving Margam with an MGR
A pair at Machen Quarry
The Fort William sleeper with 37401, 37403, 37405, 37406, 37421, 37423 and 37427
The Rhymneys with 37403, 37405, 37408, 37412, 37415, 37418, 37419 and 37425
Charters, including 'The Royal Scotsman', Pathfinder trips and, of course, SRPS railtours
The Settle and Carlisle top and tail passenger turns for Arriva
The survivors out and about on freight workings in the past few years, including 37401 and 37417 towing steam loco Duke of Gloucester
The Vale of Glamorgan line re-opening specials with 37411 and 37425
37408 rescuing a failed 66 at Barry Docks
DRS’s 423 with an observation saloon
And plenty more to bring the memories flooding back.
With informative graphics to accompany the nostalgic pictures, Fours is the story so far of the 'Electric 37'.
Scottish Diesels Part One - £19.95 (GBP)
Two hours of Scottish diesels featuring:
The Royal Scotsman past and present
West Highland Freight
Class 56s, 66s, HSTs and various DMUs on the Forth Bridge
A visit to Eastfield depot in 1992
Sleeper arrival and departure at Edinburgh with 37s and 47s
The Blue Pullman on the Highland Mainline
Freight and passenger trains on the Aberdeen line
Deltics at Haymarket and Edinburgh in 1981
Portion trains at Carstairs in 1990
Various railtours and specials
WCML action at Crawford
Class 31s and 58s in Scotland
GNER HSTs and Scottish diesels today - passenger and freight trains in autumn 2007.
Bonus footage:
The final years of the Class 303s.
The Royal Scotsman past and present
West Highland Freight
Class 56s, 66s, HSTs and various DMUs on the Forth Bridge
A visit to Eastfield depot in 1992
Sleeper arrival and departure at Edinburgh with 37s and 47s
The Blue Pullman on the Highland Mainline
Freight and passenger trains on the Aberdeen line
Deltics at Haymarket and Edinburgh in 1981
Portion trains at Carstairs in 1990
Various railtours and specials
WCML action at Crawford
Class 31s and 58s in Scotland
GNER HSTs and Scottish diesels today - passenger and freight trains in autumn 2007.
Bonus footage:
The final years of the Class 303s.
Scottish Diesels Part Two - £19.95 (GBP)
The second volume in this series takes the viewer on another nostalgic and memorable journey around Scotland.
With the very best of diesels from the 1980s, 1990s and today this TWO HOUR programme features a rich variety of trains from the Kyle of Lochalsh to Fort William, Glasgow, Edinburgh and southern Scotland.
From BR Blue class 26s and 27, to RES class 47/7s on sleeper trains, the ever popular class 37, passenger, freight, DMUs and EMUs are all included right through to the class 66 hauled freights of today.
Filmed to a professional standard, with full commentary, this programme carries on where No.1 left off.
This DVD includes:
Sleeper trains at Edinburgh with class 37, 47 and 67 locos
A feature on RES Class 47s which ran in Scotland on sleeper trains and charters
Class 26, 27 and 37 diesels past and present - archive and modern footage
Highlights from a day visit to Glasgow Central in May 1996 with loco classes 86, 87, 90 and 91 plus class 101 DMUs and 303, 314 and 318 EMUs, including film from the underground platforms
Freight and passenger services from 2008 with pairs of 37s on railtours including 37401 and 37417 to Kyle plus 37423 and 37608 to Fort William, night freight at Lockerbie, HSTs and 66s at Carnoustie and class 33s and 47s on the Royal Scotsman and lots more.
With the very best of diesels from the 1980s, 1990s and today this TWO HOUR programme features a rich variety of trains from the Kyle of Lochalsh to Fort William, Glasgow, Edinburgh and southern Scotland.
From BR Blue class 26s and 27, to RES class 47/7s on sleeper trains, the ever popular class 37, passenger, freight, DMUs and EMUs are all included right through to the class 66 hauled freights of today.
Filmed to a professional standard, with full commentary, this programme carries on where No.1 left off.
This DVD includes:
Sleeper trains at Edinburgh with class 37, 47 and 67 locos
A feature on RES Class 47s which ran in Scotland on sleeper trains and charters
Class 26, 27 and 37 diesels past and present - archive and modern footage
Highlights from a day visit to Glasgow Central in May 1996 with loco classes 86, 87, 90 and 91 plus class 101 DMUs and 303, 314 and 318 EMUs, including film from the underground platforms
Freight and passenger services from 2008 with pairs of 37s on railtours including 37401 and 37417 to Kyle plus 37423 and 37608 to Fort William, night freight at Lockerbie, HSTs and 66s at Carnoustie and class 33s and 47s on the Royal Scotsman and lots more.
