Railway Round-Up No. 6
May 1, 2024
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Railway Round Up No. 15
£9.95This 15th edition of our Railway Round Up includes full HD footage from around the UK from our various photographers.
Our full two hours of footage includes –
- The start of service of recently overhauled Bulleid light pacific Eddystone at the Swanage Railway plus their ‘U’ Class No. 31806 in operation and visitors 78018 and 80078.
- Main line excursions using the LMS Jubilee Class Bahamas which is seen in the south west along the route to Plymouth and the sea walls at Dawlish and Teignmouth.
- Services on the West Somerset Railway as they re-start following closure in 2020. Large Prairie No. 5199 in its recently painted ‘Great Western’ livery is seen alongside Manor Class Odney manor. We view services at they terminate at Dunster and the procedure to release the locomotive for running round.
- Bahamas arrives at Bishops Lydeard on its main line arrival and two locomotives are seen taking the train to Williton.
- MN No. 35028 Clan Line arrives at Yeovil during the commemorative excursion to pay tribute to John Farrow of UK Railtours.
- Steam gala at the Watercress Line involving two GW tanks, Nos. 4612 and 5526. Urie S15 No. 506 features during the event.
- Extensive footage of steam over Shap and Settle-Carlisle as locomotives pound their way over the fells, includes – 6201 Princess Elizabeth, 35018 British India Lines, 46100 Royal Scot, 46115 Scots Guardsman, 34046 Braunton, 60163 Tornado and Jubilee No. 45699 Galatea.
- Severn Valley Gala featuring the newly built Saint Class No. 2999 Lady of legend. Other locomotives include 813, 43106, 2807, 7714 and 34027.
- Heritage diesel excursions to Kingswear by Locomotive Services Limited.
- Staycation Express over the Settle-Carlisle line with newly refurbished HST set.
- U Class No. 31806 arrives at Eastleigh, the first occasion of a member of this class to the area since 1964. We see it operate the main line service from Eastleigh and through Hamble, Southampton and the New Forest.
- Unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific No. 34092 City of Wells paid its first visit to the Watercress Line in the autumn as star attraction at the Somerset & Dorset Railway gala. Other locomotives featured include – 53808, 76017 and 80151 which had been brought in from the Bluebell Railway.
- Plus lots more!
