CineRail and Marsden Rail titles span almost eighty years
of UK rail operations: from steam locomotives built in the
Victoria era working on long-closed rural branchlines, to
the high-tech operations of the Channel Tunnel and 100mph
Mail Trains - and almost everything in-between!
NEW!
ARCHIVE SERIES VOLUME 12 - NORTHERN
IRELAND STEAM, THE FINAL YEARS
£19.95
Between 1966
and 1970, more than four million tons of stone was
transported by rail from Magheramorne, near Larne,
to Belfast for use in the construction of the M2 motorway.
This immense undertaking was carried out by daily
steam-operated workings that consisted of specially
constructed side-discharge hopper wagons, powered
by 2-6-4 tank locomotives, known as 'Jeeps'. These
workings were the last commercial use of steam traction
in Northern Ireland and the last example of revenue-earning
broad-gauge steam operation in Great Britain.
Other parts of the Northern
Ireland rail network also feature, including the line
to Londonderry, together with scenes at Belfast's
York Road Station, with Beyer-Peacock built 0-6-4T
'Lough Erne', plus the 1970 'Colmcille Railtour' headed
by ex-GNR 4-4-0 No. 171 'Slieve Gullion'.Duration:
54 min
After views of Leeds’s Central
Station, Bramhope, Arthington Jct. and Pool-in-Wharfedale
feature, followed by Harrogate, which in 1964 was
a busy rail centre, handling both freight and passenger
traffic. Diverging from the Ripon line on the northeast
outskirts of Harrogate was the line to York, and on
this route Starbeck and the Boroughbridge branch are
shown. North of Harrogate, workings are shown at numerous
locations, including Nidd Bridge and Ripley Jct.:
most stations between Ripon and Northallerton plus
a journey from Ripon to Melmerby Junction and Masham.
In the programme are ex-LNER
classes including A1s, A3s, A4s, B1s and K1s plus
diesel types ranging from shunters and DMUs to Type
4s and ‘Deltics’. Filmed between 1961 and
1967, the programme is a fascinating visual record
of a through route that has now passed into history.
Duration: 67 min
