MARSDEN RAIL 1
YORK
£16.95

Enjoy the atmosphere of a busy railway centre in the 1960s, with over 50 steam-hauled and 15 diesel-hauled trains shown and freight workings threading through the heavy holiday traffic. Dwindling freight traffic and ‘Block’ trains brought about the demise of York's shunting yards, built originally built to re-marshall the large volumes of freight using the East Coast Mainline. Recorded between 1959 and 1968 this video reflectes the decline of the steam locomotive and the emergence of diesel traction.
Duration: 30 min

MARSDEN RAIL 2
PILMOOR
£19.95

Situated 14 miles north of York, on the East Coast Main Line, Pilmoor station closed in 1950 and its platforms demolished, allowing the laying of a new southbound slow line, quadrupling the mainline from York to Northallerton. This programme records the passage of over 100 trains including 65 named locomotives, the largest weight-carrying truck ever built in this country, a permanent way crane at work and a Class A4 engine hauling three condemned Class A3 locomotives, demonstrating the change from steam to diesel power on the East Coast Main Line in the 1960s. Duration: 50 min

MARSDEN RAIL 3
CARLISLE
£19.95

A major rail centre on the West Coast Main Line, the city was a fascinating place in the early sixties and this video shows the scene before the diesels arrived in force. The programme features extensive coverage of the station and MPDs together and, in addition, there are journeys on the Silloth and Langholm branches. During this 60-minute programme over 160 engines are featured - over half of them named! As the film progresses the numerous ex-LMS and LNER locomotive classes give way to BR ‘Standard’ classes in the final run-down of steam traction.
Duration: 55 min

MARSDEN RAIL 4
DARLINGTON
£19.95

Darlington Works built and repaired locomotives from 1863 until its closure in 1966 and many of the locos featured in this video were built or repaired in North Road Works, then run-in from Darlington shed before dispatch to their home depot. Shown hard at work are ex-NER J27s and Q6s with K1s, WDs with 9Fs working the Consett iron ore trains, followed by views of A1s, A3s, A4s, V2s and B1s etc. on Darlington shed and Works yard. Journeys on the Richmond and Catterick Camp branches are followed by visits to Hartlepool and Sunderland to watch the numerous workings from South Docks shed. Leaving the coast line, Washington and the iron ore traffic is seen before returning to Darlington via Penshaw.
Duration: 55 min

MARSDEN RAIL 5
SHREWSBURY
£19.95

The West Midlands in the early 1960s was a hive of activity with Stourbridge Junction yards handling large tonnage's of freight both into an out of the Birmingham area. To the northwest, Shrewsbury handled a constant flow of passenger traffic with the Western region running London to Birkenhead services, plus through trains to the Cambrian coast. In addition, routes had to be found for north/south expresses, local branch trains and stopping trains. The steelworks at Brymbo is visited en route way to Chester, where heavy North Wales Coast holiday traffic compteted with freight workings for a path through the station. Duration: 55 min

MARSDEN RAIL 6
CARNFORTH
£19.95

The WCML junction at Carnforth, to the North of Lancaster, handled over 150 passenger, parcels and empty stock workings plus 80 freight workings in a normal day in the 1960s and freights were routed into the extensive loops to allow faster trains to overtake. This programme shows the continuous freight activity that occurred in the miles of sidings, plus express passenger and fully braked goods trains passing through Carnforth. The WCML from Preston to Carnforth in the early 1960s is also featured, in addition to local services from Barrow and Windermere plus scenes at Morecambe, Heysham and Wennington. Duration: 55 min

MARSDEN RAIL 7
COUNTY DURHAM
£19.95

Co. Durham's prosperity and the growth of it's rail network was due to the counties once extensive coalfields with many mines still open until the late 1960s, their rail traffic operated by Class J27s, Q6s and WDs steam locomotives. In addition, superb film taken at a variety of locations shows National Coal Board locomotives hard at work. Continuing the coastal journey from Billington to Newcastle - started in Volume 4, 'Darlington'- the River Tyne is crossed before moving South on the ECML. A narrow gauge clay-pit railway locomotive being delivered behind a traction engine is featured, together with Durham's most Westerly branchline - Weardale.
Duration: 55 min

MARSDEN RAIL 8
BIRMINGHAM
£19.95

The railway map of Birmingham and the west Midlands was extremely complicated with the Midland, London North Western and Great Western railways competing for traffic. This video looks at the area's disappearing rail network of the 1960s, from the Lickey Incline in the south to the Trent Valley line in the north and from Hatton in the east to Oxley in the west. The main line diesel had not invaded these areas in 1963, so ex-LMS and GWR hard at work handling the wide variety of trains for which they had been designed, from long distance freights to branchline pickup goods. Duration: 55 min

MARSDEN RAIL 9
LEEDS
£19.95

The video starts with views of Leeds City and Wellington Station, together with nearby Neville Hill MPD before heading north to Shipley, Keighley and Skipton, using the former Midland Railway main line and en route, Bradford's Manningham shed and Forster Square station are seen. The Grassington branch, plus Bolton abbey and Ilkley stations are featured, complemented by a trip from Ilkley to Bradford in 1965. Together with film of Skipton's extensive yards and depot, this video is a vivid reminder of the immense traffic that used the Midland Railway's route to Carlisle. Duration: 55 min

MARSDEN RAIL 10
SHEFFIELD TO NOTTINGHAM
£19.95

This video features the northern section of the former G.C. main line from Sheffield to London, which closed to through traffic in 1966. After viewing the 1500dc electrified system at Oughtibridge and Sheffield (Victoria), the steel city is left behind, with views at Langwith Jct. Shirebrook and Sutton-in-Ashfield before arrival at Nottingham (Victoria) station, with Class B1s, O4s, 8Fs, Bl.5s in eveidence. Joining another service from Sheffield, Nottingham is reached via the Chesterfield loop, Heath Jct., Annesley, Linby and Bulwell. Duration: 55 min