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CINERAIL
MARSDEN
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MARSDEN RAIL
Between 1959 and 1968, railway enthusiast and cine-cameraman, Michael Marsden, recorded views and sounds of the rapidly changing face of Britain’s rail network. For over twenty-five years after steam ended, he captivated audiences throughout the country with his unique film collection that captured steams' last decade and the full emergence of the diesel locomotive.
The blending of this film and that of other cameramen with true sounds of the era, plus an informative narrative, has resulted in the creation of a superb range of railway videos detailing the last decade of British mainline steam operations. |
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MARSDEN
RAIL 11
DONCASTER
£19.95
If you liked 'Pacifics', then Doncaster
was the place to be! In addition to A1s, A2s, A3s
and the legendary A4s, Britannias, Bullied 'Pacifics'
and even an ex-LMS 'Coronation’ make an appearance.
Doncaster's locomotive works - 'The Plant' and the
nearby shed are visited with a wide variety of classes
shown including B1s, K1s, J50s, N2s, O1s, O4s, V2s,
WDs, BR 'Standards' and early diesels. Together with
lineside footage at Rossington, Hatfield and Retford
this programme is a fascinating reminder of East Coast
operations in the 1960s.
Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 12
HULL
£19.95
In 1960, there were seven different
rail routes radiating from Hull, then a prosperous
port, on the north bank of the River Humber. This
programme, based primarily on film taken by local
cameramen, shows the once extensive rail network of
the 1960s with large numbers of freight and passenger
workings - still mostly steam-operated. The city’s
trolley buses are featured together with deep-sea
trawlers, Humber paddle-wheel ferries, busy docks,
a local rugby match and the railway route to Withernsea.
Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 13
BRAKEVAN TO WHITBY
£19.95
In this video, some of North Yorkshire's
long lost branch lines are viewed with the main feature
being a ride on the daily pickup goods train from
Malton to Whitby on a glorious winters day. We begin
by following the last goods train from Malton to Kirkbymoorside
and look at the line from Pilmoor to Gilling, plus
a B1 Class Loco on a special passenger train at Coxwold.
The final part of the video features a ride on a DMU
from Whitby to Scarborough on the now closed Coast
Line. Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 14
NOTTINGHAM TO MARYLEBONE
£19.95
In this second GC video, we look
at Staveley GC engine shed and ride on an O4 Class
loco and another O4 is filmed shunting the exchange
sidings at Heath. After looking at trains at Wilford
Brickyard we join 4472 Flying Scotsman at Nottingham
Victoria on 15th June 1963 and travel down the London
Extension to Marylebone, pausing to look at passing
traffic at Ruddingon, Leicester, Rugby and Woodford
Halse. After lokking around Marylebone we commence
our journey home behind Flying Scotsman.
Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 15
HELLIFIELD
£19.95
Thirty-six miles north of Leeds
on the former Midland railway route to Carlisle, the
junction station of Hellifield was a very busy location
in the late 1950s and early 60s. Anglo-Scottish services,
Heysham boat trains, local passenger services plus
an endless procession of freights kept station and
engine shed staff fully occupied! In addition to film
at Hellifiled, scenes at Gargrave and Bell Busk stations
are also viewed as we travel on a Jubilee-hauled service
from Skipton to Hellifield in 1963.
Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 16
MARKET WEIGHTON
£19.95
The East Yorkshire town was at the
centre of a rail network linking York, Bridlington,
Driffield, Beverley and Selby. Although the main traffic
was freight, the summer months witnessed many seaside
excursions passing through. In addition to scenes
at Market Weighton, York station, the busy Bridlington
line, and Beverley with its historic North Bar also
feature. The local pick-up goods were recorded on
film, before they too succumbed in the wake of the
Beeching cuts, scenes of closure notices and last-day
services bringing the video to a close.
Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 17
NORTH DURHAM
£19.95
This video looks at the are south
of the River Tyne, the programme starting with a trip
on the ECML in the cab of a Class V2, hauling freight
from York to Newcastle's Tyne Yard. At Gateshead,
freight trains to and from Dunston cross the King
Edward Bridge en route to Tyne Dock and Sunderland,
followed by scenes at Felling Station, Bolden Station
and Colliery, Pontop Crossing and Tyne Dock shed with
views of numerous freight workings. The famous iron
ore workings to Consett are shown in detail plus unique
film taken in 1957 of a Class T1 4-8-0 tank loco rescuing
a stalled freight! Duration:
55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 18
RETFORD
£19.95
On the ECML, twenty miles south
of Doncaster, lies the small market town of Retford,
which until the 1960s was an important rail junction.
The ECML was crossed by a freight route linking Sheffield
and the West Riding of Yorkshire to East Anglia and
the port of Harwich. Thrumpton (GC) and Retford (GN)
engine sheds are featured together with the building
of the Retford 'diveunder'. Other locations shown
are Gainsborough, Doncaster depot and works plus a
journey on a steam hauled stopping train from Retford
to Sheffield, where the city’s Victoria station
is viewed. Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 19
CITY OF LEEDS
£19.95
At one time, Leeds had three large
stations, Central, Wellington and City, many suburban
stations and goods depots, plus five engine sheds!
In 1962, Leeds Central still handled extensive passenger
services with freight handled at the adjacent Wellington
Street Goods depot, both locations filmed from Holbeck
High and Low Level Stations. All five loco sheds are
viewed together with scenes at Hunslet Goods Depot
plus intensive traffic through the numerous junctions
in and around Holbeck.
Duration: 55 min
 
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MARSDEN
RAIL 20
YORK & DISTRICT
£19.95
This programme complements Marsden
Rail No 1, but contains no repeat film from the earlier
video. In addition to the regular ECML traffic, more
unusual traffic in around York is viewed such as the
sugar beet factory locomotive at Poppleton and the
arrival of Billy Smarts Circus at Holgate cattle dock!
Filmed locations include the loco sheds and workshop,
Leeman Road Engineers Yard, Skelton New Yard, the
former excursion platforms south of the station where
immense volumes of traffic passed plus scenes at nearby
Church Fenton.
Duration: 60 min
 
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