Steam Across the World Series

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Steam operations were still quite widespread in some parts of Africa in the mid 1970s and during this period Geoff Monks travelled to several countries in search of little visited lines and rare locomotive classes.

This volume depicts steam at work in Kenya, Angola, Mozambique and Swaziland, showing such delights as wood-burning Garratts on the Benguela Railway, narrow gauge Bagnall, Orenstean & Koppel and ALCO built engines on remote jungle lines and the world’s last Atlantic 4-4-2s in action in Mozambique.

In Kenya we see Maroon Garratts and named 2-8-2s whilst in Swaziland there are massive 4-8-2s on the ore trains.

A kaleidoscope of steam locomotive classes almost all of which have disappeared forever.

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Until the early 1980s, an amazing array of steam power could still be found in the Republic of Indonesia and this programme features the work of Geoff Monks and Ray Hammond who visited each country in time to record this remarkable scene on cine film.

This is the first of a pair of programmes covering the two principle islands of the Repubic and it begin on the rack and adhesion worked sections of the West Sumatra system operated by 0-10-0 tanks of Class E10.

We then move to West Java where turn-of-the-century 4-4-0s operating alongside more modern steam power. At the one-tome mallett capital of the World, Cibatu, we see a class CC50 2-6-6-0 on the Garut branch and a DD52 2-8-8-0 working on the main line. Within a few years of being filmed, all of these rare classes had passed into history.

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Until the early 1980s, an amazing array of steam power could still be found in the Republic of Indonesia and this programme features the work of Geoff Monks and Ray Hammond who visited each country in time to record this remarkable scene on cine film.

This is the second of two programmes covering Indonesia and concentrates on Central and Eastern Java. We see such oddities at 0-4-0 tender engines and the notable Manchester built Sharp Stewart 2-4-0s working the Madiun to Ponoroga branch.

Moving eastwards, more unusuall classes are seen in action such as the F10 2-12-2T and the other end of the scale, the anachronistic Surabaja Tram with its Beyer-Peacock 0-4-0 enclosed tram engine.

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As part of the former British Empire of India it is not surprising that many of the steam locomotives which saw service in what became West Pakistan in 1947, had been supplied by builders based in the UK.

In contrast to the situation in post-independence India, where a domestic locomotive manufacturing industry had flooded the railways with modern standard types, Pakistan soldiered on with its elderly colonial stock. In the 1970s, Ray Hammond visited the country to record these remarkable classes on cine-film.

We begin on the metre gauge in South-East Pakistan where B.E.S.A . 4-6-0s and I.R.S. 2-8-2s are seem on the remnants of a once larger colonial system.

Various locations on the broad gauge are then visited where classic types such as SPS 4-4-0s and SGS 0-6-0s are seen in profusion.

A journey is also taken along the Khyber Pass on the once weekly passenger train.

The archive film is sourced from 8mm colour cine film and mastered on professional equipment. An authentic soundtrack has been added along with an informative commentary.

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Steam on the state railways of these countries in the 1960s & 1970s.

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South America has provided the steam enthusiast with a great variety of types for many years and in the 1970s, Ray Hammond visited Brazil, Argentin and Chile to record some of these classes on cine film.

We begin in the sugar growing areas of Brazil where almost every locfomotive in view is different. Moving south, immaculate Baldwins are seen on the VFCO followed by visits to Perus Cement and the Santos a Jundai cable inclines while super power is seen in action on the E.F.Dona Teresa Cristina system.

In argentina, Pacifics on the General Belgrano, a 4-40- on the Urquiza and the 4-8-0s and 2-6-2Ts on the Roca, amongst others, provide a rich variety which was approaching its demise. A visit to the Esquel line which is still extant in the 1990s concludes this section.

A brief look at southern Chile with its elderly steam types in evidence rounds off the programme.

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Features standard gauge action around Dresden, a brief visit to Halle, plus several narrow gauge lines.

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In the 1970s large portions of the rail network in the Republic of South Africa were still entirely worked by steam. During this period Geoff Monks, Ray Hammond and Dave Rodgers visited the country and recorded a variety of type on cine film.

Beginning in the Northern Transvaal, we see 15F and 19D 4-8-2s on the Pietersburg to Tzaneen line, followed by visits to Germiston, Springs and Witbank.

We then move to the main lines of the Orange Free State which were dominated by 15F and 23 Class 4-8-2s and the famous 25NC 4-8-4s. In Natal, several Garratt classes are seen prior to their early demise. The programme concludes with visits to industrial locations in the Tranvaal and Natal where a variety of ex-main line and pure industrial types are seen.

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In the 1970s, large portions of the rail network in South Africa were still entirely steam worked. Beginning with the mountainous branch lines in the Eastern Cape, we visit the Barkly East line, Sterkstroom to Maclear and the Jamestown branch.

We then move to the Western Cape where class GEA Garratts are seen at work in Sir Lowry's Pass before heading aling the coast to the Knysna branch.

The programme concludes in the Northern Cape, first visiting Mafeking when it was 100% steam and then on to the Kimberley to De Aar main line with condensing and non-condensing 4-8-4s on view.

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In the 1970s, large portions of the rail network in South Africa were still entirely steam worked. We begin at Rosmead, first looking at the 15ARs working the line towards Stormberg Junction and then, to the south west, 19Bs, 19Ds and GMA Garratts are filmed working over the wild and empty Lootsberg Pass.

Moving southwards, Vanderbilt tendered 19Ds are seem working between Oudtshoorn and Klipplaat.

The programme concludes with a look at the intensive suburban traffic around Port Elizabeth plus a brief visit to the Grahamstown branch, while on the 2ft gauge, NG15s are seen working the Avontuur line.

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This programme is the first of a pair to feature the work of Ray Hammond who travelled India in the 1970s when many thousands of steam locomotives could still be found at work.

Begining in the Bombay area, we take a look a the Matheran Hill Railway before heading north to Ahmadabad and Mahesana where many metre gauge classes are on view. Delightful scenes on the 2'6" lines in the area are interspersed by visits to braod gauge venues where the impressive WPs worked alongside much older types.

Further broad gauge activity is seen around Delhi before the arrival of overhead wires and following a visit to Howrah, Calcutta, the programme concludes on the famous Darjeeling to Himalya Railway.

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This programme is the second of two programmes featuring the work of Ray Hammond who travelled India in the 1970s when many thousands of steam locomotives could still be found at work.

We first visit Daund and Kurduvadi with a variety of narrow gauge types on view. At the opposite end of the scale, classes such as XB and XD are seen on the Broad Gauge. at Secunderabad, together with metre gauge types working local and long distance traffic.

Further broad gauge activity is seen around Madras and Erode while metre gauge centres visited include Mayuram, the Niligiri Railway and Mysore. The programme concluded with a visit to the Mysore Iron & Steel complex where ancient ex-main line classes were still at work as well as pure industrial types which were often supplied by British builders.

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The former West Germany was one of the later West European countries to eliminate steam and in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Geoff Monks and Ray Hammond both visited the Federal Republic to record almost all the remaining steam classes on cine film.

Beginning in the centre of the country, we see examples of the small class of 65s at work around Aschaffenburg before moving to the Mosel Valley route where Pacifics, 2-6-2s and 2-10-0s are seen in action. Ex-Prussian 38s and 78s plus other types are seen in the Black Forest area while 03s at Ulm and 01s at Hof round off our tour of the southern part of the country.

Moving northwards, intense steam activity is seen on the Osnabruck-Hamburg line just before electrification and the programme concludes with a look at the former 01.10 Pacifics and 2-10-0s running between Rheine and Emden with an ex-Prussian 94 seen at Emden.

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Features the Achenseebahn, the Steyrtalbahn, the Erzberg rack railway, Donawitx steel works, the last steam-worked passenger service around Vienna, rural services in NE Austria, a collection of industrial locos in Hungary including a rack tank at Ozd steelworks.

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Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia, has been called the land of the Garratts for this type of motive power dominated the main line steam scene for many years and some examples were still at work in the late 1990s.

Beginning at Bulawayo in 1975, Garratts and a 12th. class are seen on station pilot duties. Moving out onto the main line to Gwelo, types 14A, 15 and 16A are seen as well as a South African GMA on hire.

The West Nicholson branch is next visited with 14As working goods and mixed trains through rolling bush and through more rugged scenery. The section concludes with pacing shots of a 15A + 16A combination.

The final section covers the Victoria Falls line, firstly around Wankie with 15ths and 20ths passing through fine scenery and then to Victoria Falls. Not forgotten is the Wankie Colliery system with its green 4-8-2s.

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This programme covers visits made by Alan Beard to Turkey in the early and mid- 1980s and features the Irmak to Zonguldak line, the Bandirma branch, the Izmir to Afyon line via Alasehir and the Odemis branch. The spectacular Zonguldak line is dominated by the Vulcan Ironworks 2-10-Os of series 563xx but also seen are 'Middle East' 2- 8-2s on Zonguldak area suburbans and an S160 shed pilot at Karabuk. Moving south, a Kriegslok is banked out of Bandirma by a Middle East' while later in the journey, severe grades require the assistance of a second Kriegsiok. An example of the same class also requires assistance at one stage while working the Izmir to Afyon 'Posta' and the programme concludes with a 2-10-2 working the Odemis branch mixed.

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This programme covers visits made by Alan Beard to Turkey in the early 1 980s and begins with operations on the former Smyrna-Cassaba and Ottoman main lines out of Izmir These routes were dominated by the wartime 'Kriegsloks' and 57001 class 2-1O-2s. We then take a look at the network of branches built by the Ottoman Railway to the south-east of Izmir and which became the last stamping ground for the elderly Prussian G8 type 0-8-Os working quaint mixed trains.

Moving eastwards, more 2-10-2s are seen at Afyon before following a mixed train westwards along the Smyrna-Cassaba route. For the latter part of the journey a 'Kriegslok' double heads a GlO type 0-10-0. The pro granime concludes with a look at the splendid Henschel 2-8-2s working over the Konya-Afyon line.

With informative commentary and some 'live' sound taken from the original 8mm movie film, plus some dubbed sound. Mastered on professional equipment.

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This programme covers visits made by Alan Beard to Turkey in the early 1980s and features the Sivas - Samsun line, the spectacular route to the east through Erzincan and Erzurum and the Elazig - Tatvan line.

The Sivas - Samsun line is dominated by the Prussian G8.2 type 2-8-Os while at Samsun itself; an L.MS. type 8F is seen at work. The splendid 56001 class 2-10-Os are seen both singly and double-headed on enormous freights between Erzincan and Erzurum, including several views taken in the remarkable Euphrates Gorge. A solitary 'Kriegslok' 2-10-0 is also seen on this section while another 8F performs at Erzincan and a Prussian G8 0-8-0 is yard shunter at Erzurum. The programme concludes with a 'Middle East' 2-8-2 working out of Elazig towards Tatvan and several other steam classes are briefly seen along the way.

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Archive footage from the early 1960s & mid 1970s featuring steam in normal service on the narrow gauge & broad gauge lines in Portugal & on various minor & industrial railways in Spain.

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3. Vol.46: Steam Across the World No.22 - France, Spain & Portugal Part.2 (44-mins) (Ref: AC1046D)

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This volume recalls the days when steam traction could be found in every country in Europe. Our travels take us to the mountains of Austria, the meadows of Ireland and the pine forests of Finland. A great many different classes of locomotives are seen, mostly in normal service with the original footage being mainly taken in the 1960s.

Beginning on the famous Vordernberg to Eisenerz rack railway in Austria, we progress to the nearby Donaeitz steelworks and then to West Germany where DB and industrial locomotives can be seen hard at work.

Two Irish railtours of 1961 and 1964 come next. Blue 4-4-0s and other types are seen both on the tour trains and in normal service on the CIE and UTA.

Finally we visit Denmark, Sweden and Finland in the very early 1960s. The footage of locomotives in normal service is especially rare, particularly so in Sweden.

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This volume recalls the days when steam traction could be found in every country in Europe. Our travels take us from the plains of Poland to the heat of the Mediterranean. A great many different classes of locomotives are seen, mostly in normal service between the early 1960s and early 1980s.

We begin in Poland where we see freight and passenger classes in profusion while an equally steamy East Germany reveals numerous Pacifics and other types still in service during a late 1970s visit.

In France the final days of steam on the Paris Nord and Bastille suburban workings are witnessed before we head into Switzerland for a brief look at a steam excursion on the Waldenburgerbahn near Basle,

We next visit Italy where conventional and Crosti-boilered locos are seen at hard at work and, finally, we visit Greece to join a steam tour.

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A wide variety of broad, standard & metre gauge stem in these three countries, mostly in the late 1960's.

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Features main line express steam power, plus some secondary lines, in France, West Germany, Czechoslovakia & Spain between 1964 & 1970.

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Splendid scenes showing a large variety of steam power on the Izmir suburban services, ancient G10-type 0-10-0s and more modern steam classes on main line duties in the south west, tank locos on pilot duties, a glimpse of the famous Henschel 2-8-2s at Konya and "Skyliner" 2-10-0s hard at work on the Zonguldak line. Filmed in the mid-1970s.

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Kenya could still muster and interesting array of steam power in 1977 and this volume features a visit made by Jim Bowller during that year.

The tour began in Nairobi with visits to the steam depot and the works where we witness such sights as a Class 60 Garratt just out of the paint shop as well as other types in the process of heavy overhaul.

A visit by rail to Butere comes next where the last remaining steam hauled passenger train in Kenya was sampled between Kisumu and Butere. Then Classes 29, 31 and 60 are seen on the steeply graded main line out of Nairobi into the Rift Valley.

Moving eastwards to Mombasa, another Class 60 Garratt takes a mixed train from Taveta to Voi.

We conclude with some splendid sequences of Class 59 Garratts at work on the main line.

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Covering visits in 1971 and 1972 featuring the Mosel Valley line, ex-Prussian P8s and T18s and more modern types working in the Black Forest area, Class 001 Pacifics on passenger duties over the heavily graded lines out of Hof and views of D.R. Class 01.5s working into and out of Bebra on the East German traffic. The programme concludes with scenes of 011 and 012 Pacifics in the Rheine area prior to electrification, not forgetting the Class 043 and 044 2-10-0s on the enormous freight trains for which Rheine was famous.

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Main Lines in Transvall & Cape Province

Jim Bowller visited South Africa several times during the 1970s and 1980s and this is the first in a series of programmes to feature his work in the Republic at a time when many lines were still steam-operated.

Beginning on the Springs - Breyten line, a number of Class 15F 4-8-2s are seen hard at work on the frequent local goods trains. Most had acquired 12-wheel tenders from withdrawn Class 23 4-8-2s.

Moving to the Mafeking - Warrenton - Kimberley line in the Cape, GM4 Garratts and l9Ds, including the Wardale-modified 2644, work goods and passenger traffic between Mafeking and Vryburg while 25NC

4-8-4s are seen between Vryburg and Warrenton.

The programme concludes on the famous Kimberley - De Aar section which was dominated by condensing and non-condensing 4-8-4s. A Class 24 2-8-4 also passes, having come off the Douglas branch.

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Main Lines in The Orange Free State

Jim Bowller visited South Africa several times during the 1970s and 1980s and this is another in a series of programmes to feature his work in the Republic at a time when many lines were still steam-operated.

The first part of the programme takes a comprehensive look at the Bethlehem to Bloemfontein line with Class 25NC 4-8-4s on the through trains and 15F 4-8-2s on the various shorter workings at the Bloemfontein end.

Moving to the Bloemfontein to Kroonstad trunk line, the final days of steam are witnessed with immaculate Class 23 4-8-2s charging through Glen and Karee.

The programme concludes on the Bloemfontein to Kimberley line which, despite being single track, saw a continuous stream of traffic worked by more 4-8-4s. As a finale, teh Wardale modified Class 19D 2644 and the Class 26, 3450 work a train double-headed and then 3450 is seen singley in normal traffic.

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More previously unpublished material covering secondary lines and branch lines in the Western and Central Cape, including George - Knysna, Oudtshoorn - Klipplaat, the Lootsberg Pass, the Port Elizabeth suburban services in the days of the 16R and 16CR Pacifics, branch lines in the Port Elizabeth area and the 2'-0" gauge Gamtoos - Patensie branch. Filmed 1974 - 1984.

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Secondary lines and branch lines in the Eastern Cape.

A comprehensive look at the outstandingly spectacular Sterkstroom to Dordrecht section of the Maclear branch with 19Ds working to the limit on both passenger and freight trains. This is followed by scenes on the cross-country Rosmead to Stormberg line which employed the 15AR Class 4-8-2s. Moving towards the south-east coast, 19Ds are seen hard at work on the Alicedale - Grahamstown - Port Alfred line, well known for its immaculate locomotives. Finally, we visit the East London area where an immaculate 15AR shunts alonside ocean going ships in the docks while another 19D works a mixed train over the little visited Fort Beaufort to Seymour branch.

With informative commentary and dubbed sound. sourced from 8mm colour cine film.

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Ref: AC1064D

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Secondary lines and branches in Transvaal, the Orange Free State and Natal. Double-headed 24s on the Breyten - Lothair branch and 19Ds working between Harrismith and Warden, Theunissen and Winburg and on the Springfontein - Koffiefontein line. In Natal, the ex-S.A.R. GF Pacific Garratts are observed hard at work on the Enyati colliery system and the programme concludes on the Natal 2'-0" gauge lines, featuring more Garratts on the Estcourt - Weenen branch and working out of Ixopo.

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Ref: AC1065D

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Shot by Jim Bowller in the mid 19970s and in 1981 using 8mm colour cine film with commentary and dubbed sound, professionally mastered. Footage of the F.C. Ponferrada - Villablino just before dieselisation. Then a brief visit to the metre gauge section of the Sabero colliery system and then to the metre and broad gauge lines running north and east of Oporto.

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Ref: AC1035D

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Features steam action on the forestry system around Covasna, the main line & the last surviving narrow gauge lines in 1999.

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