Diesel & Electric Archives

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In the 1980s British Railways maintained an ageing fleet of DMUs. However, replacements were on the way and by the early 1990s a whole new generation of units had been introduced. This programme explores the new DMU fleet using archive film & footage from around the network, from Scotland to the West Country.

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Prototypes The Leyland Experimental Vehicle.

Class 141 The first of the new generation of 4 wheeled Railbus designs.

Class 142 ‘Pacers’ with film of their early years and footage from around the network from Wales, to Yorkshire and the North East.

Class 143 ‘Pacers’ exploring the class in South Wales.

Class 144 ‘Pacers’ with film from Yorkshire.

Class 150 ‘Sprinters’ soon after their introduction to service and footage on a wide variety of workings from East Anglia, to South Wales, the Peak District & the North West.

Class 153 single car units on branch line duties.

Class 155 2 car units.

Class 156 ‘Super Sprinter’ inc archive film and coverage from around the network, including Scotland.

Class 158 Express units including a test run in 1989, archive film and footage from 2012 including Scotland.

Class 139 ‘Parry People Movers’ on the Stourbridge Branch.

Class 121 ‘Bubble Cars’ on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury branch.

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In the 1970s British Railways introduced a series of new EMU designs to replace the many ageing types dating from the early years of Nationalisation. Here we explore these 2nd Generation designs using film taken in recent years plus archive film from the BR era.

Second Generation Units and a look at the new designs coming on stream from the 1980s with archive from the period.

Class 313. The first of the new generation units introduced by British Railways with film from their introduction on the Great Northern services in 1976 to scenes on the Southern lines through Brighton and to Seaford. Includes the retro liveried 313 201

Class 315 & 317 Two designs from the 1980s. The 315s are featured on services from Liverpool Street. The 317s are shown in action during the 1980s on the Midland Main Line and then on Great Eastern services. The last workings are shown in 2022, along with the final days diagram on the 15th July 2022

lClass 319, Class 321, Class 360, Class 375, Class 376, Class 377, Class 378, Class 379, Class 387. A synopsis of each class and footage from recent years.

Class 442. The ‘Wessex’ Electrics.

Class 444, Class 450. The ‘Desiro’ Electrics.

Class 455. From introduction in the 1980s to the present day. The various sub classes are featured on services from Waterloo and Victoria in South West Trains and Southern service. In addition the last workings for Southern are shown in the Spring of 2022 along with the last ‘finale’ special to Brighton in the 14th May.

Class 456, Class 458, Class 460, Class 465. Plus footage from recent years

In addition units are shown moving for scrap and store with heritage diesel power.

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• Pre-Nationalisation EMUs with LNWR units, the Heysham electrics plus Tyneside sets and Manchester to Altrincham electrics.

• Class 302s on Eastern Region services

• Class 304s on the West Coast Main Lines

• Class 306 ‘Shenfield Electrics’ with film from in the 1950s and 1970s

• Class 504 unique ‘Bury Electrics’ in service in final years

• Class 309 ‘Clacton Units’ including a farewell special

• Class 310 on West Coast Main Line and Southern services

• Class 312 on GN lines and LT & S services

• Class 313s on the Southern Region in final weeks plus final train

• Class 317 on the Bedford line

• Class 319s in the North West.

• Class 321 on the GE lines in 2023.

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• Southern Railway 2 BIL on the Southern Region of British Railways plus the preserved set on the main line.
  Southern Railway 2 HAL in Southern Region Service.

• Southern Railway 5 BEL as the Brighton Belle plus some of the surviving cars on the Belmond Pullman..

• Southern Railway 4 COR in British Railways Service.

• SR & BR 4 SUB including the preserved set in action on the Southern Region.

• Class 415 4EPB in service on the Medway Valley services and in and around London Bridge plus the last railtour in April 1995.

• Class 416 2EPB on the Southern Region.

• Class 501 on the services from Broad Street and the North London lines in the 1960s and 1980s.

• Class 507 and Class 508 Merseyrail Units on the Merseyrail system in 2023 and the 1990s when traditional signalling was still employed on the branches to New Brighton and West Kirby.

Plus Bonus footage on the Southport Line in the 1990s

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By the mid 1970s the diesel and electric motive power fleet had been renumbered, with TOPS taking over, with the familiar Class categories. However, the fleet itself remained as varied as ever, with everything from ‘Westerns’ to ‘Deltics’ on main line services. This programme explores the network when loco hauled services still dominated.

CONTENTS:

THE MIDLAND MAIN LINE - ‘Peaks’ at Derby, Nottingham and Leicester in 1976.

THE EAST COAST MAIN LINE - 1977 with ‘Deltics’ at Edinburgh, Doncaster, Peterborough plus Class 47s, 46s, 40s, 31s and 44 004 ‘Great Cable’.

LONDON TERMINII - Kings Cross in 1977 with more Deltics and Liverpool Street with Class 47s, 37s and 31s on loco hauled services.

THE WESTERN MAIN LINE - in 1976 with Class 50s, 47s, 31s and Class 52 ‘Westerns’ including scenes at Reading.

THE WEST COUNTRY - Dainton Bank, Newton Abbot, Teignmouth, Dawlish Warren and Dawlish plus the Saltash Bridge with a detailed look at freight and passenger workings featuring ‘Westerns’, ‘Peaks’, Class 50s and Class 25s.

CAMBRIAN SPECIAL - 24 081 & 24 063 along the Cambrian Coast in 1976.

THE MIDLANDS - 1976 and Cross Country workings with Class 47s and Type 2s.

THE NORTH - Class 25s and Class 40s at Northwich, Class 40s, Class 25s and a Class 50 at Manchester Victoria, Class 40s at Healey Mills Marshalling Yard.

THE WOODHEAD ROUTE - 1500 DC Class 76 electrics on freight at various locations on the Manchester to Sheffield line.

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The 1960s and early 1970s were a period of transition on the network. Steam was gradually displaced by diesel & electric power, liveries were undergoing constant change, while finally the TOPs scheme renumbered the motive power fleet.

This volume presents a portrait of the transitional era between 1960 and 1976. It includes freight at Garsdale, Carlisle diesels in the late 1960s, Co-Bo 57xx on Shap, Claytons at Carnforth, D400s (Class 50s) at Carlisle and over Shap, The East Coast Main Line through Hitchin, Stevenage and Hatfield including D1512 and ‘Kestrel’ plus other power, E.E. Type 4s and ‘Deltics’ at York.

The Looe Branch with DMUs, Southern EMUs at Isfield, DMUs in the North West, DEMUs at Alresford, D4502 on Tinsley Hump, Dover Harbour branch, Western Type 1s, Far North lines, West Highland Type 1s to Fort William, Class 27 double headers, E.E. Type 4s to Aberdeen, North East Scotland branches, Class 33 on Allhallows Branch, Vintage Southern in 1960 and 1967, D84xx diesels, Brush Type 2s and E.E. Type 4s at Stratford, Swindon Works.

Steam to the rescue, ‘Hymek’s, Warships and Westerns, on the Western, Reading in 1970, ‘Falcon’ in service, The Era of Blue with 37s, 46s, 40s, 33s in 1976, The First HSTs.

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A very interesting volume featuring a collection of rare footage from the '50s & '60s and including one-off prototypes 'Falcon', DP2 & the gas turbine 4-6-0 GT3.

The late 1950s & early 1960s saw the largest influx of new designs as the British Railways Board hurried to rid themselves of steam traction. During this period a huge number of locomotives were built, some just one-off prototypes, others part of large classes.

Thankfully some far sighted individuals filmed the new diesels as well as the even newer electrics. Their efforts are showcased here and include some major rarities, including GT3 working through Neasden, DP2 on the East Coast main Line, Falcon on the ECML, 10000 and 10201 at Derby, D4 at Tring, a Class 24 in Kent, a Class 27 at Bletchley, Railbuses and a Class 15 on the Maldon Branch, a "Crompton" at York, Class 40s on the WCML, DMUs at Ballater and Bacup, Sheffield Victoria and Peaks in the Peak District.

Plus Deltics on the ECML, Westerns, Warships and Hymeks on the WR, Class 40s on Shap, Redmire Branch, D2383 on High Peak, Class 17s Claydons on freight, Pullman Multiple Units, Type 2s in Scotland and Southern EMUs.

We also take a look at the wonderful London Transport electric locomotives and even see rare footage of the National Coal Board's Tyneside electrics,

Quite simply The Diesel & Electric Archive Files is an essential addition to your collection.

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Diesel shunters were the unsung heroes of the traction fleet. Several classes, some large, some very small, toiled away in yards throughout the network. Some types were built in large numbers, like the 350 horsepower 08s. Others were grouped into smaller classes, like the 06s, which had short working lives. Others performed a wider variety of roles, working trip freight as well as heavier shunting duties. In this programme we explore this fleet in action, using a collection of archive film and contemporary footage.

In this volume we include:

• A history of the diesel shunter fleet starting in the 1930s.
• Class 02 - an 0-4-0 design introduced in 1960.
• Class 03 - an 0-6-0 diesel mechanical design, following the introduction of the class, with film from their early years around the network including East Anglia, the Cromford & High Peak and the Weymouth Tramway plus examples in preservation and in Industrial service.
• Class 04 - an 0-6-0 diesel mechanical design with film from the 1960s and examples in preservation.
• Class 06 - a diminutive 0-4-0 class of 16 with archive film from the 1960s.
• Class 07 - A Southern Region based class used for shunting & trip freight.
• Class 08 - the most numerous class of British diesel locomotive. The design is explored using archive film from the 1950s to the present day. The early locos produced in 1952 are featured along with the later examples introduced in the 1960s.
• Class 09 - the 1960s built locos plus the conversions from 08s in the early 1990s.
• Class 14 - the short lived ‘Teddy Bears’ built at Swindon in BR service and in the preservation era.
• Class 17 - the Clayton Type 1s produced mostly for short distance freight.

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