Clearing the Rails

A survey of many of the RHTT leaf clearing trains across the network during 2008 with a wide range of motive power from EWS, Chiltern Railways & Direct Rail Services.

Class 20s, Class 37s, Class 57s, Class 67, Class 66 & Diesel Multiple Units all feature across the network during 2008.

Stowmarket based duties with top and tailed DRS Class 37 and Class 57 duties. Includes scenes from many delightful East Anglian by-ways from the East Suffolk line to the Cromer, Acle and Lowestoft branches plus the trains on the Mid Norfolk railway to Dereham. Also includes Class 20s on duties later in the season.

The programme also features:
A Class 67 & DVT on the Midland Main Line. Class 37s on the North Wales Coast
The East Coast Main Line with top and tailed 66s.
Lincolnshire by-ways with Class 66s to Boston against a backdrop of semaphores & signal boxes.
Top and tailed Class 20s through Barnetby and to Hull plus the Beverley branch.
Chiltern line Classes 117 & 121 first generation DMUs on leaf clearing duties.
Class 37s working from Carlisle Kingmoor and over the Settle & Carlisle plus some dramatic night scenes.
Archive action from recent years with EWS Class 37s & 31s on the East Coast and Midland Main Line.

55 mins approx