Diesel & Electric Journey Through The 60s

 A journey through a decade that saw the rapidly increasing diesel & electric fleet finally displace steam from the network. Using archive film we explore this period, with scenes from the West Country & the Southern Region to the North of Scotland. On the way we feature over 25 classes plus DMU’s & EMU’s.

The programme includes...
D5500 at Stratford; BTH Type 1 at Bethnal Green; Brush Type 2s on ‘Lea Valley Enterprise’, D9011 at Kings Cross; EE Type 3 on Sheffield Pullman; EM1s on passenger & freight on Woodhead line plus Reddish Depot; Tyneside Electrics; Clayton Type 1s on Waverley Route; Brush Type 4s in Scotland; EE Type 4s on Scottish Sleeper and Express services; NBL Type 2 D6114 at Dundee; BR Type 2s on Highland Lines and West Highland main line; EE Type 4s at Ais Gill; Eastfield Shed with ‘Claytons’; Buxton to Matlock line with ‘Peaks’ and Type 2’s; Type 2 bankers at Peak Forest; Early AC electrics on the West Coast Main Line; D3 and D7 in Midlands; ‘Warships’ at Shrewsbury; Bristol Bath Road Depot in mid 1960s; D95xx at Bristol Temple Meads; ‘Warships and ‘Westerns’ at Teignmouth; Wickham Railbus at Yeovil; Hymek on Upway Bank; ‘Westerns’ at Princes Risborough; D602 at Paddington; Southern EMUs; BRCW Type 3 at Waterloo; EE Electro Diesels on passenger & freight; BR Diesel shunters at Weymouth Quay, Bournemouth and Guildford; DEMUs on Southern lines; BRCW on oil trains; Ruston & Hornsby 0-6-0 shunter; PLUS MUCH MORE.

58 mins approx