Across the Channel: We take a look at some locations within easy reach of Calais and the Channel Tunnel. Passenger and freight traffic around Lille. Eurostars. Local passenger and freight at Tournai in Belgium. Passenger trafic in Brussels and Freight traffic around Ghent
Archive View: Vintage footage of the SNCF in the 1960s
Class 20s in France: A detailed look at operations of the former British Railway’s owned Class 20s. Now owned by CFD, these locos can be found operating around Autun to the South of Paris.
Portuguese Power: More English Electric action in the form of the Portuguese version of British Class 20s and Class 50s. We see these locos at work around Oporto & running along the Algarve from Lagos to Vila Real.
East German Narrow Guage: Working steam is still a regular occurance in Germany on the former East German narrow guage line. We visit some of these remarkable survivors at Wernigerode, Redeberg and Zittau.
Irish Rail: We cross the Irish Sea to explore operations on The Emerald Isle.
60 mins approx