Traction Memories

An exploration of the diesel & electric scene in the 1980s and 1990s plus memories relived on the GC Railway.

The programme comprises:
‘Cromptons’ on passenger and freight workings in the 1980s including Channel Tunnel Freight and push-pull workings to Salisbury
Class 47s on ‘Speedlink’ and passenger duties
Class 47s on loco haulage in East Anglia in 1990 and in 2006
Class 37s on the North Wales Coast, over the Cambrian routes, in South Wales and on the Thame branch and on summer saturdays on the Weymouth line
Class 20s on freight and passenger in the 1980s
Class 25s
Class 31s in the 1980s and 1990s in East Anglia, on summer saturday trains to Skegness line and to Scarborough line and in the North East
‘Peaks’ in their last days
The present day freight scene with Class 20s, Class 60s and Class 66s in their various guises
The 1960s scene recreated on the Great Central Railway with D5830, D123, 20 098 and 20 048, D1705, 47 366, D6535 37 255 and D5185.

Presented and Narrated by David Powell

65 mins approx