from: VIDEO CATALOGUE DVD VIDEO CATALOGUE SPECIAL OFFER! Recalling the Great Days of Steam on British Railways B & R Video Productions Volumes 7 to 70 now only £14.99 post free! Why not complete your collection or fill in the gaps! (DVD only) B & R VIDEO PRODUCTIONS in technical ability and equipment has brought trem 11. So much so that they have withdrawn the early v 8mm format colour film for amateur market generally All 1960’s, improved quality considerably. These events Available could be obtained by using good cameras such as Bol the steam railway from those years. In some cases e footage which gives an even better quality of re-pr railway. Film and processing was also very expensiv have been successfully producing an ever increasing from: scene. Without them, so many long forgotten branche endous improvements in the quality of reproduction B & R have a simple policy when making a video prod olumes 1 to 6 from general sale. and that footage must sufficiently good or reasonab ready been used on another production. Once the foo came available in 1957 albeit Kodachrome 1 at 8ASA faded when not Kodak !) even when originally not qu gave amateur cameramen 11 years to cover the end o ange flashes or manufacturers code holes, Dust and ex, Eumig and Bell & Howell. B & R always try to fi es on the sides of film are removed in most cases. arlier scenes are shown on black & white film. Also oduction. However, today’s quality of video cameras exhibit all these faults including some with “hair” e. The majority of cine film was taken by enthusias range of quality video films for many years. Progr s and types of locomotive, unusual workings etc., w of films, particularly those produced since Volume uction. They must have enough film material for a o VOLUME 7 - TRIBUTE TO THE FORTIES (60-mins)le film for the project. They will not use dark fil tage has been selected, each view is mastered indiv . The advent of Kodachrome 25 in the early ite correctly exposed. This allows production of a f British Railways steam. A satisfactory result small scratches can exist on original archive film. nd the best footage available to tell the history o some of the productions use some 16mm film stickingSome in the producers projector dogate! not Bseem & R totry worry their beabout these fau was not around in the glorious days of the steam The 40s have gone. From their inception, their dist ts who wished to record the passing of the steam ess to the average steam enthusiast than did most other ould have been lost forever in the moving image. with occasional forays into Southern and Western te 1960s. They took over from A3s, A4s, Britannias, Pr m or pad outne hour the production programme with on footagethe subject that of has the a title This was a Class 40 duty for somethe nexttime generationand we see of a power in the shape of 47s, H one or two dated scenes in evidence.ties of theSpecial class workin across the country on passenger a programmeidually without for colour those correction annoying (where splices film or hasor- f line at Hartford with her train of tanks for the Wi B & R clean the film before mastering and scratch- VOLUME 8 - STEAM NORTHBOUNDreturns to the main line. (60-mins)On the Shrewsbury to Here st to avoid these mistakes. inctive shape and sound made the Englishlts Electric and there T are videos on the market that classes of diesel. Based on the WCML and ECML as w rritories, the EE Type 4s headed many of the crack incesses and Coronations. Now they themselves have l- This production features pre-1968 BR number steam ofin thelocos N active on thisSTs, operation. 56s, 50s A and short electric power. This video covert gs feature 40106 in green andnd D200 freight on duties.her first A run feature of 40 143 as she heads dating back to 1959 with locomotives that have been nnington Branch. Having deposited these, she immedi around the Dumfries area in the early 1960's. The i A2, A4s and Britannias. Locations include Beattock ford line, several trains a week aggregates are col Fort William to Mallaig line in 1984. Breathtaking BR007D £14.99 ence. “Gordon Highlander” double-heading with the C shine, over Glenfinnan viaduct and into tunnels. is seen, as is 60004 “William Whitelaw”. The last H ype 4s more acceptable Museum. “Flying Scotsman”, “Sir Nigel Gresley” and B & R Videos are available from final section (25-minutes) brings us up to date wit expressesell as during GE metals the OLNEY section shows 40s working withs the other wide-rangingbeen locos, superseded with activi- by MILTON KEYNES, MK46 5ES. orth, much of it in Scotland with since some being extraordinar repainted in original for Northwichcolours. off the main in museums for 30-years since. The first section s nevitable Black 5 is well covered, but also a 2P, J lectedately in hopper runs round wagons. and WOLVERTON RAIL line shots of the locomotive poundingand away Quintishill. through The second section shows main line aley Single. Jones Goods and a McIntosh 0-6-0. 4625 ighland Railway No.103 is captured before she was e “Clun Castle” (in Carlisle) are seen in the 1960s a . h glorious scenes of the Highlands as we follow and 01234 71 16 15 BR008D £14.99 Mobile: 07368 608 900 hows yBR special steam workings in and or 07760 71 41 71 ubilees, Scots, Clans, an the Scottish hills and along lochs in specialsglorious sun-with a differ- Page 1 5 “City of Hereford” All prices include nsconced in Glasgow nd “Maude” in 1980. The The prevailingVAT rate ride behind 5407 on the will be charged when you place your order. Email: [email protected]. Buy securely online at: www.wolvertonrail.com wrbrcatalogue Issue 355 12Apr21 from: VIDEO CATALOGUE VOLUME 9 - DIESELECTRIC POWER 1 (60-mins) BR009D £14.99 Since 1955 Modernisation has eliminated steam locomotives from the system, prototype diesel and electric locomotives have come and gone as have most of the first generation of diesels. A few survive and today's image although still changing has developed into a pattern which is illustrated by this video filmed during 1984 and 1985. The Westbury to Warminster line is the scene for the heavy Foster-Yeoman stone trains with Class 56s pulling and banking on occasions. Other types include double- headed 37s, 45147 (pre-Eccles) and 47s. A day at Warrington, a very busy centre on the WCML, features classes 25, 37, 40, 45, 47 and 86. Toton and Worksop are hubs of freight operation and provide spectacular ballast and coal trains for dispersal throughout the Midlands. Class 31, 37, 47, 56 and 58 provide the power. We move to Carlisle which sports a wide variety of diesel and electric power including APT, 26, 27 and 81 classes. A surprisingly busy part of the network with many cross-country workings is the West Country. Scenes from Tiverton, Exeter, Exminster, Starcross, Dawlish and Teignmouth. Locos include class 45s and 50s. At Retford and Worksop, more M.G.R. and coal traffic workings are seen at this extremely heavy worked location with 56s, 58s and 20s. Finally Exminster and Truro are visited with passenger workings along this ex-GWR line. VOLUME 10 - DIESELECTRIC POWER 2 (60-mins) BR010D £14.99 A sequel to Volume 9 which concentrates on the modern image of BR motive power. Most classes active on BR in 1985/6 are featured including a glimpse of the then new class 59 on proving trials piloted by 56047 on the spectacular Foster-Yeoman stone trains. We start with scenes at Wakefield Kirkgate, a mainly freight location at the centre of a number of lines and during week- days enjoys a wealth of traffic; locos featured include 20s(triple -headed), 25s, 31s, 37s, 47s and 56s. D200 is viewed at a num- ber of locations on special runs including the “Tamar-Tyne Special” and the “Penzance Flyer” in 1985. On the WCML, Acton Bridge (north of Crewe) sees considerable activity on a weekday morning including 27066. Nearer Crewe, we see 97403 (46035) and 97201 (24061) as well as APT, HST, 87, 86, 85, 81, 58 and 47 classes. Our next location is Severn Tunnel Junction with wintry conditions. A 56 waits with oil tanks for a London bound HST as 25259 struggles gamely with a huge freight. 37s include “British Steel Shelton” also DMUs, 45, 47 (47078 “Sir Daniel Gooch” in green), 56, 33, 31 as well as an 08 on the Silcock Express!. At Chinley North Junction, unusual views of 31s and 20s as well as 45s and double-headed 37s as the trains negotiate the crossings on to the triangle or speed through to Manchester. We see a couple more double-headers at Chapel-en-le-Frith before moving to the dilapidated remains of Chinley Station where among others, 40057 powers through. Finally 40009/44 manoeuvring light engine in the yard at Warrington. VOLUME 11 - STEAM SURVIVAL (60-mins) BR011D £14.99 This film was the first in a new series for B & R Video from Colin White's immense collection of cine-film. We start on Shap Incline in 1967, its last summer of steam traction with Stanier's Black 5's and 8F's, Britannias and other Standards, and the Divisional Manager's saloon in charge of an Ivatt Class 2MT. Tebay Shed is visited and 70033 picks up water from Dillicar Troughs. The Southern region was the last to have pacific power regularly on its expresses from London to Bournemouth and we are treated to scenes on this line of Bullied and Standard Classes in 1966.