UK Diesel & Electric

Online Video production with a gricer s view ( railway enthusiast, a trainspotter) of trains between Liverpool Street, Stratford, and Ilford in the 1980s. The Eastern Region was almost ignored by railway enthusiasts, its types of diesel and electric trains were worthy of more attention. This DVD shows...

We wee the Highgate High level station built just before the Second World War, to see trains from Moorgate to Alexandra Palace, station buildings and platforms are there yet it has never seen a tube train. A steam train from Alexandra Palace stopped in 1954. Trains were meant to go to Bushey but war...

Footage of London underground trains, the first station being underground was King William Street. Trains nicknames Padded cells, standards, 38's, 59's 62's Victoria line 67's and flat fronted 83's are all shown on this DVD as well as livery colour and build changes as times changed. We see through the...

This DVD takes a look into the preserved 6 car DEMU 1001 which ran on the Hastings line from London. DVD goes into St Leonards Depot which is home to Hastings Diesel Limited whom have preserved the unit and run it. The DVD then looks at some of the rail tours in which was completed after the restoration...

In 2009 thumper 1001 made several rail tours and this DVD covers most of them including Worcester which had to run via the famous Linkley Incline, Cambridge as well as Olympia Express twice, once in connection with Westfield Shopping Centre and another in connection with International Horse Show.

Slam doors were withdrawn in 2005 and this DVD takes a look at the class 375 and 376 electrostar units, Arun Valley line with 377 and class 455's on Beckenham Junction line plus last couple of months of Thameslink prior to take over by First Capital Connect. Also shown are South West trains class 455...

Lines not run by London Transport feature on this DVD or which they took over. Now you can get all over London by underground but once to get to places such as Heathrow Airport you required to travel on a bus. A post office train is also featured on this DVD, change over to mainline with class 313's....

Start on the Greenford Branch at West Ealing showing steam. Also Look at DMU's in 1987 at Bricket Wood followed by the electrification. Take a look from the driving cab of a class 108 to Greenford and then come forward to 2010 with a modern turbo DMU from Greenford to Paddington. So much footage of branch...

Sited in Royal Tunbridge Wells we look at trains from BR days including steam and diesel. Tunbridge Wells West to Eridge shows signal boxes, old steam sheds and Groombridge as it was and how it is built up now. The line closed in 1985. In 1996 the Spa Valley Railway worked on restoring and reopening...

A detailed and documental 2 DVD set in which looks over the history of East Kent Railway from the early days of opening under Colonel Holman F Stephens through the various changes and into the preservation era. A lot of what is placed into the DVD are of the very documents in which were submitted and...