Driving and Firing a steam Engine 3dvd DVD

A stunning collection of films detailing the everyday workings of very different steam locomotives Episodes Comprise: The Standard Engines: This film looks at the many surviving types of Standard engines in Britain. Among them is the unique 'Duke of Gloucester' the last express passenger engine ever built by British Railways. Also featured are the more successful 9F freight engines and the Class 4 tank engines described as perfection on wheels. The Southern Engines: From the diminutive tank engines to Bulleid's express machines this programme is a detailed examination... of the Southern locomotives demonstrated by the enginemen who worked them. The result is a wonderfully colourful and comprehensive account of one of Britain's most interesting fleets of steam trains. The Western Engines: Join the drivers and firemen aboard the Great Western engines for live footplate action sequences as you've never seen before. With more than a dozen GWR types profiled and filmed over the course of five years this programme is believed to be the most comprehensive survey of steam ever attempted. [show more]

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