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Titles Comprise: Driving & Firing A Steam Engine: A superb demonstration of how to drive and fire a steam engine. From lighting up in the morning to disposing of the engine at night engineman Clive Groome takes us though every aspect of life at the front end including maintaining the right fire observing signals avoiding a slip and understanding the breaks. Driving & Firing The Big Four: Engineman Clive Groome worked on all the main express locomotives back in the glory days of steam. In this DVD Clive studies the very different engines made by the Big Four railway... companies. Having fired the Kings and Castles Clive compares the Western engines with the machines of the LNER. He also speaks about LMSs Stanier Pacifics and boards the more modern Southern Bulleid express engines. King For A Summer: This is the inside story of 6024 King Edward Is storming performances at the head of the Torbay Express during the summer of 2008. The TV crew rode with the King for several weeks and the resulting documentary provides an exquisite insight into how the King reigned supreme on one of the most stunning railway routes in Britain! [show more]

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