Video Clips of Preserved Steam Locomotives

Sadly, Severn Valley Railway favourite Black 5 45110 is due to leave service during August. Here she is with a stunning run on Eardington Bank in her prime on 20/9/02. NB the footage is from an ancient tape and to save time I have used a still on my computer taken from a later run at the site of Dowles Junction on the SVR. (2.8mB)

The Great Central section contains material from 2010 Mail by Rail Event, Spring 2010, Winter 2009/10 (including January Gala), Autumn 2009, Fairburn Tank Charter Oct 2009, Autumn Gala Oct 2009, Summer 2009 including the Mail by Rail Gala and 40th Anniversary Gala;  Easter Tank Gala 2009, Jan 2009 including the Winter Gala, Dec & Nov 2008, Oct 2008 "Three Steam Legends Event", 2008 Autumn Gala, the summer of 2008, including the "Tornado Covenanter's Day" and the  "Mail by Rail Gala".

The Gloucester Warwicks : material from Summer 2010 including GWR 175 (Jun 2010), Apr 2010, Aug-09, Cotswold Festival of Steam May 2009, Summer 2008, the Cotswold Festival of Steam May 2008, Spring 2008, 2007 "Christmas Cracker Event", 18/25 August 2007, 7 July 2007 and a summer trip on the line.

The Severn Valley Railway section features clips from Summer 2010, Spring 2010; Winter 2010; the Santa Specials (Dec-09); the Kinlet Hall Charter (Oct-09);  2009 Autumn Gala; action from May to Aug 09; Nunney Castle Charter Mar 09; Festival of Steam Mar 09; Jan09, the Dec 2008 Santa Specials; a Matt Fielding Charter with the Earl of Berkeley; the Autumn Gala 20/9/08; August 2008; the 1940s Weekend and June 2008.

West Somerset: action from the Spring Gala 2010, Autumn and Springs Galas of 2009 and the Autumn and Spring Galas of 2008 plus a ride with No.88.

The Branch Line Gala Feb 2009, the S&D Gala of Oct 2008, the Giants of Steam October 2007 and the August 2007 125 Event are featured in the Bluebell Railway section.

The East Lancs page includes clips from the steam events of 24/1/09, 27/10/07 and 3/3/07.

The Keighley and Worth Valley page includes scenes from the Winter Galas of 2010,2009, 2008 and 2007.

The Midland Railway Centre features action from the Vintage Train Event in Aug 09 an dmy first visit to that line in 2007.

The North Yorkshire Moors page features clips from the 2009 War Weekend, 2008 Autumn Gala, the 2008 LNER Festival, the Autumn Steam Gala 2007 and the ECML Festival (May 2007).

Churnet Valley:  80072 Charter Feb 2010, Winter Galas of 2010 and 2009,  War Weekend 26/4/08 and Winter Steam Gala 23-24/2/08

Other Railways:  Foxfield 17/7/09; Barrow Hill 4/4/09; North Norfolk M&GN Anniversary Gala 28/2/09 and the Steam Event 30/8/08; Foxfield Gala 19/7/08; Barrow Hill LNER Gala 11/11/07; North Norfolk 1/9/07 and Mid-Hants 27/6/06

The Mainline section includes clips of 71000 Duke of Gloucester on the Lickey, 44871 and 70013 on the Lickey with GB III, 70013 at Barrow on Soar, 5043 Earl of Mt Edgcumbe on the Shakespeare in Oct 2008, 5029 Nunney Castle on the Shakespeare in July 2008 and at Barrow upon Soar in June 2008, 71000 "Duke of Gloucester in Mar 2008, a clip of the "Lincoln Imp" in November, two clips of the Duchess of Sutherland on the "Shakespeare Express" on 2/9/07, and a regular Shakespeare Express** entry.

"Blast from the Past": various clips from past years. Clips usually find their way here via the "Contents" page.

Other Subjects: an experimental section. Anything could turn up here, but the files are large and reside on "Google Video" which is free!

** The Shakespeare Express is a steam service which runs every Sunday from July to September between Birmingham Snowhill and Stratford upon Avon.

Important

I have now linked a number of clips which have been resident on this site for a few months to Google Video and, of late to You Tube. They can be played in the usual way by clicking the picture, so I have not marked them separately.