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15/6/08 Great Central Railway: 4 clips from the War Weekend
  Mainline: 5029 Nunney Castle at Barrow upon Soar
8/6/08 Severn Valley Railway: 5 clips featuring the two Manors in action.
1/6/08 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: a further selection of clips from the Cotswold Festival of Steam Event
26/5/08 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: a selection of clips from the Cotswold Festival of Steam Event
18/5/08 Great Central Railway: 5 clips from the Stars of the 60s Gala featuring 70013 Oliver Cromwell.
4/5/08 Great Central Railway: 3 clips from May Day Event
  Contents: 70013 Oliver Cromwell pushed by 78019 at the GCR July 2004
29/4/08 Churnet Valley: 3 extended clips from the War Weekend
14/4/08 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: four clips from the Wildlife and Steam Event.
10/4/08 Severn Valley Railway: 3 extended clips from the Matt Fielding charter with newly restored Erlestoke Manor.
7/4/08 North Yorkshire Moors Railway: 4 clips from a miserable day at the LNER Festival.
3/4/08 Contents: 6024 on the Lickey Incline 26/2/05
23/3/08 Severn Valley Railway: 5 clips from the re-opening event, with newly restored Erlestoke Manor.
16/3/08 West Somerset Railway: 6 clips from a very wet Spring Steam Gala
4/3/08 Contents: 60009 Union of South Africa speeds past Pillings Lock
2/3/08 Mainline: a poor shot of 71000 Duke of Gloucester at Pillings Lock near Barrow upon Soar

The Grantham Journal kindly sent this footage of 60019 "Bittern" on the Talisman at Grantham station  VIDEO-The-Talisman-steam-train.3836687.jp

  Great Central Railway: 3 dull clips from a frustrating day
24/2/08 Other Railways: clips from an exciting Churnet Valley Gala will be uploaded in the next day or two.
18/2/08 Keighley and Worth Valley Railway: 6 clips from the Winter Gala (16/2/08) featuring K1 62005, Ivatt 41312 and WD 90733.
10/2/08 Great Central Railway: 3 clips from a sunny day at the line.
3/2/08 Great Central Railway: 3 clips from the Pancake Festival
  Contents: 5224 at the Worth Valley, Feb 2004
28/1/08 Great Central Railway: 6 clips from the Winter Gala
15/1/08 Great Central Railway: several clips from a visit on Saturday shot in beautiful sunshine.
13/1/08 Severn Valley Railway: clips from a charter involving Black Five 45110.
7/1/08 Great Central Railway: several clips from the weekend.
2/1/08 Contents: clip of 63601 at the GCR. 42968 at Bewdley moved to "Blast from Past" section.
30/12/07 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: five clips from the "Christmas Cracker Event"
23/12/07 Great Central Railway: several clips of 30777 Sir Lamiel on her return to the line.
16/12/07 Home: GCR Winter scenes (2002) from blip.tv
9/12/07 Severn Valley Railway: 3 clips from a dull and wet day at Kidderminster
  Home page: simple instructions for optimising video image for those videos which are hosted by "You Tube"
3/12/07 Contents: new clip of 42968 on the Severn Valley Railway from Dec 2004
  DVD: trailer for Steam Impressions 2006 vol1 added on Blip.tv.
25/11/07 Great Central Railway: several clips from a grey day at the line
24/11/07 DVD: new trailer for Steam Impressions 2006 vol2 . Change to 2007 vol1 trailer to match its style.
18/11/07 Mainline: clip of Rood Ashton Hall on the "Lincoln Imp"
  Great Central Railway: 4 clips from a day at the line
14/11/07 DVD: trailer added on Blip.tv.
11/11/07 Other Railways: 3 sizeable clips of the Barrow Hill LNER Steam Gala
10/11/07 DVD available (at last) featuring action from January to June 2007.
4/11/07 Great Central Railway: 3 clips from a sunny autumn afternoon.
3/11/07 Contents: new clip of 45305 and 45231 double heading on the GCR.
28/10/07 East Lancs: an improbable 6 clips from a gloomy day in the North.
21/10/07 Bluebell Railway: 6 clips from the "Giants of Steam Gala"
16/10/07 Great Central Railway: 6 clips of the Gala plus a clip of Sir Lamiel's 60mph Test Run.
7/10/07 West Somerset Railway: 6 clips from the Autumn Gala (Saturday)
3/10/07 Contents: New video clip of 5051 at the West Somerset in 2005.
1/10/07 North Yorkshire Moors Railway: 6 clips from the Autumn Steam Gala 29/9/07
23/9/07 Severn Valley: 6 clips from the Autumn Steam Gala.
4/9/07 Other Railways: 6 clips of the North Norfolk Railway Gala from Saturday 1/9/07
2/9/07 Mainline: Two clips of 6233 the Duchess of Sutherland on the final Shakespeare Express runs of the year.
26/8/07 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: 4 clips from the NRM locomotive weekend.
19/8/07 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: 3 clips from a foul Saturday
13/8/07 Bluebell Railway: 6 clips from the "Bluebell 125".
3/8/07 Contents: New video clip of 4965 on the Shakespeare Express from 2003
30/7/07 Great Central Railway: 6 clips from the Mail by Rail Gala.
16/7/07 Midland Railway Centre: 4 clips from my first (filming) visit to this line. 3 of the clips are of substantial length.
7/7/07 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: 3 clips featuring 7903 "Foremarke Hall" and 4771 "Green Arrow"
3/7/07 Contents: Scenes from the Great Central "Mail by Rail" Gala of 2006
18/6/07 Great Central Railway: 3 clips from the War Weekend.
3/6/07 Top Views - May 07: 78129 Woodthorpe:  810,   60007 Green End:   701,  69621 Darnholm:   488
  Gloucester Warwicks Railway: 5 clips from the Cotswold Steam Gala
  Contents: 6024 King Edward I at Danzey Green 2002
26/5/07 Gloucester Warwicks Railway: 3 clips featuring 5542 and 92203
5/5/07 North Yorkshire Moors Railway: five clips (including the Deltic) from the ECML Festival.
2/5/07 Top Views - Apr 07: for 27 days; thanks to my Web Host 3 days data is missing for April:  80135   Green End:   591,   78019 Woodthorpe:   468,  4566 Hay Bridge:   434
  Contents: clip of 73129 on the GCR Oct 2005.
14/4/07 Bluebell Railway: four clips from the "Goods Train Weekend".
7/4/07 Great Central Railway: 3 clips from the Easter weekend.
3/4/07 DVD available featuring action from July to December 2006.
1/4/07 Severn Valley: 3 clips from a windy day in the Valley
  Top Views - Mar 07: 5637   Eardington Bank:   699,   34007 Bicknoller:   638,  88 Woolston Moor:   555
18/3/07 West Somerset Railway: 5 clips from the Spring Gala, starring newly restored 34007 Wadebridge.
11/3/07 Severn Valley: 5 clips from the Branchline Gala, starring No 88 from the West Somerset Railway
4/3/07 East Lancs: five clips from the March Steam Gala, featuring some big engines.
2/3/07 Top Views - Feb 07: 5224   Top Field (KWVR):  807,   42968 Woodthorpe:   558,  42968 Quorn:   516
  Contents: Clip of GWR 0-6-2 No 5637 on Eardington Bank to herald the Severn Valley Branchline Gala on 10/11 March.
25/2/07 Bluebell Railway: four clips from the "Branch Line" event.
19/2/07 Keighley and Worth Valley Railway: 5 clips from the Winter Gala (17/2/07) featuring newly the restored 4953 "Pitchford Hall".
4/2/07 Great Central Railway: 3 clips of the "Mighty Mogul" in action on the former mainline.
3/2/07 Today marks the first anniversary of the inception of this site. My host claims I have received over 87,000 unique visits so many thanks to all my visitors, but it's a sad reflection on British TV these days.
  Top Views - Jan 07: 49395   Abbots House:   678,   92203 Hailes:   437,  GCR Winter Scenes:   430
  Contents: The KWVR Gala comes up on 17/2/07. New clip of 5224 with a goods train at the KWVR in 2004.
29/1/07 Great Central Railway: six clips from the superb "Heavy Freight Experience"
20/1/07 Great Central Railway: one clip from a curtailed visit to the line.
14/1/07 Other Railways: The debut of the Great Marquess on the Churnet Valley Railway with a lively supporting performance from "Ditcheat Manor"
3/1/07 Top Views - Dec 06: 45110   Rifle Range:   524,   4953 Ebor Express:   434,  60009 Kingston on Soar:   397
  Contents: GCR Winter Gala visitor 49395 in action at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, May 2006.
31/12/06 Glos & Warwicks: 3 clips from their "Christmas Cracker" event.
20/12/06 Home: GCR Winter Workings in near freezing temperatures from Jan 2003.
16/12/06 Severn Valley: 4 clips from a glorious day at that railway, featuring the Santa Trains.
9/12/06 Mainline: Vintage Trains' Ebor Express and RTC's Yuletide Express in the Leicestershire countryside.
6/12/06 After noting the poor quality of recent uploads  of the GCR Summer Gala clips onto Google, I have now decided to "go with the flow" and try "You Tube" for the archiving of older material or longer videos. Please ensure you click the minimise box on the bottom right of the YouTube frame in order to maximise quality.
3/12/06 Severn Valley: 3 clips from the first day of the Santa Trains.
1/12/06 Top Views - Nov 06: 4141   Swithland:   550,   48305 Birstall:   435,  4141 (again!) Leaving Quorn:   405
  Contents: 45110 at the Severn Valley Railway in Dec 2004. 4141 at Swithland moved to Blast from the Past
26/11/06 Blast from the Past: apologies: I've just spotted my 'cock-up' from last week when I described the clip of 45231 as being available from the GCR section. I bet that fooled a few of you! I have now added a clip of the B1 on 'Mince Pie' duty in Dec 2003. A really foul day (it had just stopped snowing) and I am hoping we get some similar days this winter!
19/11/06 Blast from the Past: a great weekend for filming steam, but I decided that a whole day at the GCR for maybe 3 shots was a waste of my time. This is  thanks to the 2006 timetable and the lunchtime diesels which are pushed by steam at this time of the year, thereby adding insult to injury. I have therefore searched my archives for a clip from happier days featuring the then newly restored Black 5 45231. I have also 'coloured up' the 76079 clip at Burrs.Never mind it will soon be time for the 'Santa trains' at the Severn Valley! A further clip from the past will appear next week as I 'take to the rails', bound for York with Vintage Trains.
10/11/06 Other subjects: a new section created for air shows currently showing Waddington - 29/6/03. The videos are all linked to Google Video. Please remember  to set the size to 'original' by clicking the arrow on the right of the frame, otherwise they will be heavily pixellated! (nag..nag...nag..). I have not visited an airshow in 3½ years, so this will not be a regular feature!
8/11/06 Other subjects: The Red Arrows perform at Waddington on 29/6/03.
7/11/06 Other subjects: during a country walk in Leicestershire, on Sunday 5 November 2006, we observed a magnificent sunset. Fortunately I was carrying my camcorder at the time and was able to encapsulate the development of this beautiful phenomenon in a 3½ minute video.
4&5/11/06 Great Central: a couple of autumnal shots from my local railway.
1/11/06 Top Views - Oct 06: 60007 Darnholm:   681,   9017 & 3440 at Three Arch Bridge:   588,  73096 Bewdley:   566
  Blast from the Past: unfortunately I was not able to visit the East Lancs Autumn Gala this year, choosing to spend a wet weekend in the Lakes with my long-suffering wife. I am therefore adding a couple of clips I filmed at the 2003 Gala to this page.
22/10/06 Bluebell Railway: four clips from the "Giants of Steam" event.
15/10/06 DVD available featuring action from January to June 2006.
  Keighley and Worth Valley Railway: clips from the Autumn Gala
  Mainline: a clip of 71000 "Duke of Gloucester" cruising through Airedale with the Cumbrian Mountain Express.
12/10/06 Great Central: clips from the Autumn "Steam" Gala.
9/10/06 West Somerset: six clips added from the Autumn Gala
3/10/06 North Yorkshire Moors Railway: added clip of 49395's departure from Goathland following her struggle up the 1-in-49.
1/10/06 Top Views - Sep 06: Trip on Mid-Hants:    554,   73096 Bewdley:   516,  35005 Quorn:   430
1/10/06 North Yorkshire Moors Railway: some scenes from the Autumn Steam Gala
24/9/06 Severn Valley: out of the many clips I recorded at the SVR I've sifted out 5 representative sequences to give a flavour of the weekend's events.
21/9/06 Great Central: "Rail Mail" DVD now available at http://www.steamingthroughbritain.co.uk/
17/9/06 North Yorkshire Moors Railway: a couple of clips from the depths of Beck Hole and a third from Moorgates on a holiday visit.
7/9/06 Contents: a new clip showing 73096 on the Severn Valley Railway. The popular clip of 35005 "Canadian Pacific" has been moved to the Blast from the Past section which has been neglected recently.
6/9/06 Great Central: 3 clips from the 40th Anniversary Weekend (2/9/06). Conditions were very dull.
4/9/06 Mainline: (Shakespeare Express Section): Pitchford Hall's debut on the Shakespeare Express. A couple of scenes for those who prefer their ladies fast or just beautiful!

Footage of the recent GCR 40th Anniversary Celebrations, including Canadian Pacific and 45305, will follow during the week.

31/8/06 Top Views - Aug 06: 60009 Eardington:    546,   8015 & 78019 Charnwood Water:   502,  35005 Winchcombe:   429
31/8/06 General: several of the older clips have been linked to Google video in order to save bandwidth. These can be downloaded using the Google download software. http://video.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=8700

There may be a slight diminution in quality. Newer clips will continue to be located on this site at the standard quality setting.

31/8/06 Glos & Warwicks: a recording of the trip my wife and I made on 29/8/06
29/8/06 Other Railways: a trip on the Mid-Hants. I have used Google Video on this occasion.
28/8/06 Mainline: A clip of 4965 Rood Ashton Hall frightening the horses, in time-honoured fashion, as she hurries VT's "Rutland Explorer" through the Leicestershire countryside.... nearly there then!
27/8/06 Severn Valley: after a quiet day on the Severn Valley, ironically I returned home with several noisy clips, 3 of which I have put on the site. The sight of Bradley Manor, resplendent with Erlestoke Manor's small tender, had already made the day worthwhile, but 46443's performance on the last train of the day was a real bonus.
22/8/06 Mainline: I have added a clip of the Tyesley - Snowhill section of the Shakespeare Express journey. This has again been uploaded to Yahoo video. I have now come to the conclusion that Yahoo compress the files - hence the file size warnings have been removed. The apparent departure in format should be seen as 'bonus' footage because I could never support files of this size from my current bandwidth resources. Clips of normal run-past clips will continue to be located on this site and will remain downloadable.
20/8/06 Mainline: a very enjoyable trip on the Shakespeare Express today and the opportunity to record the lunchtime departure. Alas, I succumbed to the temptation to taking some on-board footage on the return trip. The latter files are very large and have been uploaded to Yahoo video. They can be reached from the Mainline section of this website. Unfortunately the quality of the Yahoo compression software is poor, so do not expect the usual standard.
13/8/06 Other Railways: 3 clips from a visit to the Churnet Valley Railway.
12/8/06 Other subjects: a new section I have set up as an experiment to show non-railway subjects.
8/8/06 Contents: a new clip showing 35005 "Canadian Pacific" performing on the Gloucester and Warwicks on 17/9/05. 35005 is the special guest for the Great Central's 40th Anniversary Weekend on 2/3 September 2006
6/8/06 Mainline: the Shakespeare Express at Bishopton (3rd clip down the page)
  Severn Valley: 3 clips from 5/8/06 including 60009 hauling the visiting tour - the Northern Belle.
2/8/06 Great Central: Inserted link to my wife Helen's pictures of the Mail by Rail event
31/7/06 Great Central: 5 clips added from the Mail by Rail Gala - 29/30 July.
  Top Views - July 06: B1 on Mail:    378,   4771 (Kinchley Lane):   359,  60009 (Oldbury):   292
23/7/06 Glos & Warwicks: a moving-image record of the day's visit to this worthy railway.
16/7/06 Other Railways: created new section to include Foxfield Gala 15/7/06 with 3 clips showing action from the steepest gradient in preservation.
10/7/06 Mainline: a 'vintage' weekend with two clips of Sir Lamiel heading the Ebor Express and a clip of Rood Ashton Hall on the Shakespeare Express.
  Glos & Warwicks: I visited the line on 8/7/06 hoping to film Canadian Pacific in action, but discovered she was not quite ready to run. I had to settle for some footage of "Foremarke Hall" and "Black Prince".
3/7/06 Contents: the Great Central "Rail by Mail" Gala takes place on 29/30 July. The new clip shows a particularly good performance on the TPO by B1 No. 61264 on 24/1/04
  Blast from the Past: added a further clip from the 2004 Foxfield Railway Steam Gala on 17/7/04
  Top Views - Jun 06: 7802 (Hay Bridge):    439,   4771 (Kinchley Lane):   356,   49395 (Darnholm):   354
23/6/06 Blast from the Past: added clip from 2004 Foxfield Railway Steam Gala on 17/7/04
19/6/06 Severn Valley: 4 clips from Big Engine Day - 17/6/06
13/6/06 Great Central: I could not resist placing a further clip which I filmed on Saturday evening at Kinchley Lane. This time the locomotive is 78019.
12/6/06 Great Central: two clips of Green Arrow filmed during the War Weekend 9-11/6/06.
5/6/06 Glos & Warwicks: blue skies and sunshine at last! 4 new clips on a glorious day in the Cotswolds from the second weekend of the Centenary Festival (Sat 3/6/06)
1/6/06 Glos & Warwicks: I picked a bad day to visit the Centenary Festival (Sat 27/5/06) when rain and wind made filming conditions very difficult. However, the rain cleared from mid-afternoon and I was able to get a few shots without the umbrella.
  Contents: 7802 Bradley Manor at Hay Bridge filmed in June 2004
  Top Views - May 06: 88 (Washford Bank):    395,   4771 (Loughborough):   333,   Black 5s (Darnholm):   319
26/5/06 North Yorkshire Moors Railway: clips from the visit of 19/5/06. See how the 'Wheezer" copes with Grosmont Bank. A few clips have been removed to accommodate them. To compensate 2 new clips have been added from my Vintage Trains collection.
22/5/06 Great Central: some highlights from the Big Four Festival (20/21 May). The Event was beset by foul weather, but this did not detract from the splendid sights of Sir Lamiel and Green Arrow gracing the line once again.
14/5/06 Glos & Warwicks: a couple of clips of the regular duo - 92203 and 7903. Resigned to a dull day, I was amazed when the sun came out for a short period after lunch; what is more the trains were due!
  Great Central: Diesel Gala today - hence the visit to the Glos & Warwicks. However I did find time to pop over to the line in the evening on the off-chance of a date with the glamorous Green Arrow (rumoured to be running on the diner). Imagine my feelings when a dirty old freight engine turned up instead. Fortunately I have a soft spot for 8Fs and one of the clips of the new arrival is included on the Great Central page.
8/5/06 West Somerset: for the first time (and probably the last!) on this site, some on-train footage. A holiday in the Somerset / Devon area wouldn't be complete without a trip on the West Somerset Railway.
1/5/06 Contents: replaced 5690 with 60800 on the Great Central Railway in 2002
  Blast from the Past: a clip of double-heading Black Fives at Darnholm on the North Yorks Moors Railway in Oct 2004.
  DVD available featuring action from 2005.
  Top Views - Apr 06:    73129:    408,     44422 & 53809:     380,     34067 at WSR:     337
21/4/06 Blast from the Past: it's 22/1/05 and a Loughborough departure by 45231 in her Great Central days. Inserted after Green Arrow clip.
17/4/06 4 clips shared between the Great Central and Glos & Warwicks. Black Prince is featured on the latter railway. Spring was in the air, as depicted by the flowering gorse on the GCR, and could also be detected in the step of the loco drivers!
12/4/06 Blast from the Past: Green Arrow at the Great Central Railway. The loco returns to the GCR to co-star in the Big Four Festival on 20/21 May 2006 with newly restored Sir Lamiel.
10/4/06 Mainline: 3 clips of Leander hauling the Midlander from Tyseley to St Albans on 8/4/06. [Picture link to Vintage Trains]
2/4/06 East Lancs: 3 new clips filmed at the Steam event on 1/4/06. A new contents page clip added following East Lancs theme.
  Top Views - Mar 06:    88 & 53809:    373,     53809:     338,     76079 (Midsomer Norton):     282
29/3/06 West Somerset: 5 new clips filmed on 24/3/06 featuring a few locos which did not run on 17th. 2005 clips and 76079 clip from 17/03/06 removed to create space. If anyone desperately wants a copy of the removed video clips, I will be glad to supply a copy via email!
22/3/06 Severn Valley: 4 clips added from the Branch Line Gala filmed on 18/3/06.
19/3/06 West Somerset: 4 clips added  from the S&D Gala, filmed on 17/3/06.
16/3/06 Blast from the Past: The "Mighty Mogul", 42968, makes its event debut in the Severn Valley Branch line Gala of March 2003
12/3/06 Glos & Warwicks: A day with City of Truro - 2 clips added.
10/3/06 Blast from the Past: clip of 45407 at Nethercott during the West Somerset Spring Gala of 2004
  Mainline:  clip added of 4965 "Rood Ashton Hall" on the Shakespeare Express near Wood End Tunnel (September 2002)
4/3/06 Great Central: 3 clips of 5199 on a glorious Saturday. 63601 clip from the GCR Gala has been removed
1/3/06 Contents: replaced 6201 with 3440 at Winchcombe
  Blast from the Past: added video of 7802 at Arley from the SVR Branch line Gala of 2003
  Top Views - Feb 06:    34027:    195,    7903:    179,    6233:    172    (NB 6201:    145 in 14 days)
  Thank you to all my visitors and providers of links for giving the site a good start: hopefully everyone has enjoyed the clips!
26/2/06 New section created for Bluebell branch line gala. These were very difficult conditions for filming to say the least, with cold, blustery winds and constantly changing lighting.
23/2/06 Blast from the Past: plenty of exhaust with this clip of 63601 leaving Rothley on a cold winter's morning back in Feb 2003.
19/2/06 Special Feature: See for yourself how 42968, this year's guest loco, tackles the 1 in 57 Keighley Bank hauling a goods train. One of three clips which give a flavour of the Keighley and Worth Valley Gala on 18/2/06.
15/2/06 Contents: replaced video of 42968 at Severn Valley with video of 6201 on the same railway
10/2/06 Blast from the Past: added video of 957/85 at Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

 

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