Before Tops

DIESEL & ELECTRIC BEFORE TOPS

Diesel & Electric Before TOPS focusses on 1958 to 1973, before the computerised numbering system became visible on British Rail’s locos. The DVD features thirty different classes and is crammed with rare archive footage.

Highlights: Newport in 1965, including a shot of D9509 on driver training; A selection of Sulzer-powered locos around Swinton in Yorkshire in 1964; Wath, with EE Type 3s, Brush Type 2s & 4s, Peaks, and an EE Type 4 on inter-Regional services; A selection of ‘Hymeks’ in action; Fascinating footage from Cambridge depot in 1959, including Cravens DMUs and a BRCW Type 2; Guildford depot in 1966; Tinsley just after opening; An EM2 at Sheffield and EM1s on tour, including the pioneer Tommy; A 4-SUB unit at Wandsworth Road; D200 in 1959; EE Type 3 and Brush Type 2s in East Anglia; Deltics on named expresses at Doncaster; D221 before naming in 1960; Incredible scenes from Swindon Works, showing a Warship on test, Westerns under construction and NBL hydraulics moving byoverhead crane; BRCW Type 3s at work on the Southern; Prototypes 10000 and 10201; A BTH Type 1 at Buntingford; Warships, Westerns, NBL hydraulics and Blue Pullmans at work on the Western . . . and lots more.

DVD features: Motion menus and scene selection.

Written & Narrated by David Maxey

90% Colour, 10% Black & White

Running Time: Approx 60 minutes

£19.95 including free P&P