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Diesel & Electric Blue 4

Diesel & Electric Blue 4 takes another nostalgic trip in the time machine to the days of corporate BR blue livery in the 1970s & '80s. Locomotives from twenty different classes are featured, including a rare North British hydraulic and the virtually unknown Class 74, alongside a supporting cast of long-departed DMUs & EMUs.

Highlights include:

A visit to the racing stretch north of York with Classes 31, 37, 40, 45, 47 & 55; Class 85s at Stafford; the 'Deltic Pioneer' railtour to Carlisle in 1979 with 55022; Class 506 EMUs at Guide Bridge with 31, 40 & 47s too; 47582 on the Royal Mail stamp launch special; a Thornaby 37 on the VSOE at Perth; DMU Classes, 101, 104,105, 107, 110, 114, 115,120, 122, 123, 124 & 127; 20184 at Leicester; HSTs at Pilmoor; pairs of 37s on Freightliners; Colchester, with a variety of loco-hauled and EMU services, including a Class 309; Class 73 E6021 banking a 4-COR EMU on the Folkestone ramp; E6040 with the '2-BIL Farewell' at Twickenham; a Class 74 on a boat train at Southampton; Hastings units at London Bridge; 33s on freight at Southampton; St Paddy at King's Cross in 1974; Alycidon on the ‘Deltic Detour’ at Hellifield; Crepello on the S&C in 1978; Tulyar at Rainhill; Ballymoss at Doncaster; 50024 at Paddington in 1975; D140, D1059, Hymeks and a Class 22 at Bristol . . . and a 1972 visit to Cardiff Canton.

All this and plenty more will keep you entertained and bring the memories flooding back.

Written & Narrated by David Maxey.

DVD features: Motion menus & scene selection.

Running Time: Approx 69 mins

£19.95 including free P&P