GBRF

DELIVERING THE GOODS

GBRf

The Delivering The Goods series reviewes the current operations of Britain's rail freight companies. This volume features GB Railfreight, a company that began in 2001 and has been growing ever since. Its flexible approach to rail freight has resulted in a diverse portfolio of operations. In the programme you will see the kinds of trains it runs, go behind the scenes at March depot, take a look at Whitemoor Yard and learn the story of GBRf from its inception to the present day.

Highlights include: Brand-new Class 66s on their delivery runs from Newport Docks; 66s on a variety of engineering trains; 73212 & 213 on a de-icing train; 66709 on intermodal; Hams Hall intermodal diversions at Beaconsfield and Taplow; Peterborough, March and Tonbridge depots; the Mountfield gypsum workings in the south and Kirkby Thore workings in the north, including diversions over the Tyne Valley route; the Aberdeen mud oil working and the North Walsham condensate tanks; the GB mail trains with Class 87s on the West & East Coast Main Lines; the Metronet naming ceremony at Euston and the Chinook naming at Harringworth; the last days of the hired-in Class 08s at Whitemoor yard; coal trains from Tyne Dock & Redcar to Drax, plus the short-term flow from Butterwell to Daw Mill; stock moves featuring scrap EMUs, Class 87s heading for Bulgaria and brand-new Underground 'S' stock en route and arriving at Old Dalby for testing; passenger workings, including 66704 rescuing a Virgin service train, 73s at the West Somerset, 87s on railtours; GB locos working for other operators, including 66712 on long-term hire to DRS, 66s on the Freightliner Binliner and 66727 on Fastline coal.

All this and plenty more will keep you entertained and bring you fully up-to-speed on the position GBRf holds in the rail freight market today.

Written & Narrated by David Maxey.

This DVD includes motion menus & scene selection and our 'commentary off' option.

Running Time: Approx 75 mins

£19.95 including free P&P