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RD1: FREIGHT & SHUNTING IN THE REAL DAYS
Original 1960s recordings digitally remastered.
1. 92118 takes 50 empties up the 1 in 60 towards Woodley 11. 90160 moves locos on Wakefield MPD and 90427 & 90407 run past to come on shed
2. Two 8Fs lift a heavy special through Peak Forest to the North Box where... 12. 90615 struggles to reposition dead locos on Normanton MPD
3. ...48775 draws forward and returns to Tunstead. Then 48424 to takes the train on 13. 62007 squeals around Tyne Dock shed yard
4. 48609 banks 73039's train up the 1 in 18 part of Chequerbent Bank 14. 45269 with a Brewery-Bolton crosses 44910 on a Burnley - Moston on Broadfield Bank
5. 43098 finishes making up the 19 08 Bolton - Normanton parcels then departs 15. Scout Green with 45493 hurrying a tracklaying wagon up the 1 in 75
6. 48765 on an internal shunt at Rose Grove Up Grid 16. More typical of northbound freights on Shap are 70023 VENUS banked by 75041 and...
7. 92121 runs round at Hooton then the couplings snatch as the train departs 17. An 8F then another train dashes downhill as the banker passes
8. An unrebuilt Patriot shunts at Winwick Quay and a Stanier Mogul passes 18. 48493 takes a Preston-Healey Mills up the 1 in 100 Hoghton Bank
9. 48504 moves empty wagons for Linnyshaw Moss onto the branch at Kearsley
10. A footplate recording on 44802 working the 22.30 Ancoats - Heysham Track 10 on-train. The others lineside.
Playing time: 58' 16”
RD 2: PASSENGER TRAINS IN THE REAL DAYS
Original 1960s recordings digitally remastered.
1. 42647 departs Hooton with a Birkenhead - Paddington 14. The 17.20 to Kings Cross leaves Bradford Exchange and...
2. 73140 leaves Warrington BQ on a Manchester-Llandudno relief 15. ... New Pudsey behind 42689
3. 44792 lifts a 13-coach Barrow-Euston up to Acton Grange Junction 16. 45149 hurries a Blackpool train through Salwick
4 * 46226 hurries a Down express through Moore 17. 44816 departs from Lytham and...
5. On the footplate, 73069 attacks the long 1 in 58 after Whaley Bridge 18. ... 45212 from St Annes, each on a Euston-Blackpool
6. A red at Ashton Moss clears for 70033 on a Newcastle relief 19. The 20.55 Manchester-Heysham boat train leaves Bolton and...
7. 44905 going well near Mossley on a Manchester-York but... 20. ... at speed after Lostock Junction behind 73134
8. ...gets a red just before Diggle Tunnel 21. 45342 departs Lancaster with the return Belfast Boat Express
9 * Another signal restart from 70023 at Vulcan Halt 22. 45285 climbs towards Harrison's Sidings with a Glasgow-Manchester
10. 45593 accelerates away from Preston on an excusion... and 23. 70013 with 13 on, climbs north towards Grayrigg
11. ...clears the summit after Hoghton 24. 70027 forges up to Shap Summit with a Manchester-Glasgow
12 * 45055 passes Gregson Lane with a Liverpool-Burnley football special
13. 42616 climbs Greetland Bank with th 02.10 York-Manchester
* lineside recordings. The others on-train.
Playing time: 53' 20”
RD3: THE BELFAST BOAT EXPRESS
Original 1960s recordings digitally remastered.
53 minute tribute to BR's last steam-hauled named train: the 20.55 Manchester - Heysham and next day's 06.15 return service. In journey order, the 36 digitally re-mastered tracks include on-train, footplate, signalbox and lineside recordings with block bells, levers and station announcers adding to the nostalgia. Naturally, the majority of the locos are Stanier Fives but 73134 & 73160 are also heard.
Playing time: 53'
RD 4: MIXED TRAFFIC IN THE REAL DAYS
Original 1960s recordings digitally remastered.
1. 42644 & 46437 restart the 'Rossendale Forester' railtour from Stacksteads 15. Two excerpts between Bamber Bridge and Hoghton behind 45268
2. 73157 takes the 'Viaduct Line' at Leeds City with a Manchester relief 16 * 73010 lifts the overnight Glasgow-Manchester ECS up towards Red Bank
3 * An obliging whistle from 70006 ROBERT BURNS on departure from Wigan NW. 17 * 44899 restarts a Colne-Stockport parcels train on the 1 in 75 at Spring Vale
4 * Light Engine to Rose Grove, 48448 hurries up Hoghton Bank 18. 45212 on the 20.50 Preston-Blackpool (TC from Euston) after Kirkham and...
5 * 7029 CLUN CASTLE leaves Wrexham General with the 'Zulu' railtour 19. ...the departure from Lytham
6 * A northbound ballast train departs from Preston behind 75020 20 * 45390 takes the 20.20 Bolton-Bedford parcels up Broadfield Bank
7. An exuberant roar from 73014 & 45260 on a special near Farington Jn 21 * Two Copy Pit bankers coast back to Stansfield Hall, after which...
8 * 70049 SOLWAY FIRTH at Kearsley with a Manchester-Blackpool parcels 22 * ...48730 came back assisting D390's train to the summit but...
9 * 42141 fights for adhesion on the 1 in 50 out of Bradford Exchange 23 * ...the next one up had 48278 on the front and 48423 at the back
10 * 48393 heads a Burnley-Moston freight through BoltonTrinity Street 24 * 48666 brings empties up the long 1 in 41 from Padiham PS to Rose Grove then
11 * 48775 approaches Chinley North Jn with vans for Grindleford 25 * ...48348 backs into the Up & sets off with a 41-wagon coal train for Ribble
12 * Station Pilot 44890 runs through Manchester Victoria towards Miles Platting 26 * 70013 takes a railtour up the 1 in 94 through Westhoughton
13 * At Deansgate Jn 48720 passes over the MSJA with a freight for Arpley and... 27 * 48773 eases a railtour from Bolton shed and accelerates towards Moses Gate
14 * ...48546 restarts a Tunstead - Runcorn off the Skelton Jn line
* lineside recordings. The others on-train.
Playing time: 56' 45”
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