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 The DPS Sales department have five DVD's in stock for Chistmas from Locomaster Profiles.
 Traction 2008 Part 1
FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 56 057 returns to the main line re-numbered as 56 311, Riviera Class 47s and Virgin Class 57s hauling GB Railfreight Royal Mail trains, 37 401 working the Sinfin tanks, 37 401 + 37 422 hauling a rake of HAA coal hoppers from Millerhill to Mossend, 47 818 rescuing an EWS stone train in Suffolk, Colas Rail’s 47 727 hauling a rake of Mega-Fret wagons from Aberthaw to Dollands Moor, the first coal train over the newly re-opened Stirling-Alloa line, freight traffic returns to the Tolworth branch, 37 422 on the Daventry-Bescot intermodal, 47 848 hauling a Royal Mail Class 325 unit to Ayr, Royal Mail and DRS diversions following the new year Rugby engineering fiasco.
PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: 86 259 Les Ross returns to the main line, 47 712 + 47 802 launch the short-lived ‘Stobart Pullman’, Riviera Class 47s & Virgin Class 57s & EWS Class 67s on hire to Grand Central, Cass 87s going into store at Long Marston – and then emerge to head for Bulgaria, Class 25 D7628 working NYMR service trains to Whitby, DRS Class 20s rescuing a steam charter on the Cumbrian coast, 55 022 ventures to Oban and Penzance, 40 145 travels to Lowestoft and Aberystwyth, 37 069 + 37 423 working to Oban with the Stobart Pullman, ground-breaking trips to Edinburgh and Whitby for D1015 Western Champion, the ACTS Class 58 farewell tour in Holland.
THERE’S ALSO: 40 145 at Marsden with a RHTT in tow, 67 005 hauling the Royal Train over the Severn Valley Railway, Class 31 + DBSO testing, the first two Network Rail Class 97s (formerly Class 37s) on main line test runs, 31 601 + 31 454 venture to Largs, Chiltern Trains ‘bubble car’ visits London Euston, D9009 Alycidon in action at Quainton Road, 73 204 going for a spin on the M25, 57 009 + 57 010 hauling a ‘stoneblower’ to Wymondham, 73 107 arriving at Moorgate GN underground station, D1023 Western Fusilier returns to action at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway…and 07 007, 37 275 and 37 906 star at the Swanage diesel gala.
£19.95 including p&p to UK mainland
 Traction 2008 Part 2
TRACTION 2008 Part 2
FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 86 101 and 87 002 working Royal Mail trains, 56 311 & 56 312 on hire to Colas Rail for Immingham-Washwood Heath steel trains, Large Logo 47 580 on a Tyseley-West Ealing departmental working, 37 608 & 37 609 working the Daventry-Grangemouth intermodal, 56 303 at Ratcliffe power station having rescued a Fastline Freight coal train, newly re-liveried 59 001 working an Eastleigh-Westbury EWS departmental service, 67 011 & 67 028 hauling a S*****horpe-Crewe CWR train, 57 303 passing through Banbury with the diverted PRDC-Shieldmuir mail, 57 008 & 57 011 hauling a rake of new Fastline coal wagons, 59 202 is off the beaten track with the Walsall-Tunstead cement….plus the best-ever selection of ‘Dead Shed’ spots!
PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: Colas Rail’s 47 739 working FGW’s ‘Night Riviera’ sleepers, 86 259 making a debut for its Class at Hadfield on a BBC charity train, 90 003 passing through Nottingham in the consist of a Freightliner service, former Virgin Class 57s commence new duties on Arriva’s Holyhead-Cardiff service, Virgin Class 57s on diverted West Coast services over the Chiltern Line, 20 189 working London Underground Met Line specials, 55 022 making a Deltic debut over the Cambrian route to Pwllheli, SWT’s 73 109 working Brockenhurst-Lymington Pier services, 47 375 working Norwich-Lowestoft services, the end of the Stobart Pullman.
THERE’S ALSO: 20 905 hauling a Grand Central HST power car from Craigentinny to Heaton, 31 454 & 31 459 visiting St Albans Abbey Wood with a test train, Class 87s moving by road from Crewe to Hull docks en-route to Bulgaria, re-liveried Class 58s en route to Spain, 20 901 & 20 905 hauling the Blue Pullman charter set from Barrow Hill to East Ham, 73 210 being towed to Dereham by 73 136, Grand Central HST power car 43 067 working Network Rail’s NMT HST, 20 307 & 20 315 hauling a ‘stoneblower from Trent Junction to Ashford, Class 20 D8142 working its last trains at Llangollen, 57 311 visits Bo’ness….plus extensive coverage of the autumn RHTT’s.
£19.95 including p&p to UK mainland
 Traction 2009 Part 1
FREIGHT TRAFFIC & TRACTION: 59 206 unveiled in DB Schenker livery at the NRM, DRS 37s working ballast trains over the Cambrian and West Highland lines, Arriva’s 57 313 working the Carlisle-Chirk timber, 47 375’s penultimate working for Advenza Freight, FIVE Class 37s at the front of the Willesden-Crewe DRS flasks, a staggering 10 loco convoy conveying Class 56s from Old Oak Common to Crewe, Mendip Rail 59s on a weekend infrastructure train, BR blue re-paints for 31 106 and 73 201 Broadlands, long-term Ipswich scrapper 47 370 being towed to Felixstowe, new Colas Class 56-hauled Dollands Moor-Hams Hall intermodal traffic, the first coal train out of Guan Cae Gurwen for 10 years, 66 193 hauling the last Quidhampton tanks.
PASSENGER TRACTION, RAILTOURS & SPECIALS: 47 832 departing from Southampton Western Docks with the first boat train in 15 years, 47 245 hauling the very last train into Folkestone Harbour, 66 152 arriving at Swanage with the first through train from London for 37 years, former Royal Train loco 47 798 Prince William working charter trains for West Coast Railways, 47 826 departing from Glossop with a foot-ex to London, FGW run HST’s to Fratton and Weymouth, 57 309 working the Penzance to Paddington sleepers, D1015’s 3-day ‘Western Chieftan’ foray to Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh, 47 804 & 47 826 venture to Aberystwyth.
THERE’S ALSO: the first fire-up in 19 years of 50 026 Indomitable, D1015 Western Champion arriving at Southampton Docks hauling a track machine, 20 901 & 20 905 towing scrap locos to Long Marston and Stockton, 73 136 hauling spoil trains and the first diesel-hauled passenger train on the Bluebell Railway, 66 709 hauling the first train of new London Underground ‘S’ stock from Derby to Old Dalby, 50 035 Ark Royal performing the last rites at Old Oak Common’s famous ‘Factory’, the first runs in preservation of 33 002 Sea King, 37 418 Pectinidae and 56 040 Oystermouth. There’s also coverage of the Eastleigh Works open weekend plus the pick of the action from the Swanage, Mid Hants and Mid-Norfolk diesel galas!
£19.95 including p&p to UK mainland
 Traction Decade
A project that has been eighteen months in the making is at long last available. TRACTION DECADE features the very best of the first 10 years of the TRACTION series which started back in 1995. Because of the volume of footage, this programme has a running time of three-and-a-half hours. Hence it is a double-disc DVD set. We shan’t even begin to attempt to list what’s on it, but if you’ve been collecting the series over the years you’ll have a good idea of what to expect. If you’ve yet to sample any of these highly-acclaimed programmes, it’s a great way of having the first 10 years all in one DVD box. Suffice to say, given the changes that have happened to the modern traction fleet over the past ten years, the content is, quite simply, staggering! In it you will see 10 years of…Rescues, Passenger substitutes, Freight substitutes, Off the beaten tracks, Arrivals, Farewells & departures, Liveries…and Railtours.
The programme features no fewer than 30 classes of diesel and electrics at work on the national network the length and breadth of Britain, from the humble 03 through classes 08, 09, 20, 31, 33, 37, 40, 43, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 66, 67, 71, 73, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92 to the French Class 22000’s. As if that’s not enough, if also features a staggering 70 different locomotive liveries!
Although this is a ‘best of’, it is in fact a brand new programme as we have not only sourced all the original footage and digitally enhanced it, but it comes with a new and lively script which has been written and narrated by David Maxey. The programme also contains previously unseen footage as well as a few surprises in the running order!
This double-disc DVD set is available priced at £24.95 including p&p to UK mainland
 Stay of Execution
When Traction Magazine, the East Lancashire Railway and EWS got together to stage a diesel event and decided it would be the biggest and best of its kind ever, they meant it! Not only had EIGHT of the visiting main line locomotives never operated over a private railway before, but it was the first time withdrawn locomotives had been resurrected from the scrapline for such a show!
The three-day "EWS Classic Traction Event" featured this amazing EWS motive power line-up:
31110 - newly re-painted back into British Railways green livery as D5528;
33202 - brought out of store at Immingham specially for the show; complete with Burma Star nameplates;
37351 - the ‘Clag Monster’ - temporarily re-numbered 37002 with black headcode boxes; 37906 another escapee from Immingham, this loco stole the show with its amazing flame-throwing exploits and it teamed up with classmates 37029 & 37351 to produce a spectacular Tractor triple-header;
47306 - dragged off the Old Oak Common scrapline at the last minute, The Sapper had not worked a train for 9 months;
56006 - rescued from Immingham and sent to Old Oak for a re-paint into original BR blue, the Rumanian Grid looked stuning hauling a rake of blue and grey Mark 1 coaches;
73129 & 73133 - were the event’s most bizarre visitors - the first EDs to work over the East Lancs!
This 110 minute programme is the official DVD of the event and was produced with the full co-operation of EWS and the East Lancs Railway. Not only are there plenty of stunning lineside shots but also three mini ‘Wired for Sound’ cab-ride sequences featuring 37 906, 47 306 and 73 133. There is also behind the scenes footage from Immingham and Old Oak Common depots showing how the locos were resurrected from the scrapline and prepared for their moment of glory. The are also two fascinating interludes which show the entire start-to-finish re-paints of 31 110 and 56 006 at Old Oak. This programme has been digitally re-mastered and also includes an additional 20 minutes bonus footage not featured in the original VHS version….plus a ‘Where are they Now’ feature. If you were at the event, you will know what to expect. If you weren't you'll wish you had been!
£19.95 including p&p to UK mainland
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