The Flying Scotsman - London King's Cross to Edinburgh - DVD
£28.95
Recommended retail price: £29.95
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£28.95
Recommended retail price: £29.95
Stock type: -
Stock reference: 143.019
Driver's Eye View; London to Edinburgh
Now you can see virtually the whole of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) on one DVD, complete with appropriate menus to allow you to go where you want to, when you want to.
Still one of Britain's premier expresses, The Flying Scotsman completes the 393 miles from King's Cross to Edinburgh in just over four hours - an average
speed of 94.3 miles an hour!
Highlights:
Part One includes the exit from King's Cross with the various tunnels, the infamous Welwyn bottleneck, which brings the ECML down to just two tracks, the Newark flat crossing, (the last in the UK) the Selby new line, and Stoke bank, where Mallard achieved the world speed record
for steam traction. We even take a look inside the A4 engine now housed within the National Railway Museum at York.
Part Two covers the second leg from York to Edinburgh calling only at Newcastle. Highlights include: Darlington Bank Top avoiding line, the approach to Newcastle - crossing the mighty River Tyne, the notorious curve at Morpeth, the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick, the scenic coastal sections and the approach to Edinburgh Waverley.
NB: Newcastle/Edinburgh section reduced by 40% for time reasons (no features lost).
See the modern railway which encompasses sections which were formerly the flagship route of the Great Northern Railway (GNR), North Eastern Railway (NER) and North British Railway (NBR).
Narrated by Fred Dinenage
Written by Peter Middleton /David Allen
VHS PAL format video
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