Riding the Pines Express from Manchester - DVD [AR 156.OP142] | |
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Riding the Pines Express from Manchester | £19.75
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In the Last Days of Loco-Hauled Travel, Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street and Onwards to Bournemouth.
Just days before the initial phases of Virgin Cross-Country modernisation saw the first Voyagers replace class 47s on some cross-country services, Oakwood were granted permission to adorn the Pines Express with its traditional headboard for the first time in decades! This is the memento of that day.
After a review of the origins of the Pines History we begin at Manchester Piccadilly, on 12th September 2001, where 47843 'Vulcan' received the famous headboard and we join driver Ken Cossey aboard the 1O09, 08.09 for Bournemouth. The view forward is complemented by in-cab scenes and lineside shots of 'Vulcan', and other class-mates; notably the celebrity locomotives 'BT Police', 'Rail Blue' and 'XP64'.
Departing Manchester on ex-LNWR metals we pass Longsight, Stockport and Cheadle Hulme heading for Macclesfield, thereafter joining the principal route of the erstwhile North Staffordshire Railway. North Rode viaduct is crossed as we pass through the Potteries, call at Stoke and see the numerous now closed manual signal boxes of this West Coast artery.
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is joined at Norton Bridge for the run to Stafford, thence to Wolverhampton and into Birmingham New Street. After a crew change, highlights of the run to the south coast conclude with the arrival of 'Vulcan' in Bournemouth.
Format: DVD
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes (with narration) + 25 minutes DVD extra uncut view forward Birmingham New Street to Coventry (no narration).
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