| On offer at 25% discount - limited to current stocks DVD Video (also available at HALF PRICE as VHS Cassette).When Wisconsin Transportation took over BR'sTrainload Freight operation in the 'great privatisation sale' and renamed it English Welsh & Scottish Railway, one of its first actions was to place a massive order for 250 new locomotives with General Motors. This video, the first solely dedicated to these new machines, takes a detailed look at the design, construction and introduction of what has become the UK's standard traction unit - the Class 66. Contents:
- Produced with the full co-operation of EWS and GM Electro Motive Division, this 90 minute video includes:
- · A fully detailed look at General Motors EMD`s Canadian Workshops at London, Ontario, plus a selection of typicol local railway activity.
- · Following the full construction sequence of a locomotive from computer aided design, through fabrication of chassis and components to painting and final testing.
- · Testing of No. 66001 on the special line at Pueblo, Colorado, in the United States.
- · Interviews with senior EWS and GM staff explaining the technical aspects of the new locomotives.
- · The arrival ond press launch of No. 66001 at Imminghom depot and the impressive unloading operation of the frst production machines at Newport Docks.
- · Footage of locomotives in service with a cab ride on the Cricklewood to Forders `binliner`.
- · A look at some of the older classes of loco which the Class 66s will displace.
Continent: Europe
Country: UK |
