 | STANIER`S PACIFICS - THE PRINCESS ROYALS & CORONATIONSan in-depth history of Stanier`s legendary pacifics - April 2005
DVD Video DVD-R Video, PAL Format, 13.5cm x 19cm x 1.5cm Case 82 Minutes
Publisher: Transport Video Publishing
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| | DVD-R Video (also available at HALF PRICE as VHS Cassette). At the beginning of 1932 William Arthur Stanier became the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). He immediately set about the task of providing a large express passenger locomotive capable of taking on the company's rivals the L.N.E.R. Eighteen months later 'Pacific' 6200 The Princess Roya1 was completed at Crewe. By the end of 1935, 6200 had been joined by eleven sister engines and the experimental 6202 'Turbomotive'. By now the LNER had started to introduce its celebrated A4s the LMS responded with the Coronations. The first of these, 6220 Coronation, carried full streamlining another 24 followed with an additional 14 built without the streamlined casing. As nationalisation came and went Stanier's 'Pacifics' worked relentlessly up and down the West Coast Main Line. However as modemisation began during the late 1950s the duties began to dwindle and by November 1962 all the 'Princesses' had been withdrawn and the final 'Coronation' went two years later. Thankfully five 'Pacifics' made it into preservation to keep the memory alive. This programme takes a look back at Staniefs' Pacifics from the 1930s to the present day and is a comprehensive record of these powerful locomotives. Highlights Include: A 'Princess' under construction; lineside & footplate shots from the 1930s; 6201s epic 401 mile run to Glasgow; the 'Turbomotive' at Euston and on the main line; Coronation being built; the record breaking run to Crewe; BR days with shots from Euston Camden Bank, Watford Junction, Bushey Troughs, Tamworth, Crewe and the climb to Shap including 6208 at Shap wells and 6209 at Greenholme to name a few railtours includin 46251 on 'The East Midlander'~ parcel & freight ', workings including 46200 on the Aberdeen fish train, 46248 shunting at Bletchley and 46235 on the Broad Street milk; preservation; plus much more! In addition we take a close look at namings; the locos on shed; the effects of de-streamlining and a guide of the footplate. Continent: Europe
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