Classic Steam Train Collection

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Legendary steam railway locomotives such as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, Stephenson’s Rocket and City of Truro have been household names for generations and are now owned by the public. The National Collection was amassed largely in the face of modernisation of the British railway network, when the introduction of diesel and electric locomotives in the Fifties led to the mass withdrawal and scrapping of many classic steam locomotive types. She was saved by a single-minded Yorkshireman with a romantic streak who rescued it from the scrapyard in 1980 as a birthday gift for his wife. During the last 20 or so years of the Steam Age, Neil Davenport and his father, the late Arthur Davenport, visited many parts of the country observing and photographing the railway scene. The Yorkshire Post’s photographers — and several guest photographers — have recorded what at the time was the mundane daily scene.

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The titles are: 'Flying Scotsman', 'City of Truro', 'Duchess of Sutherland', 'Princess Margaret Rose' and 'Super Power British Pacifics'. If there is going to be a significant delay (more than 10 working days), we will contact you and, where possible, give you an estimated dispatch time. was to be the immortal “CITY of TRURO”, the first man-made machine anywhere to be recorded at a speed in excess of 100 mph. Way back in the 1960s, when steam was on the way out, a group of kids decided they simply weren’t prepared to let the Merchant Navy class die – so they bought one straight out of BR ownership! Filmed from the locomotive cab, from over bridges and distant panoramic shots plus some remarkable shots from a close flying helicopter, it is a fascinating view of steam at work even if it is infrequent today.There are no end credits, only the names of each ex-BR driver, or then current loco owner when they first appear in each episode.