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OVERSEAS STANDARD GAUGE

LA VAPEUR FRANÇAISE
SNCF Archive from the Mike Grieves Collection

An insight into steam activity on the SNCF between 1966 and 1972. A short sequence of Channel Tunnel steam specials precede the archive film, which starts with a brief look at the Paris Metro. Each of the regions are then examined in turn. Highlights include: Est - 141TBs Paris-Bastille to Boissy-St Leger, 241Ps on Paris -Basel expresses. Nord - including the last ‘Flche d’Or’, classes featured include 231E, 231G, 231K, 141R, 050TQ, 242TA and 040Ds. Ouest - Montparnasse-Granville services plus Rouen, Dieppe and Le Havre. Sud-Ouest - Clermont-Ferrand to Montlucon, Laqueuille, Vierzon and Limoges. MŽditerranŽe and Sud-Est - The Midi electrified route to Beziers opens the section, Narbonne-Miramas, Clermont-Ferrand to Nevers and St Etienne.

Only available with French narration in both PAL and SECAM formats price £19.95

OIE1

60 minutes

Was £ 19.95  Now £9.99

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KOSOVO - A Train For Life  The Greatest Ever Railway Journey from Britain 

The complete story Train for Life story 400 tonnes of humanitarian aid - across 2,600 miles - through 11 days and nights - 12 countries - 14 rail administrations and over 40 engines! Based on an extraordinary travelogue this 'fly on the wall' story traces the incredible journey from loading in Britain through to aid delivery in the Balkans. Train for Life organisers offer regular insights en route, progressively rife 'border incentives' culminating in all out extortion in Macedonia, where in a 36 hour political blockade, the lack of food and drinking water brought team morale to an all time low just 18 miles from Kosova.

Kosovo - An Albanian or Serb Land? - An overview of Kosovo's pre and post war tension, including NATO 'missile footage' of the destruction of key transport links, offers a prelude to the reasons for Train for Life.

From Carlisle Kingmoor to Kosovo Polje - It's all here - The departure from the DRS depot, loading at Butterley, 'waving-off' at 'Kenny O', down to the Channel Tunnel across France and Belgium and into Germany, where 9 more aid wagons and 3 passenger coaches were added. Notable locations include Berlin and Dresden, where a Czech Railway's Skoda tripped the train to the border. The DRS class 20s hauled the Train for Life through most of the Czech Republic, throughout Slovakia and Hungary, and into Romania.  'On board' footage, complimented by lineside shots as far as Slovakia, illustrate the locos of 11 different operators hauling the train. Numerous cab rides include a Greek ALCO and 20903 doubleheading!  Local engines 'piloted' through Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and into Macedonia where the DRS engines once again took over for the run all the way into Kosovo. Spectacular scenery, hard gradients and devastated towns conclude the journey to the outskirts of Pristina where aid deliveries and 20902 at work with KFOR conclude the programme. A detailed route map is included on the inside cover.

Presented in a VHS double-pack, this amazing travelogue also offers a great introduction to former Eastern Bloc railways, and has a former Yugoslav narrator, essential for those 'far flung' pronounciations!

Click here to see a map of the journey

OVS6

232 minutes

Double Box  -  Was £22.95  Now £9.99

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