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DVD B&R 118: Electric Traction ArchiveDVD B&R 118: Electric Traction Archive 19. 75 The story of electric traction in the British Isles from the Volks Railway to the West Coast Main Line electrification over nearly 80 years. In the beginning, trams took away trade from the railways who had to look to electric traction themselves in the towns and cities to retake that trade. Electric services grew up around places like London, Manchester, Southport, Glasgow, Morecambe, Tyneside and

It was superbly filmed by our cameraman at many locations between Waterloo and Weymouth

John’s variety of film is quite astonishing

The Bicton Woodland Railway: Moving away from Wales

The NCB was the largest user of steam locomotives nationally after 1968 and we travel to Widdrington Colliery where the one-time ‘J94′ No

It lost its passenger services in the 1930s and goods traffic remained on part of the route until the 1960s

from filthy lumbering 2-8-0s

A little of the M&SWJR to Swindon Town

to bring back the days of Southern Steam in the 1960s

alongside Loch Trieg

Britannias and others battling the gradients

Using all archive film taken over many years up to 1980

loading & unloading of wagons and a Class 73 electro-diesel at the BR exchange sidings