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Content Includes:
2008
September 11th – Cathedrals Express to Bristol – 5 locations (including scenes of the engine being prepared at Southall the day before).
September 14th – Cathedrals Express to Exeter – 6 locations including Honiton Bank & Milborne Port.
2009
March 1st – St.David Day Special – 4 locations with plenty of high-speed running.
March 14th – Golden Arrow (the last ever steam working on the Folkestone Harbour Branch) – seen from various different angles on the steep 1 in 30 climb out of the harbour station.
April 5th – ‘Royal Duchy’ doubleheading with 5029 ‘Nunney Castle’ – 4 locations on Whiteball.
April 7th – ‘Great Britain II doubleheading with 34067 ‘Tangmere’ – 6 locations
May 30th – ‘Bath & Bristol Steam Express’ (this was the very first of what is now a regular train from Poole- Bristol) – 6 locations, including Parkstone Bank
June 13th – ‘Dartmouth Express’ – 7 locations including some fantastic scenes at Dawlish
July 16th – ‘Cathedrals Express to Worcester – 5 locations including a record run up Sapperton Bank
July 25th – ‘Devonian’ (first Britannia to work solo over the Devon Banks) – 10 locations
2010
March 6th – Seen tackling the 1 in 70 climb to Upton Scudamore in wonderful spring weather.
April 3rd, doubleheading with ‘Black 5’ 44871 on the ‘Royal Duchy’ – 7 locations.
April 7th & 8th, ‘Great Britain III’ – Plymouth-Bristol & The Lickey Incline (12 locations) with Black 5 44871.
April 9th, ‘Great Britain III’ –Preston-Glasgow – 6 locations including Shap & Beattock.
April 11th, ‘Great Britain III’ – Glasgow-Aberdeen-Inverness – 9 locations including the timeless stretch of railway at Insch.
April 13th, ‘Great Britain III’ doubleheading over the Highland Mainline with 61994 ‘The Great Marquess’ & crossing the Tay & Forth Bridges solo (9 locations).
2011
June 18th – ‘West Somerset Explorer’ seen from several locations along the Berks & Hants.
October 22nd – ‘Devonian’ doubleheading with 6024 ‘King Edward I’ – 10 locations.