Bustling Pictures: Peter Handford’s Steam Railway Recordings Volume Ten CD

Bustling Pictures: Peter Handford’s Steam Railway Recordings Volume Ten CD

The Lickey Incline – On the Birmingham to Bristol Main line of British Railways
1. Whistles at Bromsgrove. Freight train leaving Bromsgrove in December 1955
2. Freight train on the incline near Bromsgrove in December 1955
3. No. 58100 assisting a Passenger train and Freight train in December 1955
4. No. 44226 on Freight train assisted by 8405 and 8400. No. 44580 on Freight train assisted by 8401 in the December of 1956 and January 1957
5. No. 48338 on Freight train assisted by 8401 and 8402 in the December of 1956 and January 1957
6. The Pines Express, near the summit. The Devonian, near the summit in the December of 1956 and January 1957

Sounds of Shunting
7. Wagons passing over the Hump at Nuneaton. Ex L & Y 0-6-0 S.T. shunting in Butler Street Yard, Preston in August 1956
8. Ex G.W.R. 1366 Class 0-6-0 P.T. on Weymouth Quay. Peckett 0-4-0 S.T. at Portland in September 1957
9. On the Southern Region. 30112 at Bournemouth West. 32580 & 31310 at Tonbridge in March 1957 and December 1956
10. Ex Caledonian 0-4-4 T shunting in the yard at Beattock in July 1957
11. On the Eastern Region. 69619 at Cambridge, C.12. at Grantham, 65505 at Ely, 68654 at Hitchin in June/July 1956 and July 1957

‘A.3. Pacifics’ – The Class ‘A.3.’ 4-6-2 Locomotives of the Eastern Region British Railways
12. At Peterborough North in September and November of 1958
13. At Stoke Tunnel, near Grantham in June 1957
14. Leaving Durham in May 1957 and March 1959
15. At York Station in March and May of 1957
16. At Hitchin and Redford (South crossing) in August 1956, July 1957, May and December 1958

Playing Time: 76:44 (approx).

Playing Time: RIB059

Barcode: 0714119183805

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Historic Archive Recordings - Recorded 1955 - 1959

Please note that a couple of the ‘A.3. Pacifics’ recordings do feature some age related hiss that could not be removed without noticeably affecting the dynamics of the original audio.

All tracks carefully transcribed and digitally restored from the original discs.