Glorious Pictures: Peter Handford’s Steam Railway Recordings Volume Eight

CAT NO: RIB052
Playing Time: 63:57 approx
All recordings are mono.

N.7 on the Jazz:
(Recordings made on the former Great Eastern suburban service from Liverpool Street, Eastern Region of British Railways)

1. Liverpool Street to Bethnal Green. St James’ Street to Hoe Street in October 1960

2. Chingford to Bethnal Green in October 1960

The Class ‘A4’ Pacific Locomotive (Eastern Region): (Lineside Recordings)

3. No. 60021 ‘Wild Swan’, No. 60001 ‘Sir Ronald Matthews’ & No. 60013 ‘Dominion of New Zealand’ passing Retford, ‘Silver Link’ passing Princes Risborough

4. ‘A.3’ No. 4472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ leaving Kings Cross, No. 60029 ‘Woodcock’ & No. 60028 ‘Walter K. Whigham’ leaving Grantham

5. No. 60020 ‘Guillemot’ & No. 60003 ‘Andrew K. McCosh’ passing Hitchin, Hertfordshire

(Onboard No. 60014 class 4-6-2 ‘Silver Link’ on 10:20 Kings Cross – Leeds Express in August 1956)

6. Leaving Kings Cross, passing Finsbury Park, Wood Green, Hadley Tunnels, Huntingdon

7. Leaving Peterborough, passing Corby Glen, Stoke Tunnel

Lickey, 1955:

8. Freight Train leaving Bromsgrove. Freight Train banked by one ‘Fowler 0-6-0.T.’. Passenger Train banked by No. 58100.

9. Passenger Train banked by two ‘Fowler 0-6-0.Ts.’. Freight Train banked by one ‘Fowler 0-6-0.T.’.

Narrow Gauge on the Costa Brava:
(Recordings made on the San Feliu de Guixols line in North Eastern Spain)

10. San Feliu to Sant Pol in July 1960

11. Fort Picant to Llagostera. Lineside recording made near the summit above San Feliu in July 1960

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Historic Archive Recordings

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