NORTH OF ENGLAND BRITISH STEAM DVD

It all began in the North of England - the great iron and steel works and the coal mines that powered railway transport. Industrial steam keeps the original pioneering spirit alive, and we go to the Tanfield Railway where the world's oldest railway bridge still stands. Small engines have big hearts, and their fine liveries extol the beauty of the steam locomotive. In the magnificent North Yorkshire Moors an historic line built by the great George Stephenson still carries millions of passengers every year, and we see locomotives working flat out up the fierce gradients. In the heart of the country, lines of the LMS and LNER all have industrial roots, and we reflect upon how things have changed even though the steam railway remains true to its origins. Gleaming locos, 48 minute colour footage on DVD.