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Ex SR BoB pacific 34081 92 Squadron departs Ropley onthe Watercress line climbing to Meadstead and Four Marks.

Merchant Navy pacific 35005 Canadian Pacific breasting the summit at Martin Mill bank in Kent on a mainline excursion

 Rebuilt west country pacific 34016 Bodmin departs Meadstead and Four Marks station towards Ropley on the Mid Hants Railway

 Rebuilt west country pacific 34016 Bodmin climbs towards Meadstead and Four Marks station on the Watercress line
West Country Pacific 34027 Taw Valley climbing Gomshall bank on a venice-simplon Orient express luncheon charter. Merchant Navy class 35028 Clan Line at speed through Andover heading westwards towards the summit at Grateley Merchant Navy pacific 35028 Clan Line passing Virginia Water on a Venice-Simplon Orient express luncheon charter. Rebuilt West country pacific 34027 Taw Valley masquerading as 34045 Ottery St. Mary with the Bournemouth Belle departing Alton on the Watercress Line

The Merchant Navy Class locomotives were built by the Southern Railway to the design of it's Chief Mechanical Engineer;  Oliver V. S. Bulleid.
The class was named after the shipping lines that the used docks that the Southern Railway served.
In all 30 Merchant Navy class locomotives were built and in their original form exhibited many innovations.

In the closing months of World War II, the Southern Railway introduced a new class of Pacific locomotive in response to a need
for a fast and powerful mixed traffic engine and also to relieve the Southern's war-weary locomotive stock.
The "Light Pacific" copied as closely as possible the design of the successful Merchant Navy class.
Eventually, in the immediate post war years,110 of these light weight 4-6-2 pacifics were built to Bulleid's design
they formed the West Country and Battle of Britain classes, which were originally fitted with air smoothed casing and chain driven valve gear.

 This DVD and CD audio combination set brings you the best in audio/visual entertainment
of Oliver Bulleid powerfull Pacifics in action, without a distracting voice over or commentary.
Both unrebuilt and rebuilt pacifics are featured at work on the main lines and preserved railways of Britain.

'Listen' on the audio CD to the power of Taw Valley and Clan Line as they Storm along the main line
- along with "34105 Swanage", "34039 Boscastle" and "35005 Canadian Pacific" on the preserved lines.

'See' on the DVD, action of the Pacifics on Southern and Western metals 
"34016 Bodmin" in Kent  - "34081 92 Squadron" on the Mid Hants
"35028 Clan Line" and "34027 Taw Valley" on the special VSOE Pullman workings 
-  "35005 Canadian Pacific" on the North Wales Coast.

Recorded and edited on broadcast quality equipment and digitally mastered to DVD standard.

DVD R running time approx 90 minutes, CD Audio running time approx 51 minutes.