In 1961 thirteen thousand steam locomotives were still at work on British Railways.
They were a distinctive part of our landscape, culture and everyday life, fondly remembered by many. 
But, by 1968 steam had been entirely eliminated, nearly all meeting their fate at the hands of the scrapman's torch cutter. During the years of steam's decline awareness grew of the tragedy that was unfolding.
A number were saved by the state, for the nation as part of the national collection housed at the National Railway Museum.  A few more were saved by prominent individuals such as the artist David Shepherd or by the pioneer preservation groups such as the Great Western Society. Finally, thanks to the miracle of Dai Woodham's Barry scrapyard, several hundred of the thirteen thousand still exist today giving pride to those who restore and maintain them and pleasure too many  thousands of passengers and bystanders each year.

Our Heritage Steam Series presents some of these standard gauge steam locomotives in action around the UK on main line charters and at work on private railways.  Whilst the "From the driver's seat" series allows us a chance to share the unique view  the that  a driver sees on some of the Welsh narrow gauge lines

If you enjoy seeing the power and majesty of these fine examples of heavy engineering from the former Great Western, Southern, London, Midland & Scottish and London & North Eastern Railways, as well as the nationalised British Railways, then you will want to see these programmes.

 These programmes have been made at the many requests from enthusiasts for a steam video  featuring just the live recorded sounds,  without a voice over, music, or other distracting commentary.
On screen locations and date information is displayed of the events covered.
Swindon built steam takes us through some of the  historical lineage of what was once the Great Western Railways every day workhorses. This programme includes an informative narration by Jeremy English

All the series have been recorded on broadcast quality cameras
 and edited using 'state of the art'  digital computer editing systems.