Imagine a preserved railway where, every weekend in summer,  up to ten main line locomotives are in steam, hauling both passenger and freight trains on a double track main line. A typical day will see a couple of Stanier Class 5s, an 8F, perhaps a "Hall", an SR S15, a 'U' and a 'Battle of Britain' - and an LNER K5 mogul,  an unrebuilt Royal Scot and an unrebuilt "Merchant Navy". Impossible? Not quite.

Sixty years ago, long before railway preservation became fashionable,
Sir John Samuel started building the 7 ¼ inch gauge Greywood Central Railway at Walton in Surrey.
It was to be a main line in miniature.

But then disaster struck. Sir John died, and the whole future of the railway was suddenly in doubt.

Happily, the railway publisher Ian Allan stepped in and the Great Cockcrow Railway was born.

The railway now carries nearly 20,000 passengers a year and most days will see more than 50 trains run,
with perhaps double that number on the Annual September Gala Weekend.

The GCR's Hardwick Central Terminus is located in Hardwick Lane, Lyne, just off Junction 11 of the M25.
Trains run every Sunday from the beginning of May to the end of October, and also on Wednesdays during August.

The programme also contains some early footage of the Greywood Central Railway and some specially arranged directors cuts.

Running time approx 94 minutes.

This MVP Video DVD programme is only available directly from The Great Cockrow Railway
please contact their webmaster for your copy