Description

The London North Eastern Railway Company is where the ‘Scarborough Spa Express’ originated. In 1927 the LNER inaugurated ‘The Scarborough Flier’ running from London Kings Cross to Scarborough and Whitby. This popular train with families continued until 1939 when many trains like this were suspended because of the war. It wasn’t until 1950 when the train was re-introduced as a ‘Summer Only’ express and became known as ‘The Scarborough Flyer’. Due to falling passenger numbers the train ceased to run after 1963. 1981 saw the first ‘The Scarborough Spa Express’ service running to celebrate the opening of the famous spa building. These trains only continued to run till 1985 due to low passenger figures.

It wasn’t until 2007 that ‘The Scarborough Spa Express’ came back to life with services once again running to the famous Yorkshire coast.

"The Scarborough Spa Express" DVD features footage from 2008 – 2013 including the two routes that the train has taken over this time:

1. 2007 to 2009, York – Knaresborough – Harrogate – Leeds – York – Scarborough
2. 2010 to 2013, York – Castleford – Wakefield – York – Scarborough

Our 100 minute DVD takes you through full coverage from the last six years including engines:
– LMS 5MT No.44871
– LMS 5MT No.44932
– LMS 5MT No.45231 "The Sherwood Forester"
– LMS 5MT No.45407 "The Lancashire Fusilier"
– LMS 5XP No.5690 "Leander"
– LMS 5XP No.45699 "Galatea"
– LMS 7P No.46115 "Scots Guardsman"
– LMS 8F No.48151
– BR 7MT No.70013 "Oliver Cromwell"
– SR BoB No.34067 "Tangmere"

The DVD is new for Autumn 2013 and now features footage from 2012 and 2013. A whole collection of new locations and selection of footage is included throughout the DVD.

Product Overview:

This DVD features no commentary, allowing you to fully appreciate the sound of the steam locomotive working hard. Short titles are included throughout informing you of key locations and gradients. The DVD lasts approximately 100 minutes and is available in UK 16:9 widescreen PAL format only.