60019 - 4464 Bittern
ABOVE: LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific 4464 Bittern emerges from Oldbury Cutting with a rake of LNER teaks on 26th March 2012.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION.
ABOVE: Looking magnificent in LNER garter blue, LNER A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4464 Bittern descends Eardington bank on 26th March 2012. COPYRIGHT STEVE ANDREWS / CLASSIC TRACTION.
ABOVE: Evoking perhaps images of a diverted express over the Great Western & Great Central Joint, LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific 4464 Bittern leaves Bewdley on 26th March 2012. Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION.
ABOVE: LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific 4464 Bittern leaves Bewdley on 26th March 2012.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107712.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107712.
ABOVE: LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific 4464 Bittern recreates the GC & GW Joint as she passes Bewdley South Signal Gantry on 26th March 2012. Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107719.
ABOVE: LNER A4 Pacific 4464 Bittern passes underneath Bewdley South Gantry on 26th March 2012.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107723.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107723.
ABOVE: Evoking the golden era of Gresley Pacifics on the East Coast Main Line, LNER A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4464 Bittern rounds Safari Curve on 26th March 2012. Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107759.
ABOVE: LNER A4 Pacific 4-6-2 4464 Bittern passes Severn Lodge with a photographic-charter on 26th March 2012.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107959.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC107959.
ABOVE: LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific 4464 Bittern climbs Eardington bank on 26th March 2012.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC108062.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC108062.
ABOVE: LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific 60019 Bittern climbs Eastcombe bank working the 0930 Bishops Lydeard - Minehead on 22nd March 2009. Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC38808.
ABOVE: LNER A4 4-6-2 Pacific 60019 Bittern climbs Eastcombe bank working the 0930 Bishops Lydeard - Minehead on 22nd March 2009. Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC38810.
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LNER Memories is a tribute DVD that examines the fascinating diversity of locomotives that were developed by Gresley, Thompson and Peppercorn for the LNER. The programme begins with a review of the LNER themed gala at Barrow Hill, where, for the first occasion since 1966, two A4s and an A2 line up together. In scenes that were so reminiscent of Kings Cross 'Top Shed,' we see 60532 Blue Peter (newly repainted into BR apple green) line-up with A4 Pacifics 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley and 60009 Union of South Africa. Also reviewed is K4 'mogul' 61994 The Great Marquess, and her return to traffic in 2008, and the use of K1 62005 on the 'Jacobite' workings to Mallaig. We also investigate the final weeks in traffic of unique V2 2-6-2 4771 Green Arrow on both the Churnet Valley and North Yorkshire Moors Railways. This is surely a programme that is destined to become a classic, and something that all LNER enthusiasts will savour for years to come! RUNNING TIME: 71 MINS. PRICE £19-99 + £3 P&P.