Double audio CD album of classic diesel and electric locos, DMUs and EMUs, in the London Midland Region.
Mono recordings processed for a stereo effect.
Recorded during 1969 to 1975.
Loco classes featured: 25, 40, 45, 47, 50, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 + EMU classes 501 and AM10.
Highlights include:
- Late night ECS action at Kilburn. Some old 12 wheeled carriages can be heard on the jointed rails.
- Double-header 50s on the WCML.
- Peaks at St. Albans.
- Several class 25s in action.
- Class 501 EMUs, including a shower of sparks in a blizzard!
- A class 40 storms through South Hampstead on a freightliner.
- Intensive action at Preston in 1974 before the full electric service to Glasgow began.
All recordings made by the late Ron Collen-Jones. Restored and published by Ian Strange.
You can download a pdf version of the full playlist:
LMR playlist PDF
