Description
'WESTERN HEROES' is the follow-up to 'WESTERN RENAISSANCE'. JUST SOME of the highlights are:
** WARSHIP diesels in Cornwall, around Bristol and even Clapham Jn, including a double-headed maroon pairing on the Cornish Riviera Express at Teignmouth in 1969 and an unbelievable TRIPLE header on the 'Rivo' at Hayle in 1968.
** Film of the only WESTERN to visit the Hayle Wharf branch.
** D800 on a Penzance-Manchester express.
** D6300s in service in Cornwall and around Bristol.
** WESTERN & HYMEK pairings
** HYMEK & steam pairings.
** D0280 Falcon storming past at high speed.
** WESTERN LORD in chromatic blue.
** Visit to Swindon Works in 1968.
** HYMEKS in their last days at Reading.
As well as this the programme features over 50 of the Class of WESTERNS!
Commentary has been kept to a minimum so that the locos can do the talking!