Irish Railways - 4 DVD Box Set

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A fascinating insight into railways in Ireland with this four DVD box set. Irish Railways
- Miscellany: This new & revised edition of the pioneering volume in our Irish Railways series provides a splendid introduction to some of the delights which could be seen on both Ireland's 5ft 3in standard gauge tracks & the country's famed narrow gauge lines, from the 1950s through to the 1970s. The Swansong of Steam In Ulster: By early 1960s steam traction had virtually disappeared from the railways of the Irish Republic; however it still flourished on the lines of the Ulster Transport Authority in Northern Ireland where the years up to 1964 can rightly be described as providing the Swansong of Steam in Irel&. The Irish Narrow Gauge 1939-1959: The greatest concentration of narrow gauge railways in the British Isles was to be found in Irel&, where, between the 1870s & 1920, over 530 miles of 3ft gauge track were constructed. In this, the first DVD devoted entirely to these fascinating lines, we present colour films made between 1939 & 1959 which featured five 3ft gauge systems in different parts of the country. Twilight of Steam in Ulster: Twilight of Steam in Ulster features a further selection of the films made by John Laird, who set out in the early & mid-1960s to record as much as he could of the remaining steam workings on Ireland's 5ft 3in standard gauge railways. This programme looks at some of the workings frequently entrusted to steam & some of the lines where steam was still very active.