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  • Discovery Shed
  • 25m
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary

19 episodes

Series Premiere

1x01 Colne Valley

Series Premiere

1x01 Colne Valley

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Train enthusiast Vince Henderson takes a ride on the 1952 Hunslet of Leeds in the Colne Valley, and learns how a boyhood dream became a thriving preservation railway.

1x02 Mid-Hants Railway

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Vince Henderson takes to the footplate of a 1920s train and helps to lubricate a 150-ton Canadian Pacific, before riding a line 600ft above sea level.

1x03 Furness Lakeside

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Train enthusiast Vince Henderson climbs aboard the oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive in the country, and observes spectacular scenery on a steep climb.

1x04 Severn Valley

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Vince Henderson examines the restoration work on a Pannier model, and observes the Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine event in full swing.

1x05 Didcot Railway

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Train enthusiast Vince Henderson visits a heritage centre dedicated to Brunel's Great Western Railway, and uncovers restoration on a historic Second World War carriage.

1x06 Bluebell

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Vince Henderson takes a ride on the magnificent Blackmoor Vale before keeping a royal appointment with an Edwardian vintage carriage.

1x07 Leighton Buzzard

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Train enthusiast Vince Henderson takes over guard duty for the day, then gets his hands dirty on a 1913 well tank locomotive.

1x08 Stately Trains

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Vince Henderson discovers the renovations being done on one of the Flying Scotsman's original carriages - highlighting the skills of the master technicians at work.

Vince Henderson visits the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway in Kent - the world's longest and best-equipped 15in gauge line - and takes a ride on its carriage Gladys.

1x11 Midland Railway

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Train enthusiast Vince Henderson drives a steam engine at Ripley in Derbyshire and gets to grips with a 1926 Class 3 tank locomotive.

1x12 West Somerset

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Vince Henderson visits the Silver Jubilee Steam Gala and learns about being a fireman aboard the Didmore Manor 7820.

Enthusiast Vince Henderson joins volunteers working on the preserved Chinnor and Princes Risborough line in Buckinghamshire.

1x14 North Yorks Moors

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Vince Henderson takes a ride on a BR Class 4MT on the North Yorkshire Moors railway, one of the longest and oldest lines in the country.

1x15 Northampton and Lamport

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A reclaimed stretch of line over Northamptonshire's River Nene catches Vince Henderson's attention, before he explores the delights of Polish TKh steam locomotives.

1x16 Mid-Norfolk

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Vince Henderson gets into the workings of a diesel engine, and takes a look at one under repair in the pits after a storm. The team faces a big challenge to get it functioning.

1x17 North Norfolk

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Vince Henderson visits the repaired section of the `Poppy Line' in north Norfolk and looks inside a restored signal box.

1x18 Kent and East Sussex

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Vince Henderson visits the world's first light railway in East Sussex, and climbs aboard a Northiam WD 197 steam locomotive.

1x19 Lavender Line

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A preserved line, which highlights the transition from steam to diesel, has its power switched on by train enthusiast Vince Henderson.

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