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The old film used on these new compilation programmes is all being reworked, improved, cleaned up and upscaled! This release features film of Class 101 DMUs, filmed between 1994 and 1998. Featured here are Power Trailers and Power Twins working around Manchester and in North Wales, and Power Twins working the Glasgow suburbs. Clearly presented with on-screen captions!

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2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Train Crazy railway videos and DVDs. Starting out as a hobby in 1994, just about every type of locomotive and unit has featured, with more than 400 passenger, freight, cab ride and tram titles, released on VHS tape, DVD, Blu-ray and download.

Here’s the good bit… In the last few years, software to restore old grainy and wobbly film has become more accessible. Previously it was expensive, slow and not very good, but in 2022 huge advances were made. The old film used on these new compilation programmes is all being reworked, improved, cleaned up and upscaled. For the first time, all of the film shot in standard-definition (720 x 576 or less) can be upscaled and presented in top-quality high-definition (1920 x 1080).

The seventh release features Train Crazy film of Class 101 DMUs, filmed between 1994 and 1998. Featured here are Power Trailers and Power Twins working around Manchester and in North Wales and the Power Twins working the Glasgow suburbs. The Manchester sets include a few NSE examples plus the two three-car sets with ‘Daisy’ 101685 in BR green. The Glasgow sets are painted in the Strathclyde livery, working mostly out of Central station.

Presented in a no-nonsense format of on-screen captions with unit number, location and date, sit back and enjoy some top-quality action from 30-years ago – with much-improved picture quality and in HD for the very first time! This is far from a complete record of the 101s during these years but this is what was filmed, now re-edited, re-worked and upscaled.

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