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Almost all of the operational ‘Thumpers’ from this period are included with footage from Uckfield, Hurst Green, Hastings, Rye and Edenbridge. You can also see the peak hour trains to Victoria and London Bridge, as well as the remarkable day of 26th September 2001 when the three-train Ashford-Hastings service was worked by 205001, 207202 and preserved Class 201-1001!

Full description from the producer:

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Train Crazy railway videos and DVDs. To mark the occasion, a series of special low-price compilation DVDs and Blu-rays are being produced using the original film shot 30-years ago, right up to more recent times. Presented in a class-by-class format, and delving deep into the archives, some of this footage has been released before on VHS tape, some on DVD and some has never been seen at all.

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 third release features the Train Crazy film of the Class 205 and 207 DEMUs filmed in the period 1999-2003 and the Class 302, 310 and 312 EMUs operated by LTS, filmed 1996-2001. Almost all of the operational ‘Thumpers’ from this period are included with footage from Uckfield, Hurst Green, Hastings, Rye and Edenbridge; the peak hour trains to Victoria and London Bridge and the remarkable day of 26th September 2001 when the three-train Ashford-Hastings service was worked by 205001, 207202 and preserved Class 201 – 1001! LTS-operated Class 302, 310 and 312 units are filmed at Fenchurch Street, Limehouse, Upminster and Pitsea.

Presented in a no-nonsense format of on-screen captions with unit number, location and date, sit back and enjoy some top quality Thumper and LTS EMU action from up to 30-years ago – with much improved picture quality and in HD for the very first time!

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