If you buy after clicking affiliate links on this site we might receive a commission from companies such as eBay, Amazon etc This does not affect the price you pay.
If you buy after clicking affiliate links on this site we might receive a commission from companies such as eBay, Amazon etc This does not affect the price you pay.
Click here to see similar items on eBay, and to buy.
DVDExcellent condition throughout
CHILTERN RAILWAYS – CLASS 121 BUBBLE CARS
The 19th May 2017 was the last day that first-generation DMUs ran in regularpassenger service on Network Rail. These were the two class 121 Bubble cars owned by Chiltern Railways that were used on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury branch.
To record and commemorate the event, Video 125 cameras followed the singleunits (affectionately dubbed Bubble Cars) in the weeks prior to their withdrawal.
The idea for this film came from the former Managing Director of Chiltern Trains Holidays, Tony Parkins, who has been closely associated with Chiltern Railways ever since his involvement with the writing of our Driver’s eye view Chiltern Take Two.
It was Tony’s idea to produce this film and as such has not only co-writtenand researched the information but actually presents it to camera.
The film starts with a brief history of the class 121 with a couple of archive clipsand old photos. We then come to 2017 and go inside the Chiltern Railways Aylesburydepot to interview the Production Manager who gives us an insight into the whys andwherefores of the DMUs. To find out more about the 121s in general, Tony then wentto the nearby Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway to talk to members responsiblefor their own Bubble Cars’ restoration and a former driver who used to drive the singlecars on the Bedford to Bletchley line.
Back to Aylesbury and the Chiltern Railways senior driving instructor takes us throughthe start up procedure. He then drives unit number 034 from the depot into platform 1at Aylesbury to start the afternoon diagram. A Driver’s eye view of the Princes Risboroughto Aylesbury branch follows, including the line’s history and the operation of the Bubble car.
The final day arrives and the Chiltern Railways Managing Director gives a farewell speech.With both 121s coupled together for the final few services, it is drizzling when the lastscheduled service arrives bringing down the curtain on the very last DMU serviceoperated by a national train operating company on Network Rail.
Published by Video 125, in 2017Running Time: 48 minutes
Free Postage, by Royal Mail – Second ClassPayment by PayPal
If you buy after clicking affiliate links on this site we might receive a commission from companies such as eBay, Amazon etc This does not affect the price you pay.
Click here to buy, and to see similar items on eBay
Category: Collectables:Transportation Collectables:Railwayana:DVDs and Videos
Location: Wadhurst