Locations are generally on the Yorkshire and North East side of England. The show starts with 'Scotsman' at Birkett Common, on the return working of the same train that starts the North 1 show. A trip down the Settle and Carlisle follows, North to South for a change. The Keighley/Leeds/Bradford area is visited next, then an odd shot of Bawtry on the ECMLfollowed by Sheffield Midland in the near dark, with a digitally rescued 'Basutoland' intriguingly present on a Birmingham train. Then onwards to York, Beverley in the snow (complete with all over roof), Middlesbrough, Pelaw, Ryhope, Newcastle, and a set of views of the Haltwhistle to Alston branch to finish the show. Locomotivity includes J27s, K1s, WDs, 8Fs, Fairburn tanks, Jubilees 'Alberta/Kolhapur/Achilles' as well as the above mentioned 'Basutoland', the inevitable Black 5s and as a surprise guest 'Clun Castle' seen at Horton on the S&C in 1967. Diesels appear, apart from Met-Cam, 104 and original Derby Lightweight DMUs there are a couple of Deltics, a few 'Peaks' and the odd 25, 40 and 47. There is savage scenery and the industrial grit and grot found at the end of the steam age, leaving one wondering if there really was any such thing as the 'Good Old Days'.
Unusual or notable items include a 40 and a 45 double heading on the S&C, a view from a snowbound train at Ais Gill, some more views of the 15 guinea special in 1968 at Blea Moor (different to those in the 'Last Drops' show), the last day of the direct York-Hull service in 1965 and gloomy but very atmospheric views of the Alston branch in the winter of 1970/71 which someone has already described as being 'pictures very much of their time'  whatever that means.
The 'feel' of the timespan (1964 to 1973) seems to be well conveyed anyway.

Samples from this show. These images are compressed. Actual images on the CD are high resolution:-

Ryhope Junction, 6th July 1967. J27 0-6-0 65894 descending to the junction with 21 tonners from Hesleden. There is a hotbox about 6 wagons back, no one seems to care. The Railway Inn on the right declares itself to be a Nimmo’s house. The lines, wagons, collieries, (and the brewery) are long gone, but the loco is still with us.
 

Stanningley, 29th April 1967. Fairburn 2-6-4T 42196 rattles through with the Bradford Exchange portion of the 1020 from KingsCross to Leeds/Bradford. Nice Mill/Warehouse buildings to extreme right, and large metal products fouling the track on the left.
 

Blea Moor, 18th June 1966. A ‘Peak’ Class 45 between the tunnel and the ‘box with the up ‘Thames Clyde Express'. Notice the full restaurant car in the centre of the train. This short  stretch caused the 19th century builders much heartache and misery. Notice too the spoil heaps on the fellside, above the line of the tunnel. A walk along this line of spoil heaps and air shafts is very educational as well as eerie.
 
 
 
 

Pelaw, 5th July 1967. K1 2-6-0 62054 has 21 ton hoppers, and the crew are taking the air. A Sunderland to Newcastle DMU is left, and in the background is the Cooperative Wholesale Society’s factory. This produced amongst other things, footware.  ‘Pelaw Shoe Polish’ was well known CWS Brand name. The lone advert hoarding right urges us to ‘Come Cooperative Shopping’. And why not indeed? By the way, in the far distance under the bridge, a J27 can just be seen.

Leeds City, 23rd March 1967. The 1350 London St.Pancras to Bradford Forster Square making a smokey exit. Soot, noise, grime, discomfort - lest we forget, this is what the ‘good old days’ were really like.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Leeds City, 18th May 1968.
So:-  Deep, deep in the night we have Black 5 45310 simmering at the head of what had become a Trans-Pennine odyssey, the 0332 to Halifax. Nominally regarded as a Manchester working, the locomotive worked this train as far as the Yorkshire town, where those passengers foolish enough to travel at that time of night were decanted onto a platform that was as bereft of facilities and comforts then as it is today. The locomotive then did a spot of nocturnal shunting, and  added some of the vehicles that it had brought from Leeds to an arrival some 30 minutes later from Hull. The bleary eyed voyagers then reboarded, and the whole equipage departed at about twenty to five for Todmorden and Manchester Victoria.
This was the last occasion on which the train was steam worked.  The one and only passenger coach on the onward service from Halifax was somewhat well populated, all of us armed to the teeth with cameras, tripods and tape recorders. A crate of Newcastle Brown Ale was also introduced  to the proceedings at some point, and was well  received…....