Many may remember him as the grim reaper of the railway network, but Richard Beeching was an industrialist famed for not only his controversial axing of thousands of miles of railway and stations but his reshaping of Britain’s rail network as we know it today.

British Railways: Beeching and Beyond - a new DVD from Strike Force Entertainment – takes an in depth look at the reformation of the railways and the controversial presence of Dr Beeching’s control of the British Rail network. This 169 minute long documentary guides you through a definitive history of the modernisation of Britain’s railway network and the impact the
Beeching plan had on steam locomotion formation, all with the help of Professor of Railway Studies Colin Divall. Along with
Beeching’s controversial strategy to reinvent the structure of rail transport in the UK, Beeching was also the original creator of the Inter-City network and freight transport structure that is still in use today. This timeless release is complimented with period newsreels, interviews and archive film footage bringing these revolutionary moments in British transport history back to life.

British Railways: Beeching and Beyond is a not only a superb investigation into the infamous era of Dr Beeching but also a great recollection of the exquisite engines used between 1962 and 1984. Locomotives featured include 4472 Flying Scotsman, the HS4000 Kestrel experimental loco, the Advanced Passenger Train and the High Speed Train.

British Railways: Beeching and Beyond 1962 - 1984 is available from www.networkdvd.net
and www.amazon.co.uk priced £19.99 from the 27th of April 2009.