The film's DVD sleeve notes declare that the film is comprised of "archive footage, with update coverage (where possible) into preservation".
Rail Classes featured in the film are from two rail gauge, broad gauge and narrow gauge. They are specifically: Broad Gauge (5'3"): Rx 4-6-0, F 4-6-2T, 500 4-8-4, 700 2-8-2, 710 2-8-2, 740 2-8-2, 620 4-6-2, 520 4-8-4 and Narrow Gauge (3'6"): Y 2-6-0, T 4-8-0, 400 Garratt
This film features eleven steam locomotive types traveling on both special and regular trains on two different rail gauge widths (broad and narrow) from archival film footage which was filmed mostly during the 1960s but with some archival footage also from the early 1970s.
This film, according to the DVD sleeve notes, features "rare footage of the mighty 500 class 4-8-4's".