Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

On the weekend of Saturday 12th/13th June 2021 the Statfold Barn Railway held an Enthusiast Weekend featuring a locomotive that was originally exported to Java to work at the Trangkil Sugar Mill. The engine features alongside locomotives from around the world brought together and run along the length of the Statfold Barn Railway. Look for engines racing each other along the track and pulling all types of rolling stock from passenger to freight. At these special events there's always something interesting steaming along sounding its whistle and creating an atmosphere in which something is always moving. My film aims to capture the busy nature of the event, you`ll see various engines passing each other, hear the many different sounds of operation, from train and guard whistles to the clanking of the wheels and hissing of pistons as the engines speed past.

In this film I follow N2 locomotive 1744 as it pulls the Santa Special train along the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire one cold and frosty morning in December 2014. Don`t forget to Keep a look out for Santa himself popping up at the start of the video !.

My short film follows steam locomotive Rood Ashton Hall from Croft Hill in Leicestershire through to Newark-On-Trent on a cold and frosty morning in December 2014. The Sun was casting long shadows over the frozen ground as Rood Ashton Hall thundered and steamed along the tracks and from my high vantage point on Croft hill the scene echoed one from the Polar Express Film. Next up on the route was troon way bridge where with the skyline of Leicester as a backdrop the engine steamed directly toward the camera filling the air with smoke. Last up was Newark-On-Trent where we see the engine speeding over the river and onward to the Christmas market in Lincoln.

Leonard is a narrow gauge steam engine that operates at the Abbey Pumping station, an industrial museum in Leicester, England. During the museums regular Christmas steam days the engine can be found giving visitors rides along a length of track which runs along the edge of the site. My video follows Leonard as oil and various parts of the engine are checked before heading off on a journey pulling small carriages full of exited visitors.

Jinty, Is a short about Jinty 47406 a small steam engine who is seen here steaming along the Great Central Railway near Quorn at sunset on 19-02-2012. The Sunlight shone through the coach windows as she passed by on an elevated part of the track making for a scene that reminds me of the (old) opening titles to Thomas the tank engine !.