Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

Every year, during the festive season, The Great Central Railway in Leicester runs special journeys along the length of the line called Santa Specials, in this video I follow one of the specials as it travels between two stations. The temperature was low and so the engine created more steam and due to the lack of wind the steam shrouded the engine making for a spectacular sight as it picked up speed and broke free of its veil. The sun having only risen a couple of moments earlier lends the video an almost magical feel illuminating the stream with an warm glow as it rises.

My short film Turntable features the Steam Engine Sir Lamiel as it is turned through a full rotation on the Great Central Railways Turntable at Quorn & Woodhouse Station. The low morning winter sun shines as the workmen turn the engine which stands hissing like a powerful beast waiting to be released and speed back along the rails.

My Third Short film from my trip to Scotland features Steam Locomotive The Scotts Guardsman crossing the forth rail bridge. I have given the film a vintage feel and heightened the contrast to give it a movie like  quality and the accurately portray the grandeur and size of the bridge in relation to the powerful steam locomotive which is dwarfed by its metal structure. look out for the large boat passing under the bridge at the beginning and the unique pattern the steam forms in the sky as it passes through the bridges structure !.

End of the Line - The Last Night of the Classic Blackpool Trams, details the end of the Blackpool Tramway in its current form. The 6th November 2011 saw the end of the Blackpool tramway. As part of ongoing work on the famous seafront the tramway and its trams are due to be replaced by newer more modern variants, So against the backdrop of the famous illuminations the classic trams had one last night of operation before returning to the depot destined to end their days in rail museums and scrap heaps.