Engineer Collection

A long run from Tarland, Aberdeenshire, necessitates a thorough clean-up for this 1925 Tasker traction engine, so its owner Mr William McConachie, an Aberdeen farmer

Twin engined Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber, now being produced in Australia. Mechanic seen here making adjustments to the Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine during production 1st January 1942

Hawker Typhoon fighters are now being built in impressive numbers at one of the Gloster Aircraft Company factories in the West of England

A type 3 class 27 diesel locomotive seen here undergoing routine maintenance at the Cambridge train sheds 15th October 1962

RAF Technicians at one of the launch control suites for one of the Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

RAF Technician runs a tests on the Rocketdyne propulsion unit for a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

Southern Railways engine shed at Nine Elms July 1932

Milburn Stafford with his prize-winning 1920 steam road locomotive on 4th June 1984 at the Veteran Commercial Vehicle Rally, from Stockton to South Shields

Ian Storey inside Engine No. 44767 the George Stephenson on 2nd November 1994
Ian Storey inside Engine No.44767 the George Stephenson on 2nd November 1994, a Black Five locomotion which Ian has lovingly restored

Mr. Jim Rees at Beamish Museum with a full scale replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 on 3rd May 1989

The North Tyneside steam locomotive ready for a Thomas the Tank Engine day on 24th August 1994

British Rail driver Ken Hedley from Blyth, on 23rd April 1973, drives diesel trains every day of the week and escapes to the North Yorkshire Railway at Grosmont to drive steam locomotives at weekends

A crewman on board the Sunderland lifeboat. Date taken 22nd October 1941

A riveter at a Valentine tank factory in the Midlands. 28th September 1941

Leading aircraft man R. J. Fennell of Margate, Kent hard at work on the engine of an R. A
Leading aircraft man R.J.Fennell of Margate, Kent hard at work on the engine of an R.A.F Thunderbolt on an forward Airstrip. Circa 1940

Mrs M Hampton, one of the first women gangers with LNER, busy at work in Sheffield on one of the train line tracks. March 1942

Some of the first women gangers with LNER, busy at work in Sheffield on one of the train line tracks. March 1942

Some of the first women gangers with LNER, busy at work in Sheffield on one of the train line tracks. March 1942

Picture shows 2nd Engineer T Dorman and 3rd Engineer Hughes (Caption suggests he name is either E Hughes or W Hughes). They are in the engine room of The Ocean Vanguard Ship

Chief Tech, Norman Clamp, of Southport, checking a Rocketdyne propulsion unit for a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile at RAF Feltwell. 2nd February 1960

Trainee mechanic seen here at work. Part of the Daily Herald Youth in Industry Feature 6th April 1954

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Harker and Son at Stockton. 12th September 1987

Mr. Kenneth Anderson (consulting engineer) looking at a model of the new Runcorn-Widnes road bridge with Mr Watkinson. 8th October 1958

Helicopter has successful flight with Marquis of Pescara. The well known Marquis of Pescara made some new attempts to fly with his famous helicopter. It made several very successful flights

Electronic welding at Loughborough Engineering College. 10th August 1935

Dr Archibald Russell, the retiring chairman of the British Aircraft Corporation, Filton Division, and the designer of Concorde, pictured at Filton in the hangar where Concorde 2 is being built

The Forth Road bridge from South Queensferry, Edinburgh to North Queensferry in Fife, during construction. September 1961

Auctioneers marked the end of the engineering yard, Clark-Kincaid engine works in Wallsend. The yard closed with the loss of 360 jobs

In a quiet and deserted East Works at Longbridge, car engines are covered with brown paper while maintenance squad overhauls the track. 29th July 1969

Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Greek Church Street, Butetown, Cardiff. Mr Demetrios Djialli (right), senior lecturer in civil engineering and building at the Polytechnic of Wales

Jack Makepeace, Junior, drives his vehible puffing past obstacles in a race at the Traction Engine Rally in Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street on 15th June 1958

This time its different chair for seven-year-old Graham Welsh, of Wallsend, as he takes the driving seat on this one-third scale steam engine

There was a ceremonial tear-up of L-plates on 3rd October 1967 when Mr John Arnott Brown passed his driving test on a 15-ton steam roller

The traction engine Providence on 19th August 1965

The traction engine The Iron Maiden at Sunderland on 19th August 1992

Back on the tracks this replica of the Rocket which attended the Rainhill trilas at
Back on the tracks.. this replica of the Rocket which attended the Rainhill trilas at Manchester, and has just returned from America

An engineer checks the pistons of the Gipsy Six engine during the construction of the Miles 3 Falcon aircraft at the Philips and Powis factory at Woodley Aerodrome, Reading 2nd April 1934

Engineer check the Gipsy Six engine during the construction of the Miles 3 Falcon aircraft at the Philips and Powis factory at Woodley Aerodrome, Reading 2nd April 1934

The Concorde Olympus engine in the sea level test bed at Bristol. 30th March 1967

First Qantas jet service from London. 7th August 1959

Aircraft noise research at R. A. E Farnborough. 25th May 1968
Aircraft noise research at R.A.E Farnborough. 25th May 1968

Sir Herbert John Baptista Manzoni CBE MICE was a British civil engineer known for holding the position of City Engineer and Surveyor of Birmingham from 1935 until 1963

Warrant Officer Tom Guttery (centre) seen here in the test house of his workshop at an RFC training unit at Montrose, Scotland in 1916

Locomotive wheels seen here under going maintenance at the Southern Railways engine shed at Nine Elms July 1932

An engineer taking a break from working on this old steam locomotive on 21st August 1972

Mike Forrester on a ACC5 Pecket engine built in 1939 called Ashington No.5 on 24th March 1994

Martin Smith from Tanfield Railway Museum with the brightly coloured 0-6-0 industrial locomotive used to shunt cement wagons along a branch line into the depot of Castle Cement (Ribblesdale) Ltd

Restoration engineer Grodon Stark is helping to move an anciet wagon at the Stephenson Rail Museum, Silverlink, North Shields on 5th February 1998

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