Engines Collection

This five ton scale model of the Flying Scotsman, on 4th June 1976, belonging to Bill Stewart will be put through its paces at Whorlton Lido, near Barnard Castle

The men who built the new Ravenglass and Eskdale locomotive, the Northern Rock. Left to right, Ian Smith, David Clay and Ian Page on 26th May 1976

Mini Grand Prix: White City Stadium: Graham Hill. March 1975

A steam locomotive belonging to the Tanfield Railway Company steams along the Museums line in Stanley, County Durham on 7th April 1988

Engine No. 5305 the Black Five crosses the River Tyne on 14th March 1987 on its way North
Engine No.5305 the Black Five crosses the River Tyne on 14th March 1987 on its way North to Scotland

Mini Grand Prix: White City Stadium: Graham Hill sorting out a few performance problems. March 1975 75-01610-008

Mini Grand Prix: White City Stadium: Graham Hill. March 1975 75-01610

The inside of a crowded 2nd class carriage on a new Intercity 225 electric train on 7th August 1991

Clearing snow off railway lines at Hartington, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947, using the recently developed Jet Engine

Rolls Royce and Railway staff, carrying out trials with a jet engine to clear snow off railway lines, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947

The Deltic Alycidon, D9009 (55 009), Class 55, purchased by the Deltic Preservation Society, leaves ICI Wilton. Pictured at Nunthorpe on route to Grosmont, in the centre of two Class 37 engines

Children from St Peters Special School, Newcastle take a ride on a model steam locomotive at Haswell Lodge, County Durham on 7th September 1972

Dalegarth Station - the end of the line - driver George Staniforth checks the locomotive River Irt under the shadow of the snowclad lakeland crags on 29th March 1972

Mr Joe Thompson (left) and Mr Tom Tate, owner of the miniature railway at Haswell Lodge, Haswell, County Durham, with one of the engines on 15th August 1971

The Silver Jubilee train at the official opening of Cumbras narrow gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway on 29th May 1977

Britains first Hovertrain leaving the Vickers factory at South Marson, near Swindon, Wiltshire, on 3rd August, 1971, en route tot he experimental test track at Earith, Hunts

An Intercity 225 electric train crossing the King George Bridge over the River Tyne on the East Coast main line on 3rd June 1995

The first electric Intercity 225 passenger train arrives at Newcastle Central Station on 10th June 1991

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

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley gets a last minute shine from four year old Roger
Engine No.4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley gets a last minute shine from four year old Roger Clasper, who is helped by his father, Norman on 7th September 1975

Tanfield station master Bill Hampson, a Newcastle engineer, sets off the first engine of the Easter weekend on 19th April 1987

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

Driver Bill Barker gets ready to give pit engine No. 2274 a send off on its journey to
Driver Bill Barker gets ready to give pit engine No.2274 a send off on its journey to the Bowes Railway at Springwell on 18th June 1976. The engine has been in service at St

Volunteer Rosemary Smith welcomes the Deltic diesel locomotive to the Stephenson Rail Museum, North Shields on 27th April 1994

The final touches being made to a steam engine before the public arrive at Marley Hill Colliery Sheds on 28th May 1973

Tanfield Railway carriage foreman Mel Deighton working on the 50 year old LNER Ballast Brake which was converted to a passenger carriage

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

Holding a firemans shovel, the Mayor, Coun. Frank Mavin, celebrates the Stephenson Railway Museum launch with train driver Richard Swales on 2nd May 1987

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

Andrew Robertson, aged three, from Hartlepool, meets John Lovett, the driver of the locomotive Green Arrow at Newcastle Central Station on 21st July 1986 before its anniversary run to Carlisle

A new luxury train began today on 17th June 1957, on the London Midland region giving the fastest service between Euston and Glasgow since 1939

World War Two. These four women of the WaF, the Womens Auxiliary Air Force, are working on the Rolls Royce engine of the Hurricane. women mechanics July 1942

Prototype InterCity 125 diesel powered passenger train at Darlington Train Station, Circa 1973

Rolls Royce, Ansty engineering works. Coventry. March 1987. The plant has reached a milestone in the development of a new generation of new, more powerful, marine engines

HS 4000 Kestrel diesel locomotive built by Hawker Siddleley, pictured at Newcastle Central Station, Newcastle, North East England, 23rd October 1969

Views. Thornby Rail Depot. 31st March 1995. Feature, Graystone White & Sparrow, Crane Hire Company. Managing Director, David Barrass, takes a ride in a basket, 140 foot above depot, Stockton

Stockton Railway Station, 1st December 1994. Watching the trains to go by, Joan Taylor, one of the residents in the Stockton Railway Station Housing Association Flats

Clare Johnson (r) and Louise Granger, aged 12, pupils at Kings Cross Manor School, Acklam, who received a trophy on behalf of the school for work they are doing to clean up the Thornby Marshalling

Photo-call to promote new service on Grosmont line. Two 1960s Deltic Locomotives, purchased by the Deltic Preservation Society, will start running this weekend

Crowds gathered to see The Flying Scotsman leave Stockton Station, on a last run over the Forth Bridge, 25th August 1968. The LNER Class A3 Pacific steam locomotive No

Traction supervisors Ian Harris and Tom Armstrong, with a restored 1961 Locomotive, which will be named by the Mayor of Stockton on sunday, pictured at the Thornby depot open charity day

The Railway Yards at Thornby, with various locomotives in background, 23rd September 1992

The Kings Cross Freighter, Class C freight train, departing from Park Lane Depot, Gateshead at 1925pm with a Kings Cross Assured Arrival time of 0520am. The train was subject to a 50 wagon limit

Gavin East, project manager of the Railway Preservation Society, pictured with Derwent II, a diesel locomotive donated by engineering firm Whessoe. 20th May 1990

ICI Train Preservation, 4th January 1994. Dave Pearson with the A2 No. 60532 Blue Peter Locomotive designed by Arthur H Peppercorn of the LNER

The Blue Peter Steam Train, an A2 No. 60532 Locomotive designed by Arthur H Peppercorn of the LNER, pictured at Middlesbrough Railway Station, 23rd November 1996

The Pendennis Castle glides into Chester Station. The train had been chartered to give a farewell to the Paddington - Birkenhead steam route before it goes all diesel. Chester, 4th March 1967

A new 12, 000 pound bomb which is being dropped by the RAF on industrial targets in occupied France and Germany, pictured in front of a Lancaster bomber. 13th March 1944

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