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Signal man Walter Allan opening the level crossing at Clifton with the push of a button on 1st April 1975, from the comfort of his signal box at Stannington where they have installed closed circuit
The signals point at stop at the disused station at Blackhill, near consett, a forlorn reminder of a towns rail link to the sea on 4th February, 1965
The old railway track that is now a nature trail on 29th August 1972. The track runs through Broomhill and pas the grounds of Acklington Prison
The Victorian railway Newton Cap viaduct at Bishop Auckland on 12th July 1995 which has been changed into a road bridge
Sixty one year old Jock Whittle who is the level crossing attendant at the Felton Lane level crossing on 25th January 1979
The rural crossing at Allerwash, near Hexham on 15th June 1972
The level crossing at the Willows Ryton on 18th March 1981
A train passing over the Langley Viaduct on 2nd January 1992
A man crossing the railway line illegally on 13th May 1981
Trainee signalman Derek Colley, from Denton Burn, Newcastle, keeps his eye on the Down Main from West Jesmond signal box during his practical training
British Rail workers busy in the Control Room at Newcastle Central Station on 28th October 1970
Ted Tomiak, a student from Jesmond, Newcastle, on signal box duty on 23rd April 1973
One of the new modified super safety level crossings at East Boldon on 29th July 1970
The first electric Intercity 225 passenger train arrives at Newcastle Central Station on 10th June 1991
In contrast to all the steam loco s, the World Record holding diesel High Speed train brings up the end of the cavalcade through Heightington Station
The experimental high speed surface transport, (Hover Train), built by Japan Air Lines on 1st March 1977
Britians first hovertrain is set up on its track at Earith, near Cambtridge, on 4th November 1971, and should make its first run in the next few weeks
The GNER 225 Inter-City advanced passenger train at Newcastle Central Station on 1st July 1991
A man with a young child illegally crossing the railway line at West Jesmond Station on 12th March, 1978 following the closure of the underpass
Railway enthusiasts Derek Cowan, Eric Maxwell and Neil Morgan taking a break from track laying on 22nd October 1986. They were extending the Tanfield Model Railway to East Tanfield village in
A general view of the sidings at the new Tyne marshalling yard at Lamesley on 21st June 1963
The marshalling yard control tower at Tyne marshalling yard, Lamesley on 21st June 1963. Sixty feet high, it is the power house of the yard
This time these children were safe. Next time, who knows? An everyday scene on the killer short cut at Tyne Dock, South Shields on 29th March 1975 where many people cross the rail lines illegally
The scene at the Team Valley marshalling yard on Sunday 27th June 1982 as trains and wagons stand idle
Work has begun on 23rd May 1975, on a £7, 000 scheme to keep trespassers off aWork has begun on 23rd May 1975, on a £ 7, 000 scheme to keep trespassers off a stretch of railway line where two schoolboys died. It runs past the Deans Estate at Tyne Dock, South Shields
A man illegally crossing the railway line at West Jesmond Station on 12th March, 1978 following the closure of the underpass
Railway platelayers making alterations at Newcastle railway crossings on 26th October 1936, for the electrification of the Newcastle to South Shields line
A crowded carriage of the Newcastle to Coast electric train on 17th November 1962
An electric train running through the suburbs of Newcastle on 3rd Mary 1958
At the end of its inaugural run, on 14th March 1938, the first electric train in the Newcastle to South Shields service draws into South Shields station
Electric trains held up at Carlisle on 3rd January 1976. Diesel engines had to be brought back into use due to overhead lines on the Glasgow to London run being damaged by the gale force wind
The driver of the Intercity 225 electric train inside his cab on 10th June 1991
The new type of electric train departed from Newcastle Central Station on its South Shields run at 11 o clock on 10th February 1955. A passenger boards the train
An electric train used on the Newcastle coast line on 16th June 1952, which has a special coach for perambulators (prams)
Train driver Bob Elington with a new Intercity 225 electric train on 7th August 1991
The L. N. E. R.s latest electric train made its inaugural run on the Newcastle to coastThe L.N.E.R.s latest electric train made its inaugural run on the Newcastle to coast line on 30th July 1937. The express approaches the Newcastle Central Station at the end of the run from Tynemouth
An deisel engine being inspected on 26th April 1972
Brighton cycle run. Cyclists from all over England and Wales took part in a London to Brighton run to commemorate the first ride to Brighton by cyclists on boneshakers
Traffic hold up travelling North on the A69 near Corbridge in Northumberland, as holidaymakers get away for the Bank Holiday weekend 30 May 1994
Traffic hold up travelling North on the A1 near Stannington in Northumberland, as holidaymakers get away for the Bank Holiday weekend 30 May 1982
Robert and Cissie Charlton, parents of England football brothers Bobby and Jackie Charlton, greeted by enthusiastic rail guards as they arrive at Kings Cross Station in Central London from Ashington
The last Riverside Line train waiting for passengers at Willington Station on 20th July 1973
The new Western Way road bridge crossing the main London to Newcastle railway at North of Tyne Marshalling Yard, Lamesley, which, prior to its opening
Olympic athlete Mike McLeod dubbed the Elswick Express could not keep pace for once when British Rails latest supertrain hit the tracks on 9th August 1985
One man in a carriage travelling into Newcastle on the East Coast Main line train on 1st Juoy 1982
Christmas shoppers get on one of the new British Rail Pacer trains on 21st December 1985
A carriage from one of the Regional Railways North East trains on 11th September 1997
The interior of a new diesel train service to South Shields. The 5. 00 p. mThe interior of a new diesel train service to South Shields. The 5.00 p.m. from Newcastle which was packed at Hebburn was almost empty after Tyne Dock and High Shields on 7th January 1963
