Platform Collection (page 6)

Train drivers Bic Bryant and Norman Boyd (right), with station manager Neil Clarke at Newcastle Central Staton on 17th March 1982

The new High Speed Train servicing depot was opened at Heaton on 7th November 1977 when one of the new locomotives broke through a giant tape driven by rail boss Peter Parker

The Inter-City 225 at Newcastle Central Station on 20th Mfarch 1997

The Inter-City 225 standing at Newcastle Central Station on 29th July 1998

Peter Wakeman and Mel Deighton who restored the Victorian railway carriage at Tanfield Railway on 30th January 1994

Visitors wath the steam trains in action at the Stephenson Railway Museum, Silverlink, North Shields on 4th May 1997

Laura Milson, 3, of Whitley Bay, thanks the engine driver, Ken Hedley at the North Tyneside Stephenson Railway Museum, after riding on the Teddy Bear Special on 29th August 1998

Members of the Association of Railway Preservation Societies (from left); David Morgan, Eric Maxwell and Peter Overstone at the Tanfield Railway Company, Sunniside, Gateshead on 13th April 1986

Steam locomotive No. 2005 at Newcastle Central Station on 13th June 1987, on its way to Glasgow to work the West Highlander steam service between fort william and Mallaig

Tanfield Railway Association guard Bob Payne flags away the newly-commissioned Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 steam locomotive built in 1911 at the Marley Hill track on 23rd May 1984

No. IA50 the new Tyne-Thames Express train at Newcastle Central Station on 6th March 1967
No.IA50 the new Tyne-Thames Express train at Newcastle Central Station on 6th March 1967

The latest of the popular main line expresses to get a new look is Talisman, hauled by a diesel powered locomotive as it leaves Newcastle for Edinburgh on 20th June 1960

Diesel No. IA50 that inaugurates the new Inter-Cities service pulls into Newcastle Central
Diesel No.IA50 that inaugurates the new Inter-Cities service pulls into Newcastle Central Station on 6th April 1967

The Orient Express standing at Newcastle Central Station on 17th December 1984

The old steam train "City of Carlisle"disappeared from service years ago
The old steam train " City of Carlisle" disappeared from service years ago. But the name lives on. The Mayor of Carlisle, Coun. H

A 60 seater Diesel electric Armstrong Whitworth railbus, the first of its kind in the country, beginning a run from Newcastle Central Station on 26th September 1933

Rail enthusiasts of all ages had an apportunity to recapture the pas on 10th May 1969 when the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman came to Newcastle on what could be its last visit to the North East

There was a brisk sale in platform tickets when Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman called at Central Station, Newcastle to take on water on 3rd June 1967

Crowds of train enthusiasts lined the platforms at Carlisle Station on 15th May 1965 to see Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman

Engine No. 4472 The Flying Scotsman leaving an admiring audience
Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman leaving an admiring audience and the platform of Central Station, Newcastle on 9th September 1967

A new life began for the crack engine No. 4472 The flying Scotsman the famous engine, bought for 3, 000 by a 43 year old Mr

Young train spotter were able to take a look at railway history on 23rd February 1965 at the Central Station, Newcastle when one of the old giants of the steam era Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman

One the 1st May 1968 the Flying Scotsman thundered into the Central Station, Newcastle on a non stop run from Londons King Cross station to Edinburgh

This young boy wants to be the engine driver of this locomotive at Bowes Railway Museum on 27th March 1991

Train enthusiasts flocked to Newcastle Central Station on 18th June 1972 to see one of Britians fastest steam locomotives the Sir Nigel Gresley

Jim Harper who was stationmaster for the day on Tanfield Railway which started an all-day service from an new station at Sunniside, Gateshead on 14th July 1982

Mark Padder at Tanfield Railway Museum for a Thomas the Tank day on 9th June 1998

The Silver Jubilee Steam engine at Alston Station on 4th April 1998

Driver John Bainbridge at the opening of the South Tynedale narrow gauge scenic railway on 25th May 1984, which travels down the South Tyne Valley to gilderdale Halt and back

Steam Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley all ready to leave on 7th Spetember 1975. A Brush Type 4 diesel locomotive stands alongside

Guard Richard Graham at South Tynedale Railway on 26th May 1984

Steam engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley at Newcastle Station on 12th June 1972

Steam engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley at Carlisle Station on 6th October, 1973

Bill Harrison and wife Jeanne on the first all day service by Tanfield Railway from a new station at Sunniside, Gateshead to Marley Hill Colliery on 14th July 1982

Lib - The departure of the 1926 Lord Nelson class steam engine from Newcastle Central Station, which had more than 170 North East licensees on the Pullman coaches behind on 23th July 1985

The new British Railways express, The Caledonian pulls out of Carlisle Station on 17th June 1957

The City of Wells steam locomotive opens the new travel interchange at Gateshead railway station on 3 August 1987

Donald Mackinlay of distillers Charles Mackinlay toasts the departure of the 1926 Lord Nelson class steam engine which had more than 170 North East licensees on the Pullman coaches behind on 23th

Locomotive number 92220 the Evening Star in action on 11th March 1985 celebrating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first section of railway brom Blaydon to Hexham

Members of the 3rd Washington (Donwell) Scouts were at Bowes Railway Museum on 27th March 1991 cleaning up brake vans as part of the Scout Job Week

25th Anniversary of the Gateshead MetroCentre - first shops started trading 23 April 1986, official opening 13 October 1986 - The City of Wells steam locomotive opens the new travel interchange

In a flurry of steam, engine 43129 pulls the six car train, with 300 members of the Stephenson Locomotive Society and the Railway Travel and Correspondence Society aboard, on 11th November 1963

A steam train on show to the public on 6th June 1981 at Newcastle Central Station

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Children stand next to the Caledonian loco No 419 Steam Train owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society circa 1985

Scenes during the one day rail Strike - February 1960. Commuters try to squeeze on board a underground train as there was no over ground mainline service out to the suburbs due to the one day rail

Liverpool Street Station in London The Arched roof is filed with smoke from a steam train as it pulls into the station Circa 1950

West of England and Scilly Isles Flower Special arriving at Paddington Station in the early hours of the morning February 1937

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