Public Transport Collection (#11)

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley next to a small gauge steam train which seems more
Engine No.4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley next to a small gauge steam train which seems more interesting to this group of children on 12th May 1977

Engine driver Bill Marker taking his last trip in the saddle tank engine hes been tending for the last six years at St. Anthonlys tar works in Walker, Newcastle on 18th June 1976

The steam locomotive Singapore liberated in 1945 from the Japanese on 3rd February 1992

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley being spruced up in the sheds at Thornaby for
Engine No.4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley being spruced up in the sheds at Thornaby for the Teeside Rail Exhibition on 9th September 1972

A former Consett and NCB locomotive "A"Class restored at Stephenson Rail
A former Consett and NCB locomotive " A" Class restored at Stephenson Rail Museum, Middle Engine Lane, North Shields on 10th July 1985

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

An old steam engine that has been saved for preservation on 20th December 1979

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley all stoked up and ready to go on 20th July 1975 with her proud restoration crew

LNER Steam Engine No. 246, Morayshire, making its way past the crowds on the Shildon to
LNER Steam Engine No.246, Morayshire, making its way past the crowds on the Shildon to Darlington line at the 150 anniversary celebrations on 31st August 1975

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley was allowed out of his shed for a few hours on 13th
Engine No.4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley was allowed out of his shed for a few hours on 13th July 1969. British Rail will not allow the engine on the normal lines, so A4 Locomotive Society Ltd

Volunteers Ian cowan (right) and Eric Maxwell are reconstructing the Gibraltar Bridge at Marley Hill on the site of Tanfield Railway on 11th February 1987

A steam trains makes its way majestically round a bend on the Tanfield Railway on 23rd April 1973

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

An Engineer giving his steam locomotive a last clean before going on show to the public on 28th May 1973

Edie Dyke aboard one of the steam trains at the South Tyneside Railway in Alston on the 4th May 1997 for the Thomas the Tank day

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

Siemans Micrl Electronics have gifted 10, 000 to the Stephenson Railway Museum to restore an electronic locomotive built in 1909

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

Changing the points is Frank Robson at the Marley Hill Steam Centre, Stanley on 27th August 1973, with one of the 10 locomotives that are being restorted to their former glory

An old steam engine from the North Yorkshire Moors Railways at the Teeside Rail Ehibition at Thornaby on 9th September 1972

Russell Snowball, aged 61, of Fenham at North Shields to see the unloading of a Danish locomotive on 20th December 1979

Belching smoke and steam Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley emerges from the enigne shed in Philadelphia, County Durham on 20th July 1975

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

The Inwell, a 1937 Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, gets in some practice on 28th March 1983

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

A Coffee Pot Loco and the Lewin Locomotive (right) two of the steam engines which can be seen at the Steam Day at Beamish Hall on 10th September 1981

Locomotive No. 21 steamed into spring at the Tanfield Railway, near Stanley, after its winter overhaul on 20th May 1986. Boiler inspector Edward McPhee gives the all-clear for the engines busy season

Mr. Bill Armstrong of Whickham with shunting engine No. 13 at Dunston Power Station on 6th
Mr. Bill Armstrong of Whickham with shunting engine No.13 at Dunston Power Station on 6th May 1972

The Pallion locomotive which has been in service since 1902 at the Doxford and Sunderland Shipbuilding and Enginerring company on 14th January 1971

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

This little 040 tank engine has arrived to double the steam power at the Bowes Railway depot at Springlwell on 7th May 1981

Teenage boys seen here waiting on the platform of an un-named town in central Russia. The boys are dressed in the uniforms of railway porters. 25th May 1960

Thee little ones study steam locomotives at the Tanfield Railway engine sheds which were open to the public on 18th April 1995, the Easter Bank Holiday

The Wellington steam engine on 5th March 1991

Former Midland Duchess of Hamilton during a special working in 1980 to commemorate 150 years of Railway Mail Trains on 20th January 1980

The Jubilee class Leander on 31st August, 1975

The historical locomotive "City of Truro"was on show to the public at
The historical locomotive " City of Truro" was on show to the public at the Western Region Depot. The City of Truro reached a record speed of 102.3 miles an hour when hauling an Oceans

Steam trains leaving the sheds at Tanfield Railway on 3rd April, 1988

Sixty five year old Eddie Dyke, of Sunderland who is chairman of the South Tynedale Railway Society at Alston with his teddy

Visiting steam locomotive No. 2005 leaving Newcastle Central Station on 13th June 1987

The Royal Scott steam train on 29th June 1959

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

The former Midland Duchess of Hamilton on 1st October 1981

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

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