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Locomotive No. 21 steamed into spring at the Tanfield Railway, near Stanley, after its winter overhaul. Boiler inspector Edward McPhee gives the all clear for the engines busy season to come
The ex-Great Western Railways locomotive King George V drew a big crowd in London on 4th October 1971. She was pulling a trin holding an exhibition of products of her present owners
Steam locomotive 44767 George Stephenson leaves Newcastle over the Kinge George Bridge for its trip to Manchester on 18th March 1995
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
A steam train making its way through the countryside on Tanfield Railway on 3rd April 1988
The Sir Nigel Gresley at Newcastle Central Station on 29th April 1995
Work on the new marshalling yards on 16th March 1960, which when completed will be the most modern yards in Europe has now reached the " machine age" when machines take over from the men
Lib - Engineer John Maughan gives some idea of the size on one of the exhibits at the Stephenson Railway Museum on 14th June 1994 while sitting on Engine No.2509 the Silverlink A4 Pacific locomotive
Lou Avis of Siemens Electronics takes a look at the 1909 Siemens engine being restored at the Stephenson Railway Museum, Silverlink, North Shields on 18th January 1996
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
The Causey Rambler steaming along Tanfield Railway on 4th September 1994
A general picture of a steam locomotive getting some attention from its engineer and driver on 15th April 1995
Les Ferguson from the Stephenson Railway Museum, Silverlink, North Shields, with their lates aquisition Engine No.1313 a Swedish B Class 4-6-0 tender engine on 7th July 1995
Ian Storey inside Engine No. 44767 the George Stephenson on 2nd November 1994Ian Storey inside Engine No.44767 the George Stephenson on 2nd November 1994, a Black Five locomotion which Ian has lovingly restored
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
The Flying Scotsman on 12th May 1977 on tis way to Carnforth Rail Museum
A locomotive built in Gateshead in 1874 known as the Bauxite No.2 in its temporary shed at Killingworth waiting for a new home on 2nd November 1950
Some of the last remaining steam trains of British Rail stand outside Kingsmoor Locomotive Sheds, Carlisle on 1st September 1867, themselves soon to be closed
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 picture of Heaton Railway Depot on 13th June 1953
The Talisman Express on 17th September 1956
Breaking ground on 26th July 1954 was the British Railways new excursion train, Northern Venturer, when it left Newcastle Central Station for Morecambe on the first leg on its four-journey schedule
An Air Express, the Imperial Airways latest machine, flying over another express - the Flying Scotsman at Welwyn (Herts) on 13th February 1934
Linda Iley beside Braddyll on 6th May 1973, an old engine that once served as a snow plow
A steam train on show to the public on 6th June 1981 at Newcastle Central Station
The Britannia class locomotive Oliver Cromwell which hauled the last steam train into Carlisle on 12th August 1968
The Coronation Stream-Lined Train snaking its way out of Newcastle Central Station on 2nd July 1937 en route to Edinburgh
One of the diminishing number of steam engines still operating is seen hauling a freight train north of Newcastle on 18th May 1963
In a blinding rainstorm the Silver Jubilee engine Silver Link thunders along near Darlington on its first service run on 1st October 1935
A model of George Stephensons Locomotion No. 1 on 7th June 1981A model of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 on 7th June 1981. The engine drew the first passenger train on the Darlington and Stockton Railway on September 27, 1825
Engine No. 60964 has begun a new life with the illustrious name The Durham Light InfantryEngine No.60964 has begun a new life with the illustrious name The Durham Light Infantry on 29th April 1938 given to it to mark the regiments centenary
The railway men of Italy presented a bronze shield weighing about a ton in commemoration of the work of George Stephenson as the father of railway during the Railway Centenary Celebrations on 4th
The famous old steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley powers its way through Morpeth Station on 29th April 1995
The first non stop luxury express from Kings Cross to Edinburgh, The Captial Limited, passing through Newcastle on its way to the North on 19th July 1949
A rare rail relic bought by the Stephenson and Hawthorn Loco Trust has returned to its native North eAst to retire. The 106 year old steam engine
Youngsters enjoying the last few days of their holidays find the old steam trains at Tanfield Railway an attraction on 31st August 1981
Jonathon Thornton, 5, and Sarah Anson, 6, of Ovington sitting on Killingworth Billy at the George Stephenson Rally at Wylam on 9th June, 1981
The replica of George Stephensons Rocket in action on 5th Spetember 1981
A locomotive built at Hetton Colliery in 1822 headed the Railway Centenary Celebration procession on 3rd July 1925
Outside Kings Cross engine sheds locomotives stand idle on 1st June 1955 - a sight likely to make Londoners angry, as they are forced to walk to work or are stranded in seaside resorts
After almost 60 years of hauling pit props and timber at Blyth docks, this little green and black steam engine, with its copper fire box, has come to the end of the line
Locomotive J21, known as the Green Lady is being fully restored at Beamish Museum, County Durham where she is on show at Rowley Station
Workman were ripping up hundreds of expensive marble floor tiles after a British Rail bid to brighten up Newcastle Central Station turned into a nightmare in summer 1987
The Dandy a horse drawn railway passenger vehicle which ran between Drumburgh and Port Carlisle, Cumberland when the first North British line to silloth was opened in 1864
Commuters swarm on to a number 649 bus in Tottenham on a gloomy winters evening. 21st November 1945
Model Jany Lewis seen here wearing a Hildebrand bloomers outfit on the circle line. 8th February 1967
London travellers are soaked by the rain as the end of the 1976 drought is officially announced by the government. November 1976
