Rails Collection (page 6)

A steam train making its way through the countryside on Tanfield Railway on 3rd April 1988

The Mince Pie Special steams along at the Tanfield Railway on 23rd December 1993, where passengers are treated to mince pies and beverages and the winter scenery of North Durham

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

The Elizabethan travelling through Newcastle Central Station non-stop on 30th June 1953

The Gladstone engine, one of the crack expresses, which has been running for 44 years between London and Brighton in its new home on 1st June 1927

Tanfield Railway held an Open Day on 16th April 1981. Full steam ahead as the Sir Cecil A. Cochrane comes out to pick up the first visitors

The Flying Scotsman near Greenhead, 14th March 1982

Engines running on Tanfield Railway on 14th April 1974

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

The Elizabethan at speed, on 10th January 1956, headed by Class A4 locomotive Gannet on the longest non-stop run in the world from London to Edinburgh

The Causey Rambler makes its way out of the new East Tanfield Railway station on 27th August 1997

Sandra Johnson and Eric Maxwell on the footplate of an engine at Tanfield Railway on 28th August 1975

A touch of oil here and ther from Mr. John Bellwood of York, for the replica of George Stephensons Rocket, whilst his wife Jean stokes the boiler

A section of the rail of the first public railway in the world which was laid in May 1822 on display for the celebration of the Railway Centenary on 5th June 1925

This is Locomotion No. 1, with its replica of George Stephenson
This is Locomotion No.1, with its replica of George Stephensons first train behind during the Railway Centenary Celebrations hedlat Stockton on 1st July 1925

A full size replica of George Stephensons famous locomotive Rocket and her tender arrived in London on 22nd August 1979 where it will run on a length of track opposite the Royal Albert Hall

This must be the end of an era - the smokepencompassed steam locomotive now being replaced by other forms of rail traction passes underneath the road bridge at Kingstown, Stainton Road, Carlisle

A replica of George Stephensons Rocket returns to the North East for the Whitley Bay Steam Rally at Churchill Playing Fields on 8th September 1981

The Scarboro Flier on 24th July 1932 steaming down the line

A highlight of a railway carnival was a solid silver model - on loan from the Queen Mother. The model of George Stephensons Locomotion No1 is worth about 25

The end of a pageant at Preston Park and a replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 is towed past the stage as the cast wave on 27th September 1975

Under steam with top hat and tails in attendance the replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 at Shildon on 30th August 1975

Railway enthusiasts Pete Reid from Ken and Dave Wescott from Derby salute the pass by of L.M.S. steam locomotive Princess Elizabeth on the Shildon to Darlington line at the 150 anniversary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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