Steam Collection

A long run from Tarland, Aberdeenshire, necessitates a thorough clean-up for this 1925 Tasker traction engine, so its owner Mr William McConachie, an Aberdeen farmer

After bringing his steam engine, Hielan Laddie, from Aberdeen, 35-year-old William Barrack, right, owner, and Mr William McGonachie

This five ton scale model of the Flying Scotsman, on 4th June 1976, belonging to Bill Stewart will be put through its paces at Whorlton Lido, near Barnard Castle

Popeye gets into position for the traction engine rally, on 13th June 1958, driven by Mr Jack Wakefield and Mr Stan Martin, both of Hetton-le-Hole

A small tank engine pulls into the railway station at Halesworth Suffolk. June 1952 C3365

Alfred Demaszure (Left) engine driver and Andre Devos, fireman seen here on the footplate of the Golden Arrow on its journey from Calais to Paris

A steam locomotive belonging to the Tanfield Railway Company steams along the Museums line in Stanley, County Durham on 7th April 1988

Engine No. 5305 the Black Five crosses the River Tyne on 14th March 1987 on its way North
Engine No.5305 the Black Five crosses the River Tyne on 14th March 1987 on its way North to Scotland

Bill Harmeston uses a Northumberland County Council steam roller to level out the track for the causeway between Holy Island (Lindisfarne) and the mainland. 20th May 1954

The sheer excitement of a steam express train running at speed is encapsulated in this magical evening photo of ex-GWR Castle class No

The unmistakable cuvring bulk of a Gresley Class A4 Pacific express locomotive is graced by a waving array of Doncaster railway workers

The Flying Scotsman leaves London King Cross at 10am for Edinburgh on its 40th anniversary, run The Flying Scotsman, designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

The Flying Scotsman arrives in Liverpool, England from San Francisco. Preserved LNER Gresley pacific 4472 Flying Scotsman at Liverpool Docks on a bright freezing snowy day in February 1973

The Flying Scotsman, (LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman) steam train travels along the track in the Berkshire/Oxfordshire area in the summer of 1999

Mr Jack Wakefield, of Hetton-le-Hole, who has a large collection of traction engines, steams gaily down the Great North roadk

In the infamous big freeze of winter 1947, the Scottish Highlands suffered particularly badly and the railways were an invaluable lifeline

Mr Alan Pegler pictured cleaning the wheels of The Flying Scotsman engine, of which he owns. Alan Pegler bought the Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, for £ 3, 000, to save it from the scrap yard

The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive pictured leaving Liverpool for Derby, for an overhaul. It made the journey on time, in 4 hours

Alan Pegler, (right on his ladder), cleans and polishes The Flying Scotsman. Alan Pegler bought the Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, for £ 3, 000, to save it from the scrap yard

Picture shows (right) Mr Alan Pegler, who bought The Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, receiving a silver replica of the engine from a British Rail official

The Flying Scotsman, designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley, is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England

Mr Alan Pegler pictured cleaning The Flying Scotsman Engine window of the drivers cabin. Alan Pegler bought the Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, for £ 3, 000, to save it from the scrap yard

The Flying Scotsman - which has just returned home from America, is pictured here at Chinley, Derbyshire. It is enroute to British Rail Derby for an overhaul. 19th February 1973

The dismantling of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. The railway stretched from as far as Dingle in the south to Seaforth & Litherland.Demolition in the North

A woker applying some oil to one of the steam trains on the Talyllyn railway line which runs for 7.25 miles from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn

Young schoolchildren make their way to Southlands Primary School on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway in Kent. 7th September 1977

Capel Celyn Halt, the last train on the Bala-Blaenau Ffestiniog railway line before the valley was flooded. January 1960. British Railway Steam Locomotive 8727 Collett

Bess, the traction engine turned steam roller being used at Mitford sawmill on 21st April 1966

Chuffed: Mr Benjamin Stafford with his Fowler road locomotive at Beamish Museum, Durham on 4th September 1989

Traction engines and a tank having a tug of war at a Steam Rally on 10th June 1961

Three-year-old Richard Baillie from Forest hall with a miniature traction engine on 13th September 1993

Mr John Bainbridge and Mr Ian Thompson with their 1923 Fowler Steam Roller on 19th June 1989

Michael Charlton from dudley, with his 1988 Burrell traction engine on 13th September 1993

Milburn Stafford with his prize-winning 1920 steam road locomotive on 4th June 1984 at the Veteran Commercial Vehicle Rally, from Stockton to South Shields

Traction engine steam roller Highland Lass at the public weighbridge belonging to the West Cumberland Farmers Trading Society on 2nd June 1972

Mr Walter Hodson pictured with the steam roller Highland Lass on 2th June 1972. Mr Hodson looked after her when she was owned by McAlpine, the builders

Model engineers: Eddie Chapman on his half-ton miniature steam traction engine chats with Derek Bouch on his 1912 11-ton steamroller at the vintage steam

The grand ol lady of steam, the Coquet Lass is to end her days in style instead of on the scrap-heap. The twelve and a half ton stream roller is to be presented by Northumberland County Council to

A railway guard leaped from his van seconds before it was hurled off the line by a steam locomotive pulling two empty passenger coaches on 30th July 1966 The locomotive

More than 200 passengers had a narrow escape at Hexham Station on 1st July 1957, when a coal train crashed into an empty diesel train. they were in the 11 a.m

Children from St Peters Special School, Newcastle take a ride on a model steam locomotive at Haswell Lodge, County Durham on 7th September 1972

Dalegarth Station - the end of the line - driver George Staniforth checks the locomotive River Irt under the shadow of the snowclad lakeland crags on 29th March 1972

Mr Joe Thompson (left) and Mr Tom Tate, owner of the miniature railway at Haswell Lodge, Haswell, County Durham, with one of the engines on 15th August 1971

Ian Storey inside Engine No. 44767 the George Stephenson on 2nd November 1994
Ian Storey inside Engine No.44767 the George Stephenson on 2nd November 1994, a Black Five locomotion which Ian has lovingly restored

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley gets a last minute shine from four year old Roger
Engine No.4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley gets a last minute shine from four year old Roger Clasper, who is helped by his father, Norman on 7th September 1975

Tanfield station master Bill Hampson, a Newcastle engineer, sets off the first engine of the Easter weekend on 19th April 1987

Mike Forrester and Malcolm Bunting on a ACC5 Pecket engine built in 1939 called Ashington No.5 on 24th March 1994

Driver Bill Barker gets ready to give pit engine No. 2274 a send off on its journey to
Driver Bill Barker gets ready to give pit engine No.2274 a send off on its journey to the Bowes Railway at Springwell on 18th June 1976. The engine has been in service at St

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