Steam Collection (page 4)

Margaret Younger, of Birtley, shows her skill at the wheel at a display held by the North of England Steam Traction Engine Society at Dunkirk Farm, Birtley, on 9th June 1962

Traction engine mad John Bainbridge who is hoping to restore this steam engine to its full glory on 22nd May 1995

To a casual passer-by a small area off the village square in Newbottle, County Durham, looks like a steam rollers graveyard on 4th February 1964

The Busy Bee Traction Engine on 3rd July 1957 on its way to Lambton Park, Chester-le-Street where a Traction Engine Rally is being held

Old Roly is dying, deserted and derelict and lies rusting away at the Church Walk play park in Morpeth on 24th July 1980. Now safety experts at Castle Morpeth Council say the old boy is in such bad

A little boy trying our a miniature tractor on show among the traction engines at the Vintage Car and Steam Engine Show at Corbridge on 12th June 1994

Steam Roller Brenda (1920 vintage) with the two men who have given her a new lease of life on 17th February 1962

Railway enthusiasts crowd the platform at Leamington station to witness the passsing of the last steam-hauled passenger train in the area - the Birkenhead Flyer headed by No

Through the murk and lattice work roof, a pyramid of light shafts surround a London & North Western Railway Claughton class 4-6-0 No

At journeys end for London commuters were sights like this at Liverpool Street, more a cathedral of smog than steam in the 1950s. Trains wait by the platforms at Liverpool Street Station

The A1 class locomotive number 4472, "Flying Scotsman"
The A1 class locomotive number 4472, " Flying Scotsman" seen here leaving Kings Cross station for the first ever " non-stop" Flying Scotsman service for Edinburgh on the May 1

Holiday crowds seen here at Paddington station in central London, circa August 1945

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh: Royal tour of Nigeria 1956: A charming and unusual picture of the Queen and the Duke as the Royal train left Lagos Terminus on Saturday 11th Feb

Southern Railway Class K Steam locomotive number steams out of the sheds, circa 1965

Opening of Hawthorns Station at West Bromwich by the Great Western Railway, 26th December 1931

Interior view of Birmingham New Street station, 1927

The Great Western Railway Manor class 4-6-0 steam locomotive Foxcote Manor, number 7822, departs from Llangollen heading a Barmouth - Birmingham excursion train, passing the River Dee. Circa 1955

The London North East Railway Class A4 4-6-2 steam locomotive 60028 "Walter K
The London North East Railway Class A4 4-6-2 steam locomotive 60028 " Walter K. Wingham" (previously known as Sea Eagle)

The London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Jubilee Class 4-6-0 steam locomotive Barfleur, number 45685, departs from Birmingham New street heading the 12.48 York to Bristol express train

Holidaymakers on the platform at Snow Hill Station in Birmingham awaiting the arrival of the " Cornishman" a British Railways express passenger train to Penzance, Cornwall. 17th April 1954

Steam billows around the London Midland & Scottish Railway Class 2F Ivatt locomotive 46522 at New Street Station, Birmingham as passengers along with onlookers prepare for a sentimental last journey

A snowplough waiting to be attached to an engine in the sheds on 9th September 1972

A picture of a ticket from the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and North Mail excursion to see the Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary leave the Clyde on Tuesday, March 24, 1936

Keith McNulty, Hon. Treasurer with a Bagnall 0-6-0 locomotive built in 1950 at the George Stephenson Railway Museum on 5th February 1991

One one of the giants of the railway - now just a skeleton remains waiting to be broken up at a breakers yard at North Blyth on 5th January 1965

The Kingfisher, shorn of her brilliant plumage and even her nameplate, awaits her fate in the breakers yard on 4th June 1967

Some old engines waiting to be broken up at a breakers yard at North Blyth on 5th January 1965

A general view of Seaburn Railway Station at Sunderland on 3rd January, 1951. It is a very busy station nowadays, and is one of twelve being considered for reconstruction by the British Railways

The last goodbye? Farewell time as the train to Settle prepares to leave Carlisle Station on 18th February 1984

One of the scheduled services sets off on the Eskdale miniature railway on 26 May 1976

The River Irt, a splendid reminder af of bygone, era, getting up steam to leave Ravenglass Station on 29th March, 1972

A miniature railway train. belonging to The Pilgrim Steam Railway Company with passengers on 10th August 1992

The River Esk locomotive on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway on 26th May 1976

The Silver Jubilee train at the official opening of Cumbras narrow gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway on 29th May 1977

The River Irt, getting up steam to leave Ravenglass Station on 29th March 1972

Passengers ride on the miniature engine and carriages on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway on 27th May 1976

Three engines wait at Blyth for the hammer on 5th January, 1965

Engineer Ian Cowan takes a look at the rare Victorian saloon carriage on 1st October 1990, which is being restored and put back into service at the Tanfield Railway Museum

The first post war Pullman Train as she passed through Low Fell en route for Kings Cross after leaving Glasgow on 9th July 1945

Railway enthusiasts were given a blast of steam from the past on 24th August 1975. The Sir Cecil Cochrane started work again on the old Tanfield Wagonway at Marley Hill

An engineer taking a break from working on this old steam locomotive on 21st August 1972

LNER Engine No. 4771 making its way past the crowds on the Shildon to Darlington line at the 150 anniversary celebrations on 31st August 1975

A steam train rolling on the private line of Tanfield Railway on 23rd March 1984

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

One of the steam locomotives at Tanfield Railway near Stanley, County Durham doing one of its summer runs on 20th June 1993

The Sir Cecil A. Cochrane, one of the engines at Tanfield Railway on 31st August 1981

LNER Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley, and a Stirling steam locomotive making their way past the crowds on the Shildon to Darlington line at the 150 anniversary celebrations on 31st August 1975

Alison Ashby, nine, and fellow pupils from Marley Hill School are helping to clean up Sunniside Station and some of the line which is part of Tanfield Railway on 5th October 1986

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