Steam Collection (page 5)

Sara Brooks, Alison Brooks and Ann Tuck are helping out at an open day at Tanfield Railway on 7th April 1980

Restoration engineer Grodon Stark, on the flat bed is helping to move an anciet wagon at the Stephenson Rail Museum, Silverlink, North Shields on 5th February 1998

Engine No. 60163 Tornado Peppercorn Class Al Pacific steam locomotive which was build in 1990 by a group of enthusiasts on 27th September 1997

A new steam age got under way in the North East as the inaguarel train broke a small tape to open the Bowes Railway Museum on 12th April 1981

Alan Hogg, aged 13, from Heaton, cleans up the sir Cecil A. cochrane engine before the visitors arrive at Gatesheads own preserved railway on 7th April 1980

Martin Smith from Tanfield Railway Museum with the brightly coloured 0-6-0 industrial locomotive used to shunt cement wagons along a branch line into the depot of Castle Cement (Ribblesdale) Ltd

Peter Weightman of Jesmond at the controls of an 0-4-0 engine, built in the 1880s, at the Marley Hill Steam Centre, which held an open day on 14th April 1974

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

Restoration engineer Grodon Stark is helping to move an anciet wagon at the Stephenson Rail Museum, Silverlink, North Shields on 5th February 1998

Peter Wakeman and Mel Deighton who restored the Victorian railway carriage at Tanfield Railway on 30th January 1994

Paul Grounsell senior museum attendant finishes the nameplates for the restored locomotive Jackie Milburn which bell be named today at the Stephenson Railway Museum, Silverlink

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

Michael Nelson, 9, from Sunningdale School, sunderland on a steam locomotive at Bowers Museum on 15th July 1996

Visitors wath the steam trains in action at the Stephenson Railway Museum, Silverlink, North Shields on 4th May 1997

Children from Sunningdale School, Sunderland on a steam locomotive at Bowes Railway Museum on 15th July 1996

Laura Milson, 3, of Whitley Bay, thanks the engine driver, Ken Hedley at the North Tyneside Stephenson Railway Museum, after riding on the Teddy Bear Special on 29th August 1998

The Silver Jubilee steam locomotive steams up the Tyne Valley towards Alston on 3rd April 1998

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

Vic Gascoigne of Sunniside, a former NCB engine driver, getting ready to take visitors on trips along the newly gifted track on Gatesheads own preserved railway on 7th April 1980

Members of the Association of Railway Preservation Societies (from left); David Morgan, Eric Maxwell and Peter Overstone at the Tanfield Railway Company, Sunniside, Gateshead on 13th April 1986

Eric Maxwell with some of his engines at Tanfield Railway on 14th June 1984

Christopher Awdery looks over theoriginal ticket office at Monkwearmohth Station Museum, Sunderland on 19th June 1998

Dave Westcott of Derby throws his hat up in a salute to the little Sussex based Terrier class " Fenchurch" tank engine on 31st August 1975

Steam locomotive No. 2005 at Newcastle Central Station on 13th June 1987, on its way to Glasgow to work the West Highlander steam service between fort william and Mallaig

Malcolm Brown left, and Gordon Bainbridge, beside a fire damaged guards van and hopper on 30th June 1985

Tanfield Railway Association guard Bob Payne flags away the newly-commissioned Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 steam locomotive built in 1911 at the Marley Hill track on 23rd May 1984

A 60 seater Diesel electric Armstrong Whitworth railbus, the first of its kind in the country, beginning a run from Newcastle Central Station on 26th September 1933

Engine No. 4472 The Flying Scotsman at sidings in Shildon on 22nd August 1975
Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman at sidings in Shildon on 22nd August 1975

Rail enthusiasts of all ages had an apportunity to recapture the pas on 10th May 1969 when the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman came to Newcastle on what could be its last visit to the North East

There was a brisk sale in platform tickets when Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman called at Central Station, Newcastle to take on water on 3rd June 1967

Engine No. 4472 The Flying Scotsman at Newcastle Central Station on 8th May 1964
Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman at Newcastle Central Station on 8th May 1964

Crowds of train enthusiasts lined the platforms at Carlisle Station on 15th May 1965 to see Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman

The Flying Scotsman near Greenhead on 14th March 1982

Engine No. 4472 The Flying Scotsman leaving an admiring audience
Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman leaving an admiring audience and the platform of Central Station, Newcastle on 9th September 1967

A new life began for the crack engine No. 4472 The flying Scotsman the famous engine, bought for 3, 000 by a 43 year old Mr

Steve Sandever, job creation supervisor at Cornforth Steam-town checking the lubrication of the Flying Scotsman on 12th May 1977

Young train spotter were able to take a look at railway history on 23rd February 1965 at the Central Station, Newcastle when one of the old giants of the steam era Engine No.4472 The Flying Scotsman

One the 1st May 1968 the Flying Scotsman thundered into the Central Station, Newcastle on a non stop run from Londons King Cross station to Edinburgh

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

Supervisor Hughie Rowlands aboard the restored LNER Peppercorn A2 classs No. 60532 Blue Peter at thornaby Stockyard on 22nd February 1992

Driver John Maughan at the controls of one of the locomotives at the Stephenson Railway Museum, Silverlink, North Shields on 22nd June 1991

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

Fireman Andrew Arnold, stokes up the Tanfield Rambler on 28th August 1997

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

The Tableau Train, of all types, drawn by the war veteran No. 130 wearing its chevrons at the Railway Centenary Celebrations on 3rd July 1925

Killingworth Billy, one of George Stephensons marvels on 27th May 1981

The Snow Plough on the snow-bound railway near Blackhill encountered many difficulties when looking for lost train in North West Durham on 27th February 1933

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

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