Steam Collection (page 6)

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

The replica of the 1829 original George Stephensons Rocket arrived by trailer at Newcastle Civic Centre and will be on show to the public on 25th June 1980

The train now standing at Birtley service station on the A1 motorway is more than 24 hours late on 23rd February 1989. The famous steam locomotive

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 George Stephenson South Street Locomotive Works offices in Newcastle Upon Tyne on 9th June 1998

The interior of the George Stephenson South Street Locomotive Works in Newcastle Upon Tyne on 9th June 1998. The picture show Mike Brown with some of the original equipment

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

Driver Bill Tully celebrates 10, 000 miles under steam with a full scale replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1at Beamish Museum on 12th September 1980

A replica of George Stephensons Rocket outside the Newcastle Civic Centre on 25 June 1980

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

Three of the lads who helped to build the replica of George Stephensons Rocket. Left to right, Peter Ratcliffe of Wardley, Colin Seatory and David Heighton

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

Colin Umpleby, training officer at British Rail, Shildon on 26th February 1980 with the replica of the Sans Parell steam engine built at Shildon more than 150 years ago by Timothy Hackworth

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

The locomotive George Stephenson pulls into Wylam Station to mark the Stephenson celebrations on 6th June 1981

The L. M. S. engine Coronation a new streamlined train with the famous George Stephenson
The L.M.S. engine Coronation a new streamlined train with the famous George Stephenson Rocket in front on 1st May 1957

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 replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No. 1 at Darlington train museum on 27th
A replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 at Darlington train museum on 27th September 1995

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

An old steam engine that has been saved for preservation on 20th December 1979

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

Volunteers Ian cowan (right) and Eric Maxwell are reconstructing the Gibraltar Bridge at Marley Hill on the site of Tanfield Railway on 11th February 1987

A steam trains makes its way majestically round a bend on the Tanfield Railway on 23rd April 1973

An Engineer giving his steam locomotive a last clean before going on show to the public on 28th May 1973

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

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

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