Steam Collection (page 8)

Linda Iley beside Braddyll on 6th May 1973, an old engine that once served as a snow plow

A steam train on show to the public on 6th June 1981 at Newcastle Central Station

The Britannia class locomotive Oliver Cromwell which hauled the last steam train into Carlisle on 12th August 1968

The Coronation Stream-Lined Train snaking its way out of Newcastle Central Station on 2nd July 1937 en route to Edinburgh

One of the diminishing number of steam engines still operating is seen hauling a freight train north of Newcastle on 18th May 1963

In a blinding rainstorm the Silver Jubilee engine Silver Link thunders along near Darlington on its first service run on 1st October 1935

A model of George Stephensons Locomotion No. 1 on 7th June 1981
A model of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 on 7th June 1981. The engine drew the first passenger train on the Darlington and Stockton Railway on September 27, 1825

Engine No. 60964 has begun a new life with the illustrious name The Durham Light Infantry
Engine No.60964 has begun a new life with the illustrious name The Durham Light Infantry on 29th April 1938 given to it to mark the regiments centenary

The railway men of Italy presented a bronze shield weighing about a ton in commemoration of the work of George Stephenson as the father of railway during the Railway Centenary Celebrations on 4th

The famous old steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley powers its way through Morpeth Station on 29th April 1995

The first non stop luxury express from Kings Cross to Edinburgh, The Captial Limited, passing through Newcastle on its way to the North on 19th July 1949

A rare rail relic bought by the Stephenson and Hawthorn Loco Trust has returned to its native North eAst to retire. The 106 year old steam engine

Youngsters enjoying the last few days of their holidays find the old steam trains at Tanfield Railway an attraction on 31st August 1981

Jonathon Thornton, 5, and Sarah Anson, 6, of Ovington sitting on Killingworth Billy at the George Stephenson Rally at Wylam on 9th June, 1981

The replica of George Stephensons Rocket in action on 5th Spetember 1981

A locomotive built at Hetton Colliery in 1822 headed the Railway Centenary Celebration procession on 3rd July 1925

Outside Kings Cross engine sheds locomotives stand idle on 1st June 1955 - a sight likely to make Londoners angry, as they are forced to walk to work or are stranded in seaside resorts

After almost 60 years of hauling pit props and timber at Blyth docks, this little green and black steam engine, with its copper fire box, has come to the end of the line

Locomotive J21, known as the Green Lady is being fully restored at Beamish Museum, County Durham where she is on show at Rowley Station

Steam train leaves Blair Atholl on the railway route from Perth northwards to Forres in Morayshire, Scotland, passing through the Grampian mountain range. Circa 1947

If you want to know why Britains city buildings were blackened, heres one of the reasons. Back on familiar territority, Flying Scotsman blasts out of Newcastle on the East Coast Mainline in May

Nobody had heard of carbon footprints in 1969, but Flying Scotsman stamps a hugh cloud of smoke across the London skies as it storms out of London Kings Cross

Children stand next to the Caledonian loco No 419 Steam Train owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society circa 1985

Simmering in a shed yard, No. 60022 Mallard gets a check from its crew in March 1965, just prior to withdrawal by British Railways after 1.5m miles of service

Driver "Spud"Murphy (who surely had to be a train driver with such a name
Driver " Spud" Murphy (who surely had to be a train driver with such a name) and fellow crewmen wave to spectators from the bufferbeam of the last train on East SussexOs " Cuckoo

Mr Alan Pegler pictured cleaning The Flying Scotsman Engine name plate and wheel arch at its home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Liverpool Street Station in London The Arched roof is filed with smoke from a steam train as it pulls into the station Circa 1950

Dominion of Canada steam locomotive June 1938 leaving London Kings Cross for Edinburgh on the East Coast Line

Mr Alan Pegler and his crew of volunteers pictured cleaning The Flying Scotsman Engine. Alan Pegler is 2nd from the right, next to the man on the ladder

Engine driver and fireman on the footplate of thier locomotive at Charing Cross station June 1950

ItOs all too much for driver Charles Carter, as he turns away from watching the departure from Crewe Works of the last steam locomotive to be overhauled by British Railways

One of the new Merchant Navy Class Engines having its front lamp cleaned by the engine driver at Waterloo Station May 1943

Trainspotters gather at the end of the platform at Waterloo station. August 1952

Electric coaling installation and inspection pit at Kings Cross Station. Whilst this operation takes place the driver and the fireman clean the A3 LNER locomotive " Bayardo" September 1929

West of England and Scilly Isles Flower Special arriving at Paddington Station in the early hours of the morning February 1937

The Flying Scotsman leaving Kings Cross for the very last time. It travels to Edinburgh. The Flying Scotsman, designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

Elliott Gould actor standing in front of a steam train in a scene from the film The Lady Vanishes November 1978 dbase msi

World steam speed record holder, Gresley A4 class No. 4468 Mallard is going well along the Settle & Carlisle Railway, with the distinctive slope of Pen-y-Ghent behind reflecting its smoke box

As British Railways bring in to operation their new diesel and electric locomatives spare a thought for the old workhorses of the network

LNER A3 Pacific 2746 Fairway steam locomotive at full speed leaving a trail of smoke as it races through the Hertfordshire countryside. Circa 1936

Small boys admire the Battle of Britain class steam locomotive during an open day at the Ashford railway works August 1949

Another group of spotters in July 1960 gather at Finsbury Park on the East Coast Mainline, where the caring authorities put a viewing platform at their disposal

Theres no fog on the Tyne, but still plenty of atmosphere in this sunset view over the river from Gateshead in January, 1938

At the other end of its revenue-earning mainline career, Flying Scotsman makes its final exit from KingOs Cross for British Railways in 1963

Steam engine drivers enjoy a cup of tea on a shunting engine in the Cardiff Docks. This images is just one in the series called Life in the Mirror taken in the early 1950s

A father and son admire the steam locomotive during an open day at the Ashford railway works August 1949

Crowds gather for the last train from Crystal Palace to Richmond, in September, 1954

A tank engine arriving at a rural English train station on a preservation line circa 1990

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