Transport Collection (#93)

Locomotive No. 21 steamed into spring at the Tanfield Railway, near Stanley, after its winter overhaul on 20th May 1986. Boiler inspector Edward McPhee gives the all-clear for the engines busy season

Astronauts travel around central Coventry advertising "The Space Age Press Ball"
Astronauts travel around central Coventry advertising " The Space Age Press Ball" at the Hotel Leofric circa 1957

Mr. Bill Armstrong of Whickham with shunting engine No. 13 at Dunston Power Station on 6th
Mr. Bill Armstrong of Whickham with shunting engine No.13 at Dunston Power Station on 6th May 1972

The Pallion locomotive which has been in service since 1902 at the Doxford and Sunderland Shipbuilding and Enginerring company on 14th January 1971

The canal at Hawksbury, South Gloucestershire, Circa 1951

Lib - The departure of the 1926 Lord Nelson class steam engine from Newcastle Central Station, which had more than 170 North East licensees on the Pullman coaches behind on 23th July 1985

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

Thee little ones study steam locomotives at the Tanfield Railway engine sheds which were open to the public on 18th April 1995, the Easter Bank Holiday

The Wellington steam engine on 5th March 1991

Former Midland Duchess of Hamilton during a special working in 1980 to commemorate 150 years of Railway Mail Trains on 20th January 1980

The Jubilee class Leander on 31st August, 1975

The historical locomotive "City of Truro"was on show to the public at
The historical locomotive " City of Truro" was on show to the public at the Western Region Depot. The City of Truro reached a record speed of 102.3 miles an hour when hauling an Oceans

Steam trains leaving the sheds at Tanfield Railway on 3rd April, 1988

Sixty five year old Eddie Dyke, of Sunderland who is chairman of the South Tynedale Railway Society at Alston with his teddy

Visiting steam locomotive No. 2005 leaving Newcastle Central Station on 13th June 1987

The Royal Scott steam train on 29th June 1959

The new British Railways express, The Caledonian pulls out of Carlisle Station on 17th June 1957

The City of Wells steam locomotive opens the new travel interchange at Gateshead railway station on 3 August 1987

The former Midland Duchess of Hamilton on 1st October 1981

Donald Mackinlay of distillers Charles Mackinlay toasts the departure of the 1926 Lord Nelson class steam engine which had more than 170 North East licensees on the Pullman coaches behind on 23th

Locomotive No. 21 steamed into spring at the Tanfield Railway, near Stanley, after its winter overhaul. Boiler inspector Edward McPhee gives the all clear for the engines busy season to come

Leeds United return from their victory over Valencia. l-r Billy Bremner, Mike O Grady, and Jim Storey. 17th February 1966

The ex-Great Western Railways locomotive King George V drew a big crowd in London on 4th October 1971. She was pulling a trin holding an exhibition of products of her present owners

Steam locomotive 44767 George Stephenson leaves Newcastle over the Kinge George Bridge for its trip to Manchester on 18th March 1995

Locomotive number 92220 the Evening Star in action on 11th March 1985 celebrating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first section of railway brom Blaydon to Hexham

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

The Sir Nigel Gresley at Newcastle Central Station on 29th April 1995

Work on the new marshalling yards on 16th March 1960, which when completed will be the most modern yards in Europe has now reached the " machine age" when machines take over from the men

Lib - Engineer John Maughan gives some idea of the size on one of the exhibits at the Stephenson Railway Museum on 14th June 1994 while sitting on Engine No.2509 the Silverlink A4 Pacific locomotive

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

Members of the 3rd Washington (Donwell) Scouts were at Bowes Railway Museum on 27th March 1991 cleaning up brake vans as part of the Scout Job Week

The Causey Rambler steaming along Tanfield Railway on 4th September 1994

A general picture of a steam locomotive getting some attention from its engineer and driver on 15th April 1995

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

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

Snooker player Alex Hurricane Higgins being searched at London Airport. 6th May 1973

Manchester United players Denis Law and John Fitzpatrick returning from Milan April 1969

A winter snow scene, 28th March 1977. Cars struggle up a bank at Birches Nook, Stocksfield, Northumberland. (Austin Maxi followed by a Ford Cortina MK3, Ford Escort MK2 and Morris Marina)

Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull in a carriage leaving Euston Station waiting to leave for a summer school in Bangor, Wales with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The journey was also made by The Beatles

An old London Horse Bus which used to operate in Brixton is given a new lease of life transporting passengers from Chessington South Station to the zoo. 27th March 1944

The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C Mk1 freightercoach aircraft which has a fare-cutting airbus version. The plane has four Rolls Royce Dart turbo-prop engines

The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy freightercoach aircraft which has a fare-cutting airbus version. The plane has four Rolls Royce Dart turbo-prop engines

The Rolling Stones arrive at Manchester from London. l-r Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts. 9th August 1964

Jacqueline Gordon aged 3, standing by a school bus full of children. July 1952

A car driving alond an empty country road by Loch Broom near Ullapool on the west coast of Ross and Cromart, Scotland. 23rd August 1951

It lacks the style and elegant finish of todays saloon car, but this replica of Henry Fords first model caused as much interest as any product just off the assemly line when it visited Fords Imperial

There are no jokes about women drivers from the two latest recruits on a Midland Red driving course in Leamington - for they are women

The Dandy a horse drawn railway passenger vehicle which ran between Drumburgh and Port Carlisle, Cumberland when the first North British line to silloth was opened in 1864

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