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A policeman looks on as a RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from RAF Boulmer lands at Richardson Road, Newcastle, near the Royal Victoria Infirmary. 08/11/1980
The demolition of Manors Railway Station on 11th September 1985
A general view of Jesmond Railway Station on 4th September 1975
Two boys are watching out for trains at the derelict Heaton Railway Station on 4th September 1972
Sir William McAlpine. Chairman of the Railway Heritage Trust at Hexham Railway Station which nearly £ 200, 000 has been spent on refurbishments on 9th March 1999
Annabel Crow, of Haswell took a turn at the controls of a steam locomotive at Haswell Lodge, County Durham on 15th August 1971
Driver George Staniforth on the footplate of the River Irt at Ravenglass Station on 29th March 1972
A little railway engine from the Welsh valleys has arrived at Alston Station on 30th January 1980. It will go into action soon helping to lay a new narrow gauge track from the Cumbrian end of
British Rail driver Mr. Gordon Charlton on 20th July 1973
Mr. Prem Vohra, an inter-city rail guard, "whistles out"Mr. Prem Vohra, an inter-city rail guard, " whistles out" a new train as it starts its journey on 4th May 1970
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we ll begin. Inter-City 125 drivers Colin Forster (left) and David Sursham in the cab on 21st May 1986
Mr. Harry Gray of Benton, stands beside a 2, 500 h. p. Brush Sulzer engine at GatesheadMr. Harry Gray of Benton, stands beside a 2, 500 h.p. Brush Sulzer engine at Gateshead on 27th February 1971
Mr. William Hodgson, porter at Stocksfield station, fixes the portable steps to a Carlisle train for a passenger to walk down on 18th January 1969
The new style hat for a Biritsh Rail ticket collector as seen on Mr. Fred McIver on 24th November 1966
The British Rail crossing keeper of Seaton Bank Top crossing, Seaham (name not known) on 28th April 1977
Rail workers extending the track for the Stephenson Railway at Percy Main on 15th August 1989
British Rail guard Tom Starkie of Stonegarth, at work on the Carlisle to Settle railway on 18th February 1984
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
Mr. Frank Baley vacuums seats while cleaning a carriage ready for another journey on 10th September 1971
A scene inside football fans special disco train on 9th April 1975
A sentimental journey for John Bradley who took his last trip on the Pullman from Newcastle to London on 30th April 1976
Ex Newcastle United manager Joe Harvey and his wife Ida take the last Pullman train to London on 30th April 1976
The modern light signals, which now control the entire London to Edinburgh line on 2nd November 1977
A British Rail workman using the old fashioned hand and flag signal on 1st, December 1994
Signal man Walter Allan opening the level crossing at Clifton with the push of a button on 1st April 1975, from the comfort of his signal box at Stannington where they have installed closed circuit
A man crossing the railway line illegally on 13th May 1981
Trainee signalman Derek Colley, from Denton Burn, Newcastle, keeps his eye on the Down Main from West Jesmond signal box during his practical training
Ted Tomiak, a student from Jesmond, Newcastle, on signal box duty on 23rd April 1973
Pupils from John Street School in Jarrow, enjoying a relaxed classroom with lots reading and drawing 8 May 1971
Railway enthusiasts Derek Cowan, Eric Maxwell and Neil Morgan taking a break from track laying on 22nd October 1986. They were extending the Tanfield Model Railway to East Tanfield village in
A general view of the sidings at the new Tyne marshalling yard at Lamesley on 21st June 1963
The marshalling yard control tower at Tyne marshalling yard, Lamesley on 21st June 1963. Sixty feet high, it is the power house of the yard
The scene at the Team Valley marshalling yard on Sunday 27th June 1982 as trains and wagons stand idle
Work has begun on 23rd May 1975, on a £7, 000 scheme to keep trespassers off aWork has begun on 23rd May 1975, on a £ 7, 000 scheme to keep trespassers off a stretch of railway line where two schoolboys died. It runs past the Deans Estate at Tyne Dock, South Shields
A man illegally crossing the railway line at West Jesmond Station on 12th March, 1978 following the closure of the underpass
At the end of its inaugural run, on 14th March 1938, the first electric train in the Newcastle to South Shields service draws into South Shields station
The new type of electric train departed from Newcastle Central Station on its South Shields run at 11 o clock on 10th February 1955. A passenger boards the train
Train driver Bob Elington with a new Intercity 225 electric train on 7th August 1991
The L. N. E. R.s latest electric train made its inaugural run on the Newcastle to coastThe L.N.E.R.s latest electric train made its inaugural run on the Newcastle to coast line on 30th July 1937. The express approaches the Newcastle Central Station at the end of the run from Tynemouth
An deisel engine being inspected on 26th April 1972
A mock up car is used on the set of the television programme Z Cars by Joseph Brady, who plays Jock Weir, and right, Brian Blessed, who plays Fancy Smith
Into the River Eden for a wash for this horse and two bareback riders at the Appleby Horse Fair in Westmorland, Cumbria on 10th June 1983
Mr. Alan Smith one of the guysers who is taking part in Allendales Tar Barrel fire ceremony on 1st January 1976
Dressed in a black and gold costume, Town Crier Douglas Knott, bellows out the proclamations and offically opens Hexham Town Fair 25 August 1980
Town Crier Douglas Knott, bellows out the proclamations and offically opens Hexham Town Fair 27 August 1979
This picture was taken in Allendale on Hogmanay and gives an indication of what to expect during the traditional tar barrel fire festival on 1st January 1933
Alnwick Town Crier John Stevenson heads the procession through the town 26 June 1983
Newcastle students rolled out the barrel around Greys Monument on 22nd October 1963 as part of their Rag Week effort. And the chap inside of it said afterwards: " I had quite a turn."
