Public Transport Collection (page 21)

The remains of the waiting room of Blaydon Railway Station on 10th July 1977 which has been seriously damaged by vandals

A general view of the deserted High Shields Railway Station which shows little indication that it is still in use on 3rd February 1971

A general view of Boldon Colliery Railway Station on 30th June 1976

A general view of the disused Lintz Green Railway Station on the Newcastle to Consett line on 6th August 1953

A general view of the now disused Carville Railway Station in Wallsend on 18th April 1973

Mr. J. G. Rennie, the assistant training officer, is served with a meal by trainee waiter Alex Irving of Newcastle, on 24th November 1970, watched by J

Brian Beacher of Whitley Bay and Graham Lamb (right) of Gosforth on 21st September 1985. They are both going to work on the new British Rail Pullman

Proud of their station, thats how the staff at Durham feel on August 13, 1979. They have just won a certificate of merit from British Rail for customer care

A real high speed team - drivers David Sursham (centre) and colin forster with guard Bill Smith at Newcastle Central Station on 21st May 1986

The new type of continental level crossing at Choppington Station, near Bedlington on 7th January 1968

Signalman Ron Challenor in the British Rail signal box at Dudley which has gone over to closed circuit television on 11th September 1973

The railway signal box at Benton, Newcastle on 3rd March 1964

When a mechanical fault put the Follingsby automatic level crossing out of action ofn 16th January 1984 signal man Steve Shields and his flags stepped in to save the day

The Victorian Newton Cap viaduct at Bishop Auckland, on 20th July 1995, which has been changed into a road bridge

The Plessey level crossing that has been switched on to close circuit television on 27th October 1977

Britains first Hovertrain leaving the Vickers factory at South Marson, near Swindon, Wiltshire, on 3rd August, 1971, en route tot he experimental test track at Earith, Hunts

The control tower of the Tyne marshalling yard at Lamesley on 21st June 1963. The men at the control desk are Mr. G. Sutton (left), and Mr. R. McCauley. Standing is Mr. J

Empty tracks in the snow outside Newcastle Central Station on 16th February 1979

An Intercity 225 electric train crossing the King George Bridge over the River Tyne on the East Coast main line on 3rd June 1995

The first electric Intercity 225 passenger train arrives at Newcastle Central Station on 10th June 1991

A diesel train at Kirkbride in Cumbria which was inspected by the Mayor of Carlisle, Coun. T. J. Lancaster who is also a British Railways guard on 25th November 1954

A British Rail diesel train roars along the track near Tyne Dock Station, South Shields where two youngsters were killed recently

Heaton Traction Depot production manager Len Purdy pictured with the new British Rail Pacer train on 12th September 1985

The last train waits at Washington Station for the signal to pull out on 13th June 1963

The last few passengers board the last train as it leaves Washington Station on 13th June 1963

Two British Rail Diesel Multiple Units pulling into Newcastle Central Station on 23rd September 1970

Mr. Ray Buckton, the ASLEF General Secretary tries the drivers seat in British Rails new High Speed train just before it left Kings Cross for Darlington on 2nd August, 1973

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

Engine No. 4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley gets a last minute shine from four year old Roger
Engine No.4498 the Sir Nigel Gresley gets a last minute shine from four year old Roger Clasper, who is helped by his father, Norman on 7th September 1975

Tanfield station master Bill Hampson, a Newcastle engineer, sets off the first engine of the Easter weekend on 19th April 1987

Mike Forrester and Malcolm Bunting on a ACC5 Pecket engine built in 1939 called Ashington No.5 on 24th March 1994

Driver Bill Barker gets ready to give pit engine No. 2274 a send off on its journey to
Driver Bill Barker gets ready to give pit engine No.2274 a send off on its journey to the Bowes Railway at Springwell on 18th June 1976. The engine has been in service at St

Volunteer Rosemary Smith welcomes the Deltic diesel locomotive to the Stephenson Rail Museum, North Shields on 27th April 1994

The final touches being made to a steam engine before the public arrive at Marley Hill Colliery Sheds on 28th May 1973

Tanfield Railway carriage foreman Mel Deighton working on the 50 year old LNER Ballast Brake which was converted to a passenger carriage

British Rail driver Peter Higgins with the "police train"
British Rail driver Peter Higgins with the " police train" on 26th July 1985 which was used in a television commercial

The XP 64, or The Talisman train on the East Coast main line service at Newcastle Central Station on 16th June 1966

Frank Patterson, General Manager of British Rail Eastern Region, Peter Edwards, Depot Manager at Heaton and Alan Goldfinch, Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Eastern Region

In brand new black and blue paintwork, the Sir Nigel Gresley, is pictured at the NCB Workshops at Philadelphia on 20th July 1975

The Silver Link, drawing the silver Jubilee train, speeding past Durham on its run to Kings Cross on 11th June 1936

Mr. Jim Rees at Beamish Museum with a full scale replica of George Stephensons Locomotion No.1 on 3rd May 1989

A replica of George Stephensons Rocket on display at Carlisle on 4th June 1958

The horse drawn Dandy is the subject of great interest at Carlisle Station on 3rd June 1958

Castle Gate, Stockton, showing The Old Fleece Inn, on the Quay and part of the railway which was at one end of the worlds first passenger railway line, opened in 1825

Feast your eyes on one of the last links of the steam train era. It will be the last time, for Carlisles old water shed in Upperby sidings is being demolished on 11th July 1975

The North Tyneside steam locomotive ready for a Thomas the Tank Engine day on 24th August 1994

Holding a firemans shovel, the Mayor, Coun. Frank Mavin, celebrates the Stephenson Railway Museum launch with train driver Richard Swales on 2nd May 1987

British Rail driver Ken Hedley from Blyth, on 23rd April 1973, drives diesel trains every day of the week and escapes to the North Yorkshire Railway at Grosmont to drive steam locomotives at weekends

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