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Could hear Q6's taking coal into ICI Billingham when I was a boy. Used to count axles going over a bad joint at the level crossing by the station. About 44 as I recall.

Thanks for posting this, such wonderful times in comparison to todays railways. Only fully appreciated now its no longer there to enjoy.

Fantastic quality colour footage ! Reminds me of my 1950/60's train spotting days, and skiving off school for a day at Clapham Junction ! And us kids shed bashing at Nine Elms, Feltham and Guildford MPD's. Thanks for uploading because they were great days in my life.

First class footage, visited Brechin 2 years ago, sadly only a shadow of its former self. Our appetite for all things steam is catered for by such as yourself, many thanks mate.

12:40 anyone recognize this branch line location? Is it Corfe or Colyton?

Live in Pelton Fell and regularly ride the length of the old lines around the county. Stunning scenery, it was a moment in time but its fate was was always sealed once everything had to be shipped in and out.

excellent cine. I also took cine in the area in 66 and 67, but this is miles better than mine and I had no sound but I used a Bolex so the quality is great

This brought back some memories. I did a tour of the steam sheds in the area in 1966, and Sunderland/West Hartlepool MPD's still had plenty of steam. Those old Q6's WD's and J27's were robust powerful locomotives and would still be running today. So glad Q6 63395 survived. Great footage thanks for uploading.

Lovely stuff thanks so much for sharing, so sad at the end. Thanks for the memories.

Superb footage, oh for a time machine!

So many tender engines travelling tender first!

Yes Peter - we must indeed maintain contact. In addition to "taping", I also undertook some filming/video-ing (this however not viewed in decades), but have long returned to sound, and have now obtained most of the 'Argo' records by Peter Handford. For a few years (2015-18) I was also Track Engineer of The West Somerset Railway and accordingly managed several cab-rides (and long walks! I have an interesting story regarding "Flying Scotsman"). However, the fortnightly trek from Kelvedon to Bishops Lydeard/ Stogumber proved onerous and latterly expensive (cabs from here to/from Reading; I do not drive) and this concluded in 2018. Changed my name to "Chris"/ "Kris" but that's another story dating right back to 1972!!!

Great little film! Seeing an engine working tender-first seems so implausible, particularly when you consider all the footage and photos showing otherwise. Obviously it's impossible to do otherwise on so many, or most, of the branches

Wonderfully edited! The wind aided the effects of smoke and steam. For me, a great time to be eighteen. Must go through my neglected slides from that time.

One of the best vids of steam working ive had the pleasure to watch absolutely top notch!

In the last days of Sunderland steam I left Manchester in the early hours on my Lambretta 150 to have a day photographing the mainly coal trains at several locations. I got home tired but not tired enough to miss a wonderful of jazz at the Sports Guild.

33:06 - walked along there just yesterday. Seaton Carew into town. Lovely!

4m28s Branch End Cottages, where mu Aunt Ally (Alice) lived for some years after my Uncle Jakey Field, was killed by a lump of coal at Alnmouth Station. And another view at 10m14. To get to the cottages you walked off the end of the platform, round the back of the signal box and along the cinder path beside the up siding to a foot crossing going over the siding and main line and into the gardens of the cottages.

Working in the cab of a tender-first J27 hauling coal in md-winter on a windswept Northumberland moorland makes me shudder even more than I am right now at 900 meters up towards the Andes in early July..

Great film. So many trains running without either brake van or even a tail light.

So unusual to see a pannier tank locomotive that has no connection with the G.W.R.

Amazing video thank you 😊

Some great shots around Lyndhurst Rd at 9mins too, now Ashurst New Forest campsite. Thanks.

Ive lived very near the line most of my life (Stanley area) and have heard many times that the steepest section was the half mile stretch at Oxhill/New Kyo which is about halfway between Stanley and Annfield Plain. In later years after this video was filmed the iron ore trains were always double headed with class 24 diesel locos

Wonderful video, great to see how it once was.

Will definitely have to dig-out my tape recordings from those days... One shot above was definitely at Bowesfield Junction - very close to where I worked in what I still regard as my "misguided youth" on B.R. - the Area Civil Engineer's Office on Thornaby station. (Incredibly, some years ago I met this engineer near Colchester.) Anyway, every inward working to Tees Yard had to come out again - right past the door of the office. The Q6s of course made the biggest racket!

Fandabi 😊

Wonderful to see those sights of 60 years ago. we know where most of the engines went, but what changes have occurred to our landscape! Superb in every department, thank you.

Very interesting and well-produced video.

Excellent, shows the railway scene long gone. Superb quality, so good I would have guessed that it was 16mm. The sound is excellent, as is the photography at the locations and there is none of that mind-numbing zooming that many people do when videoing nowadays.

I could identify all the locations bar one, 4.14-4.37 ,where is that curve?

Yet another amazing video 😊

I see the two NER preserved locos in their latter days of BR ownership doing what they always did: hauling coal! They are now better cared for but mainly haul passengers. It was so good to see the real thing again. Thanks for the memories of Silksworth in particular. Some lovely shots that bring back to mind all the emotions felt at the time when watching the trains hauling coal and coal empties to and from the pits. In a couple of months the last coal fired power station will close down for ever. The very thing that caused the birth of Railways here in the North East will be gone and an Era ended. So even more important that films like this are there to remind us of the past glories of our Railways for the enlightenment of future generations. Even Newcastle Broon Ale is not what it was! Or so it seems to me.....

Its nice to have just the sounds of the engines without commentary sometimes.

Ryhope Grange Junction

Spent so many hours at the junction from Sunderland down to the docks between 1964 to 1967,J27 ,Q6 ,K1,WD and even the odd Pacific running light from Gateshead to take out lengthy Mail order parcels trains :happy days ,

Just when you think this steam collection couldn’t get any better you watch another and it does! Thanks again for sharing these treasures of our past.

More great video from your Archive. The sight of those long trains with the locomotive on full regulator must of been incredible in real

Great video. Was wondering where the location is in the scene with the WD coming onto a main line by a level crossing and signal box.

Outstanding content and quality.

A beautiful film! You’ve caught so much of the atmosphere of coal workings and everyday happenings! Light engine, engine and brake van, tender first, assistance by diesel, pinning down brakes, level crossing gates closing after train has passed…..wonderful!

Absolutely superb evocative footage

Another brilliant vid.... many thanks for this, I look forwards to other ones....

I'm saving this it's so good ❤

Steem those days i missed lovely🚂🚂🚂🚂❤it thanks

Tremendous! I miss those sights and sounds - thanks for filming for posterity!

Yet another gem Peter, what was the blue star on the locomotive all about, I'm guessing something to do with Newckie Broon, on the Sunderland system, sacrilege .... Shared to north east railway groups on Facebook...

A no5 at North tyneside railway would look good painted in NCB Green livery again

Absolutely brilliant

Fantastic.