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In a timeless scene the crossing keeper watches the train go past before he opens the crossing gates.It could be 1900 in industrial Northeast England

BOWES RAILWAY IS IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND OPENED IN 1826

A4 Pacfic No 60009 arrives at Newcastle with the up Coronation

The Network Rail measurement train on approach to Newcastle Station.

Monday lunch time at Newcastle Station.

Stanier 4-6-2 'Duchess of Hamilton', no. 46229, paid a visit to Newcastle in March 1985. She's a beauty! She slipped all the way out of the station on the greasy curved rails, and she made quite s... (more)

'Evening Star', the last steam engine built by British Railways (in 1960), pauses at Newcastle while on a railfan tour.

The east end of Newcastle station is directly overlooked by the 900-year old city's castle - a great place for watching trains. This view has been spoiled now by track rationalisation and overhead... (more)

The Tyne and Wear Metro is basically a subway, but it runs through some semi-rural seaside suburbs. Here, 4067 wears the original Tyne & Wear livery in 1985.

Woah, that's moving! This northbound HST was doing the full 125 mph limit when I captured it in March 1985 in its original (and still smartest) BR color scheme.

A4 Bittern at Newcastle on the"North Briton" charter.

60009 pauses at Newcastle with The Heart Of Midlothian railtour from Edinburgh to York (then diesel hauled to Leeds).

Trial livery for new operator, one of 3 DMUs in different variations of the same colours