Original 8mm colour footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 37 minutes. Content: Newcastle Station, V2 60831, parcels train; V2, Gateshead shed; class 44, 60831, Newcastle King Edward VII Bridge; Black 5, moorland station; Bradley Parish Church sign; West Coast Main Line (WCML), Britannia 70042 Lord Roberts, a station; Royal Scot 46115 Scots Guardsman with mixed goods train, 8F 48470; Black 5 45137; diesel locomotive cab, Black 5 with goods train; Dent Head, 9F with mineral train; Ais Gil, 9F 92130 with mineral wagons, Britannia 70035 Rudyard Kipling; 0-6-0T locomotive Mersey Docks & Harbour Board shunting in sidings; passenger trains at rural station, Standard 4 75048, 4P 2-6-4T 42296; Stanier 2-6-4T with passenger train; [00:05:00] Black 5 44911, Kirby Stephen West signal box; Kirby Stephen, locomotive in heavy snow; J27 65842, large industrial site; J27 65790, empty coal wagons; 3 J27s in shed; Q6 63419 with coal wagons; sidings, B1 with goods train, WD 2-8-0; Black 5 45056 with vans, Black 5 44695; class 44, passenger train, K1 62010 with brake van; B1, goods train, siding; railtour K4 3442 The Great Marquess and K1 pass, rural locations; Filey Holiday Camp Station, K1; [00:10:22] Newcastle Station, A1 60145 Saint Mungo, parcels train; A1 at speed with parcels train; Q6 63453 coal train; 0-4-0T National Coal Board shunter, industrial branch line; Newcastle Station, J27 65814 coal train; A1 60145 with parcels train, class 47 with goods train, King Edward VII Bridge; K1 62017 with coal; A4 60024 Kingfisher, engine shed; Q1 33006; rebuilt Bullied Pacific with parcels train; [00:14:39] Alnwick Station, 9F 92099, shunting at station; Barnard Castle Station, Middleton in Teesdale Station, B1 reversing, single track branch line; Stanier 2-6-4T 42639, V3 67646, Barnard Castle Station; 67646 cab, Tees Valley branch, railtour with 42639, Middleton in Teesdale; Newcastle Station, A3 60051 Blink Bonny, shed, diesel shunter; High Level Bridge, Gateshead Shed with A3s, WD 2-8-0s, V2s, B1s and other locomotives; Q6; over viaduct; [00:19:29] Isle of Wight, Ryde St Johns Road, Small Brook Junction, 0-4-4T; Ryde St Johns Road to Shanklin; buttercups at Shanklin Station, O2 W35; W35 Freshwater,O2 W20, train from Ryde; Ryde, O2; W27 Merstone; 2 O2s at Ryde Engine Shed; W31 Chale, Ryde St Johns Road; Merstone at Ryde Esplanade, Ryde Tunnel; [00:23:45] Machynlleth, Aberystwyth, Dovey Junction, passenger train, Standard 4 75012, Standard 4 75020; running gear of a Standard 475020; mainline, Ivatt 2-6-0 43120, Black 5 45155 with passenger train; journey between Appleby, Garsdale, Hellifield on board train with Britannia 70006 Robert Burns, water tower at Appleby, train at Garsdale station in fog and snow; 70006 on Hellifield turntable; [00:26:51] 4472 Flying Scotsman; moorland, A2 60528 Tudor Minstrel; A1 60126 Sir Vincent Raven; A4 60022 Mallard at Newcastle Station, GMRS Forth Bridge Special, over Royal Boarder Bridge at Berwick; Mallard at Edinburgh Waverly, A4 60004 William Whitelaw; [00:29:08] East Coast Mainline (ECML), Newcastle, A1, A4 60025 Falcon, B1 with goods train; Mallard with passenger train, Falcon with passenger train; A1 with goods train; West Jesmond Station, J27 65875 with goods train; V3 passenger train at speed; King Edward Bridge South Junction, Newcastle, V2 60884; A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley with passenger train; A1 60154 Bon Accord with parcels train; J25, Gateshead shed; mainline, V2, A4 60001 Sir Ronald Mathews with passenger train; Balmbra’s Music Hall in Newcastle, soldiers, sailors and vintage vehicles parade in Cloth Market, Newcastle; [00:32:29] A2 60532 Blue Peter at Aberdeen Station and Stonehaven, Blue Peter taking water at Stonehaven; Black 5 44720 with passenger train; A4 60019 Bittern at Arbroath Station, DMU; [00:35:18] Tay Bridge, V2 60915, Dundee station, shot of driver; 60915 at Kirkcaldy; train passing over the Forth Bridge [end of reel]

This film is part of a collection of 150 8mm films made by John Arnott-Brown, railway enthusiast and amateur filmmaker. John Arnott-Brown filmed the railways in the United Kingdom, mostly steam, between 1960 and 1982. A few films include footage of railways abroad, especially Europe (e.g. Portugal, Spain). The collection includes 5 larger 400 feet reels of edited footage, whilst the rest of the collection is made of small 50 feet reels of unedited footage.