Original 8mm amateur film, reel 3, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 3 of 3)

Original 8mm colour footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 33 minutes. Content: Kirby Stephen East Station, Ivatt 2-6-0 locomotive, Standard 3 77002 with passenger train; Brittania at speed, Settle to Carlisle line; Black 5s with passenger train, Princess Royal class with express, , Kirby Stephen East station, fireman at work on footplate, journey to Stainmore Summit; J27 65811 with good strain, marshalling yard, A4 with express passenger service; J27 with Esso tankers, J72 reversing; A3 with passenger train, V3, Newcastle Station, V3 67588; A1 60137 Redgauntlet; A4 60003 Andrew K McCosh with express, A3 60084 Trigo; A4 60034 Lord Faringdon; J72, class 40, K1; 9F 92030 reversing, large yard; Midland Railway 4P Compound 1000 and 9F 92220 Evening Star, stationary; [00:04:15] Perth Station, A4 60034 Lord Faringdon with express; Black 5 45195, Perth station notice prohibiting cycling on the platform; Standard class 5 73153 with passenger train; [00:04:54] Callander Station, Fairburn 2-6-4T 42273 with passenger train; Kings Cross Station, A4 60009 Union of South Africa surrounded by large crowds, travel on East Coast Mainline (ECML), crossing the High Level Bridge, to Newcastle Station, 60009 at Gateshead Shed, class 55 Deltic, train 'Jubilee Requiem 1964' at Newcastle station; Gateshead Shed, V2 60884 under the coaling stage; A1 60124 Kenliworth, class 25; Newcastle, J27 on King Edward VII Bridge with coal train; A3; V2; family in a garden; interior of a shop; [00:08:20] Durham Station, V3 67636, viaduct, travel to Bishop Auckland and West Auckland, B16 61418 with 'SLS Durham Rail Tour' headboard, Port Clarance signal box, train and 61418 at Stockton Station, train to Hartlepool and Newcastle; [00:11:56] sidings, National Coal Board 0-6-0T with steel bodied coal wagons, Q7 63468 with brake van, J94 68054; Q7 63467 with coal train; B1 61216, B1 61199, J27 65805 with Esso tankers; Q6 63352 with brake van at high speed, B1 with passenger train; J94 68011 at engine shed; K1 62048; A3 and driver, viaduct; Durham Station, A3 60040 Cameronian, viaduct; Manors Station, A1 60129 Guy Mannering; footplate of an A4, mainline; [00:15:01] 4F 43960 shunting, station yard; Black 5 45399; Brittania 70012 John of Gaunt at speed, mainline; 4F with goods train; footplate of B16/2 61435 travel on mainline, Northallerton, uncoupling; train towards Hawes, Hawes station, 61435 taking water; women talking, people boarding plane, plane taxiing and taking off; [00:20:12] Newcastle Station, A4 60015 Quicksilver, A3 60076 Galopin; parade with musicians and traction engine in Newcastle; V2 60802; miniature 0-4-0 tank engine, cab and controls; Carlisle Station, Brittania class with passenger train, Princess Coronation class; Royal Scot class with passenger train; two black dogs playing in snow, frozen milk bottles; Newcastle Station, A1 with passenger train; A4 60030 Golden Fleece, class 40, A2/3 60513 Dante; train approaching Berwick, Royal Border Bridge, single track branch line to Eyemouth; people standing by J39/2 64917 at Eyemouth station; [00:26:42] South Shields, car ferry Northumbrian crossing Tyne and return to dock, large vessels, dark interior shots, car ferry Tynemouth on river; V3, suburban train, Newcastle; Standard Class 3 77011 with goods train, rural branch line; interior of house, garden; Drem station, Standard Class 4 tank engine 80007 with passenger train, A2 60538 Velocity, footplate of tank engine; driver closing regulator and braking to stop train; footplate shot, train on branch line to North Berwick; (dark footage); miniature railway; [00:30:42] suburbia, garden; shed, B1 61121, shunting, A4; K1 62035; J50 No 12, sidings; B1 with brake van; A4 60015 Quicksilver; O2/3, mainline; Newcastle Station, A2 60525 A.H. Peppercorn with passenger train, B1 with passenger train [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.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2008-8164/3
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
Measurements:
overall: 200 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm,
type:
8 mm film