Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed circa 1963. 25 feet reel. Footage content: A4 locomotive approaching from the High Level Bridge, Newcastle, with a passenger train. Another A4 moving around a shed past several diesel locomotives including a Deltic class 55. A4 departing York station with a southbound passenger train, chalk message on front of locomotive. Britannia class departing York towards the north. B1 arriving at Goathland station with a train for Malton. Shots from the carriage window as the train continues its journey passing Levisham, Pickering and Malton. Filming from a moving car, traction engine on a low loader. A3 60051 departing Newcastle northbound. A4 60025 following light engine. A3 arriving with a passenger train. V2 passing the station with a goods train. Another V2 departing with a passenger train. V3 67683 departing towards Gateshead with a passenger train and A3 departing with a passenger train. Shots filmed on a fairground ride as it spins around. Shots from the front carriage of a train hauled by a V3 as it passes through countryside before arriving at Whitley Bay. V2 departing the station. A 4 cylinder traction engine operating at a fairground.

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.