Original 8mm amateur film, reel 28, railway footage, Flying Scotsman locomotive at Newcastle

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in 1968, in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England. 25 feet reel. Footage content: traction engine on the road at Wide Open towing a portable steam engine, carrying a sign reading 'Robey the biggest and most powerful Steam Portable Engine in Europe in action at Birtley Traction Engine Rally 8-9 July'. Shots of those at various locations as they head into Newcastle. Shot of a news board with a headline 'Flying Scotsman in city pictures'. 4472 Flying Scotsman locomotive arriving at Newcastle with passenger train from the south. IFlying Scotsman at north end of Newcastle station with two tenders. Flying Scotsman departing the station and heading towards Gateshead. LNER Tyneside electric unit approaching. Shots from carriage window, train heading into Newcastle.

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.