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Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot between 1964 and 1968, on British Railways standard gauge and mostly on narrow gauge railways, Vale of Rheidol Railway and Talyllyn Railway in Wales, by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Footage of A4 commemorative rail tour, with shots of the LNER A4 60024 'Kingfisher'. Shots of various steam and diesel-electric locomotives in use, shot from lineside and in passenger footage. At Devil's Bridge, shot of a couple sitting together on a bench. passenger view footage of the Welsh landscape. Shots of a steam locomotive on the Vale of Rheidol Railway. At Talyllyn Railway Wharf Station, shot of 'The Railway Shop'. Footage of Talyllyn Railway 0-4-0WT No.6 'Douglas' in Talyllyn green livery. Shot of railway staff replenishing the water supply of a steam locomotive. Lots of shots of passing steam locomotives, including 602 Squadron 4-6-2 34089, LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T 41319, Blackmore Vale 34023, and an Esso branded tanker. Shot of railway enthusiasts awaiting the departure of 'Blackmore Vale' with their cameras ready.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railways 1964-1968, Vale of Rheidol Railway, Talyllyn'

1964-1968
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot between 1964 and 1966 on railways in France and Spain, by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Film is mainly shot from lineside and from platforms, and documents steam and diesel-electric locomotives in Europe, primarily passenger trains, some freight. Reel begins with shot of a passing freight locomotive. Shot of rail staff checking tracks before departure of a steam locomotive. Wide shot of steam locomotive passing from across the water. Shot of station sign: Bignasco. Shot of people standing on a railway bridge waiting below. Shot of station sign: Sta Maria Maggiore. Passenger view footage passing through grassy landscapes. Shot of a woman boarding the train from the platform then looking through the window towards the camera. Shot of station sign: Bellinzona. Shot of passengers waiting on a platform.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railways Spain 1965, Locarno 1964, St Malo, Calais 1966'

1964-1966
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot between 1961 and 1964 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. This reel documents 4 different rail journeys in Norway, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, and Holland. With lineside and passenger views, the footage shows a variety of steam and diesel-electric locomotives, as well as other forms of transport, including tram in Norway. These journeys are interspersed with footage of mountainous European landscapes, lakes and forests. The film also captures people’s behaviours: pedestrians in cities passed through, passengers with luggage and train staff on platforms, a brass band performance at a station, as well as amateur railway enthusiasts filming passing locomotives from the lineside. Station signs filmed include: Myrdal, Oslo, Finse, Klagenfurt, Chur, Pontresina, Cavaglia, Tirano, Amsterdam Centraal. Amsterdam C-S sign also depicts the 1964 train fare price - 3c per person.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway abroad: Norway 1961, Klagenfurt & Yugoslavia 1962, Switzerland 1963, Holland 1964'

1961-1964
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot mostly in Southern England, in 1964? by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Shots of station signs including: Epsom, Three Bridges, Tonbridge Wells West, Pevensey & Westham, Epsom Downs, Ventnor, Cowes, Newport, Clapham Junction, Tilehurst, Exeter Central, Wadebridge West, Basingstoke. Wide shot of approaching steam locomotive, followed by passenger footage. Shot of "stop, look, listen" sign out of window. Shot of sign at station: "The Sussex Downsman Rail Tour". Shot of steam locomotive SR N Class 2-6-0 31411, followed by passenger footage, then shot of same locomotive stopped at station. Zoom in to cab of 31411. Lineside shot of train crew carrying out some sort of maintenance to wheels on SR Q1 class 33027. Shot of the filmmaker’s friends on train platform, looking towards camera and smiling. At Tonbridge Wells West, shot of West Country Class 4-6-2 34026 'Yes Tor' at platform. Passenger footage. Shot of passengers on tracks around 'Yes Tor'. Shot from railway bridge of departing steam locomotive. Shot of SR N Class 2-6-0 31411 at platform as passengers depart. Passenger view footage, with shot zooming in on people watching trains from a railway bridge. Shot of BR Standard Class 7MT 70018 'Flying Dutchman' with passenger train, then shot of people at lineside watching 'Flying Dutchman' pass. Lineside shot of LSWR 0-4-4T Class M7 30053. Shot of SR 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class 34064 'Fighter Command'. Shot of BR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 34005 'Barnstaple' approaching platform.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railways (up to Okehampton)'

1964
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot in East Midlands, Wales and Southern England in 1962 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. It includes footage of the Gloucestershire railway prior to closure of the line. This reel compiles shots of both freight and passenger steam locomotives from lineside, with some shots from railway bridges. Station signs captured on film include: Bournemouth West, Oxford, Whitland, Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Neyland, Carmarthen, Swansea (High St), Newport, Cranleigh, Rowfant, Raynes Park, Okehampton, Sheffield Park, Horsted Keynes, Poole, Bourton-on-the-water. Shot of boiler plate on passenger carriage of LMSR No. 70 4-4-0 "The Pines Express". Shot of passenger steam locomotive 'V86' from lineside. Shots of lots of passenger steam locomotives arriving at Oxford station. Variety of medium and wide tracking shots of passenger and freight steam locomotives, shot at lineside. Shot of passenger steam locomotive 'V05' (GWR King Class 4-6-0 No 6024 "King Edward I") from lineside. Shot of passenger locomotive 'V18' from lineside. Brief section of shots of steam ships. passenger view footage of approaching and passing over a railway bridge. Shot of a sign - "British Railways Modernisation - Plymouth North Road Station Reconstruction". Shot of children opening wooden gates at a level crossing so that their family can drive a car through. Shot of a boy running at lineside as a steam locomotive approaches. Brief shot of railway staff pulling levers. Shot of sign - "St Blazey R.U. Not in common use". Shot of boiler plate "Nielson & Co 3209 Glasglow 1883". Shot of headboard on steam locomotive - "Cheltenham Kingham 4109".

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway 1962, End of Glos'

1962
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot between 1967 and 1969 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. According to notes from the filmmaker on the case the reel includes footage of Lymington Junction, A4 locomotive at Salisbury, Vale of Rheidol, Talyllyn railway, Southampton, Rail Tour on Southern Region, Royal Train filmed in 1968, GC rail tour and Isle of Wight railway. The reel opens with shots of churches and historic buildings. Shot of WCBB 34015 4-6-2 at platform, then departing the station. Shot of rail enthusiasts at lineside photographing BR H Class 31519. Shot of 'Salisbury' plate on a passing steam locomotive. Passenger view footage of tracks. Shots of diesel-electric locomotives from passenger view as they pass by. Shots of London skyline, St Pauls Cathedral.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway 1967-1969'

1967-1969
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot in the 1960s by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Reel of footage shot primarily from lineside, documenting passing steam locomotives. Passenger view footage approaching and crossing the Severn Bridge. Lots of very short shots of passing steam locomotive, shot from both lineside and from train windows. Mostly passenger trains, some freight. Shot of station sign, Penzance. Shot of steam ships. Shots from lineside of passing diesel-electric locomotives.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway 1 (Oddments)'

1960-1970
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot mostly in Southern England in 1961 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Footage documenting route through shots of station signs: Barcombe Mills, Sheffield Park, Hurst Green, Salisbury, Templecombe, Peterborough, Westerham. Film is shot primarily from lineside, with some shots from railway bridges. Shot of railway staff opening level crossing. Shot from lineside of driver in SR Maunsell N-Class 31400. Shot of passengers watching A1X 0-6-0T 55 'Stepney' pass by. Shot of SECR P Class No. 27 "Primrose" pulling into Sheffield Park station. At Hurst Green, several short shots of various steam locomotives passing through (due to speed and quality, unable to identify). Shot of BR Class BR4 76061 waiting at platform. Shot of crew replenishing water supply on ‘Stepney’ steam locomotive. Shots from platform of various passenger, steam locomotives arriving and departing. Shot of passengers boarding from platform. Shot of a family with children sat in the grass at lineside watching diesel-electric and steam locomotives pass by. Shot of cars passing through the Euston Arch (a year before its demolition). Shot of man jumping over gate at lineside and walking towards the camera. Shot of holidaymakers on the beach as a steamship passes by in the distance.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway 1961'

1961
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot mostly in South West England, especially Cornwall and Devon, as well as East Midlands and East of England, in 1962 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Shots of Britannia Class 7 70003 'John Bunyan' and GER class F48 65567. Shots of passengers on platforms and rail enthusiasts photographing departing locomotives. Each station passed through is documented with a shot of the station sign, including: Norwich Thorpe, Swaffham, Watton (Norfolk), Lelant, St Erth, Hellston, Bristol Temple Meads, Bude, Hatherleigh, Callington, Lelant (again), Marazion, Purley, Derby Midland, Eastbourne, Bluebell Halt, Salisbury. Shot of a metal boilerplate ("London & North Eastern 5567"), close up shot of the old BR 'lion and wheel' logo. Primarily wide and medium tracking shots of steam and diesel locomotives, occasionally in picturesque settings such as across a lake. The focus is on the locomotives, rather than on people or surrounding landscapes. At Eastbourne, shot of cars driving onto a "car carrier train". Some of the film shot from a railway bridge, including a shot of a fireman shovelling coal into the firebox. The film is primarily shot at lineside, with passenger view footage towards the end of the reel.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway 1962'

1962
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway (MER) and the Isle of Man Railway (IMR); tramcar No.1 with trailer 37, from the MER with “Douglas and Laxey Electric Tramway” written on the side of the tram; Bulgham Bay and Dhoon Queery; Snaefell Mountain Railway; Laxey wheel (Lady Isabella waterwheel). Tramcars No.1 and 4 at summit; No.6 and 3 are filmed from inside a tram passing by; Dhoon and Dreemskerry; the Isle of Man Railway; diesel railcar stopped at Douglas and the locomotive No.13, Kissack, leaving the station; red steam locomotive No.4, Loch; locomotive No.11, Maitland, and a Foxdale coach; Douglas horse drawn tramway features two horse trams, No.14 (double-decker) and No.12. The first one is baring a poster for the “Horse tram centenary”; tramcar No.5 passing, also the trailer No.72 being pulled out of a shed by a blue truck; poster for the ‘Cavalcade of electric cars’; IMR, in Douglas, locomotive No.12 Hutchinson, a diesel railcar, and locomotive No.13, Kissack.

8mm Footage 'Trams, Steam Locomotives and Diesel Railcars on the Isle of Man'

1979-1982
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway, Laxey; Isle of Man Railway (IMR); Bellawoods crossing; locomotive No. 11 Maitland; trams No.20 and trailer 47 filmed in Ramsey; trams No.22 and trailer 44 around Glen Mona; tram No.23 and trailer 43 filmed near Fairy cottage, Laxey; stationary locomotives aligned on tracks in Douglas; locomotive No.12 Hutchinson; Locomotives No. 10 G. H.Wood; booking office in Laxey with publicity posters for the Snaefell Mountain Railway; footage taken on board the Snaefell Mountain Railway, which includes views of the well-known Laxey wheel (Lady Isabella waterwheel); one steam locomotive is seen hauling several others. This includes the locomotives No.6 Peveril, 8 Fenella, 13 Kissack and 16 Mannin; exterior shot of the diesel engine at Port Soderick station. A shot in Douglas station features the locomotive No.4 Loch; Douglas Horse Tramway, with carriage No.42 and 44.

8mm Footage 'Railways and Tramways on the Isle of Man'

1969-1971
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Royal Albert Bridge in Saltash; Paignton and Kingswear train on coastal route; Copy Pit line (Todmorden to Burnley); Bournemouth central, locomotive 34004 Yeovil station; 73001 and 75073; Moorgate station and its widened lines; Leeds city station shows 42196 passing; Holyhead and Brymbo tour; 9630 is seen passing, also a signal box, then Blue Peter 60532 locomotive in a station with the train plate ‘A.R.E.S Holyhead Brymbo Special’; South Lancashire tour between Wigan and Liverpool Riverside; Lanarkshire Yeomanry 45154 leaving a station; Manchester Central station ; Great Northern goods warehouse; footage of last days of trolleybuses in Manchester and Rotherham; locomotive 68006; Crich Tramway village; tramway cars seen from outside, inside carriage, inside driver’s cabin and close-ups of pieces of mechanism (overhead electric cable); Amsterdam Tramway; Snaefell Mountain Railway; Manx Electric Railway (Derby Castle terminus) and Ramsey Pier tram; Southend Pier tramway; 70013 Oliver Cromwell locomotive; 2226, and 41241 & 72 (30072) at Haworth, apparently shortly after the re-opening of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway; locomotive No. 10 G. H.Wood; Tal-y-Llyn (Talyllyn) railway; locomotive named Sir Haydn; Garsdale station and signal box.

8mm Footage ' Steam, Diesel and Electric Trains in UK and Amsterdam's Tramway'

1964-1969
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980, possibly in Spain, Portugal or Italy. 25 feet reel. Shots of footplates and filmed from the footplate of a steam locomotive.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 46, railway footage, Southern Europe

1968-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980 in Portugal. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Portuguese Railway (CP) tank engine passing with passenger coaches and goods van. Shot of a station building. Mallet type 0-4-4-0 tank engine reversing into a station. Another tank engine reversing into the station with a passenger train. Shot filmed from the window of a passenger train as another passes. 4-6-0 arriving at a large station with another passenger train. CP 96 stands in a station. Close up of the number plate on the chimney and the Henschel & Sohn builders plate. Shots from the footplate of engine shed and station. Guard boarding and driver starting the train. Shots from the footplate, train passing industrial buildings, countryside. Shots of driver operating the controls to stop the train at a small station.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 24, railway footage, Portugal

1968-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 39, railway footage

1960-1968
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed circa 1964. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 40, railway footage, filmed on footplate

1964
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed likely in 1981 on Mossel Bay Branch railway, South Africa. 25 feet reel. Footage content: SAR class 24 passing along a branch line next to the coast with passenger train. Another class 24 passing with passenger train before returning in the opposite direction. Mossel Bay Station sign. Class 24 3668 shunting in the station. Panoramic shot of the station, 3668 taking on water. Close-up shot of 3668's number plate. Class 24 with passenger train passing over a viaduct on the coast and another stationary at a station.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 21, railway footage, South African Railways on Mossel Bay Branch

1981
Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Tramway Extravaganza shot in Crich Tramway village in August 1970; LMS No.6441 is filmed at Steamtown Carnforth; Blackpool tram; St Etienne tramway in France in August 1971; Ravenglass and Eskdale railway; locomotive- River Mite; locomotive- Fred (Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway); steamer- Ben My Chree in Liverpool sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man. Another vessel (Irini) is filmed, pulled by two tugboats; Manchester canal, taken on-board a boat, with a shot of a swing bridge (either Barton road or Trafford road swing bridge); Ffestiniog railway (likely Porthmadog station); shot with a locomotive too far away to identify, supposed to be Evening Star at Keighley in April 1974 according the filmmaker’s notes; footage of Black Five Class No.45212 at Haworth and Bagnall Class No.2682 Princess locomotive on Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway; locomotive- River Irt; Two men are filmed manually operating the turntable with River Mite; double-decker trams in Pleasure Beach, Blackpool; train on the electric lines entering the Ryde tunnel on the Isle of Wight; Blanes station (Spain) and a white and green electric RENFE train arriving at the station; Arenys DelMar station and the building and platform of Tordera station; diesel electric train going to Mallaig (Scotland) is filmed arriving at Arisaig station; Glenfinnan viaduct; yellow and green signal box of Glenfinnan; Keighley and Worth Valley Railway; locomotive 8431 (or 48431); trams and trailers by the seaside in Dubrovnik and Cavtat in Croatia; view of Oakworth station and a black London Transport locomotive passing; a level crossing managed manually by two persons; L89, emerging out of the Mytholmes tunnel; Heatherfield Light Railway in 1981.

8mm Footage 'Great Britain, France, Spain and Croatia and of the Heatherfield Light Railway'

1970-1981
Shots of a sign for Dalbeath. A steam train arrives at the station. Shots of the train driver leaning on the train window. Shots of the train reversing past the control tower. Shots of the train going through the countryside. Shots of Castle Douglas train station and shots of Tarff, Kirkcudbright and Dumfries station as the train drives through it. Shots of the side of a train with the sign: “The Thames Clyde Express” as the train sits in a large station. Shots of a train driving through Dumfries station. Shots of Carlisle Train Station and a train driving through it. Men push around what looks like an ice cream trolley in the station, the conductor blows the whistle and the train leaves. Shots of a sign for Windermere train station. Shots of a ferry and shots of the coastal landscape. Shots of sign for Ambleside Pier. People get off the ferry. Shots of a small dog before shots of York train station. Shots of sign for the Railway Museum. Shots of a train arriving at York. Shots of a train the ‘Northumbrian’ going from Newcastle to King’s Cross

Original 8 mm amateur film 'Railway Miscellany'

circa 1960
Shots of the Museum of British Transport in Clapham, London. Interior and exterior shots of the museum. Shots of trains on display in the museum; London Airport- Shots of aeroplane landing at the airport and taking off; The Isle of Wight - Shots from a ferry arriving at Ryde Pier Head and shots from a moving steam train. The train passes Branding, Sandown, Wroxall and other stations. Shots from the train as it goes through tunnels and travels through the countryside. Shots of South Hampton Docks; Shots of the Canberra cruise ships and other large boats; Shots of a sign for Salisbury and shots from the train station. More shots from a moving steam train going past various stations in England; Shots of a sign for Lyme Regis; More shots from the moving steam train as it passes through Exeter, Kingswear for Dartmouth etc. shots of the train passing through stations and travelling along the coastline and through the countryside and past towns. The film continues with more extensive shots of the train travelling through Southern England. Shots from Land’s End; Newquay branch-More shots from the train as it goes through Looe; Barnstaple; Minehead The Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, Temple meads

Original 8 mm amateur films 'A Train Journey Through England'

1960-1970
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]

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 2, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 2 of 3)

1960-1982
Original 8mm colour and black and white footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 33 minutes. Content: A4 locomotives, junction signal box; BR class 2MT, viaduct; Glen Lyon shunting; BR 2MT, A3, rural Scotland; BR 2MT; BR 3MT, rural branch line, locomotive, brake van, shunting; [00:02:44] Newcastle station (NCL), pilot 68723; LNER V3; Midland Railway No. 1000, Eaglescliffe Station, LNER A1 60121 Silurian; road repairs, road rollers, lorries, period cars; suburbia; Morpeth; Bellingham timetable 23/09/1961; LNER V2; DMU; NCL, LNER A3; LNER V3 67691; LNER A4 60033 Seagull; Darlington, WD 2-8-0 90348, RCTS The East Midlander 13/05/1962; Darlington Shed, SR Schools class 30925 Cheltenham, coaling; LMS 2P 40646, shed; 40646, driver in shed; [00:06:20] Darlington Station, 30925 Cheltenham; railtour 30925 and 40646; NCL, LNER A4 Quicksilver; LNER A3 60080 Dick Turpin; pilot 68736; A1 60119 Patrick Sterling; 60139 Alcazar, class 25 diesel; A4 60017 Silver Fox; East Coast Main Line (ECML); Darlington Station, A4 Silver Fox, DMU; 2MT, goods shed; Newcastle area, LNER J72 69008, A3, A2 60516 Hycilla, Class 03 diesel shunter, Q5 0-8-0 goods train, J27 65858 coal wagons, wooden and steel bodied, V3 2-6-2T passenger train, A1 with tankers, LNER Tyneside Electric Unit, V2 2-6-2 with wagons, A4 60027 Merlin; [00:10:23] NCL, A3 60081; multiple unit in train wash; West Jesmond, Q6 63434 with steel coal wagons; A3 60052 Prince Palatine, J27 and class 03; 60052; J39 64855 passenger train; J39 64938, breakdown train, steam powered crane, support coach; V2; A3 passenger on King Edward VII bridge; B1 goods at King Edward South Junction; 0-6-0; A4 express train; Tyneside Electrics Network (TEN), V1/V3 2-6-2T under bridge; NCL, A3 60071 Tranquil, class 37; V1 67675; Newcastle area, V1/V3 2-6-2T on TEN; [00:12:20] A4 60002 Sir Murrough Wilson uncoupling; A1 60154 Bon Accord express train; V2 60974; A1 60156 Great Central, V3 67690; York, Layerthorpe; platform Derwent Valley Light Railway; lorries, trolley buses, cars; West Jesmond, V1/V3; NCL, J72 68680, single van; V3 67687; V2 60831, A1 60138 Boswell, V2 60896 ; A4 60031 Golden Plover; class 40, A4 60028 Walter K. Whigham; [00:16:13] single track line, child climbing signal post; Dock side station, V3 67683, large cranes; woman at dockside, ships and cranes; A3; Darlington Station, A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley; NCL, J21 0-6-0 65033, snow and ice; class 08 diesel shunter, 0-6-0 locomotives, break van, Darlington power station; [00:18:29] NCL, A1 60129 Guy Mannering; V2 60919, vans; King Edward VII Bridge, A3, ECML; NCL, A B1 4-6-0; A4 60005 Sir Charles Newton; A4 at high speed; A4, motor rail; A4 60025 Falcon; 60895, coal wagons, A4 Silver Fox; J72 0-6-0T 68723 and 69023; A3 60108 Gay Crusader; B1 61338; 60061 Pretty Polly, class 25, J72 goods train; V2 60885; [00:23:09] Tebay Station, Black 5 45070 at high speed, Britannia 70018 Flying Dutchman; Black 5 44874, class 40 D321 double head passenger train; Gateshead Shed; A3 60043 Brown Jack; V3 67651; J26 65769 goods train; A3 60106 Flying Fox; A1 60121 Silurian; Q6 63363 on mainline, break van; [00:25:38] Newcastle, A3 High Level bridge, Swing Bridge; Manors Station, B1; A3, V3 67642, engineers trolley; York Station, K1 62049; Leeds City Station, Jubilee 45697 Achilles parcels train, DMU, Jubilee 45643 Rodney; Keighley Station, 4F 43960; Britannia 70003 John Bungan express; NCL, V2 60916, V3 67691; A1 60142 Edward Fletcher, parcels train; [00:28:17] V3 67651, B1 61307, V2 60922; Q6 63411; Newcastle Corporation buses, trolley buses; NCL; A3 60054 Manna; [00:30:18] York Station, A4 Sir Murrough Wilson; O4 63877; Jubilee, gasometer; Steel Works, WD 2-8-0; Doncaster Station, A1, Pullman coaches, A3; class 08 shunter; York Station, B1 with tankers; A1; [00:31:02] NCL, A4 parcels train; A2 60526 Sugar Palm; A4 60023 Golden Eagle, A4. V2 60887; A3 60053 Sansovino; B1 61219 [end of reel]

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 1, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 1 of 3)

1960-1982
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in August 1975 in Shildon. 25 feet reel. Footage content: shots of locomotives prior to their entry into the public display section. Each locomotive is stopped by a man with a flag before being allowed to proceed. The locomotives featured are: 4F 4027, Black 5 5000, 5051 Drysllwyn Castle, 925 Cheltenham, LMS 0-6-0 tank engine 7298, National Coal Board Robert, BR 2-6-0 43106 and GWR 0-6-0T 3205

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 26, railway footage, Rail 150 Cavalcade in Shildon

1975
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Panoramic shot of traction engine rally taking place in a field. Line-up of several traction engines and steam rollers. Several engines and a steam lorry entering the field and lining up in the centre. Crowd, large group of people gathering around vehicles. Another traction engine powering an organ. Another engine, The Dalesman, on the road. Shit of a large ship passing the coast line with crowd watching.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 23, traction engine rally

1968-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1982, possibly in the Port of Tyne, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. 25 feet reel. Footage content: woman walking on dock side in port, talking to the filmaker holding the camera. Shot of a ship or vessel departing the port.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 27, ship in port

1960-1982
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in 1968. 25 feet reel. Footage likely features J24 steam locomotives and pug locomotives (shunting locomotives) at Heaton.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 50, railway footage

1968
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed on 6 April 1972. 25 feet reel. Footage of harbour, ferry.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 48, railway footage

1972-04-06
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980, in Carlisle and Chocklakes, Cumbria, England. 25 feet reel. Footage content: A4 locomotive No. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley standing at Carlisle Station. Shots of engine and footplate. Exterior shot of Carlisle station building. Small steam industrial shunter at the British Gypsum Limited Cocklake Works, steam engine moving around the sidings. Shot of the work's board by the entrance to the site. Engine moving around a short stretch of track before standing in a siding. Close-up shot of the builders plate, one of the crew members loading coal onto the engine. Engine moved away, diesel shunter moving some wagons.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 29, railway footage, A4 Sir Nigel Gresley locomotive at Carlisle station and industrial railway operations at British Gypsum Limited Cocklake

1968-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed on 26 August 1964 in Wales. 25 feet reel. Content: locomotive 42282, railway journey between Caernarfon and Afor Wen, including Portmadoc, Barnmouth and Barnmouth Bridge

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 49, railway footage, Wales

1964-08-26
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968 in Scotland. 25 feet reel. Footage likely features locomotive No. 103 filmed on Highland Railway mainline, between Pitlochry and Inverness.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 54, railway footage, Highland railway

1960-1968
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980, in the United Kingdom. 25 feet reel. Footage content: black locomotive; shot taken from cab window, remote location, next to a river; passing by a locomotive in some sidings; shot showing a viduct across a river; shunting yard

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 33, railway footage

1968-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in 1971. 25 feet reel. Launching ceremony of fishing vessel trawler 'Ranger Callisto' owned by Ranger Fishing Co. Ltd., launched on 24/06/1971 at North Shields port. Footage includes preparations and close-up shots of the ship.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 9, footage of launching ceremony of Ranger Callisto vessel

1971-06
Original 8mm black and white footage, silent, filmed circa 1962 in Stainmore, England. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 36, railway footage, Stainmore

1962
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1963, in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, United Kingdom. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Westbury then Yetminster, view from a locomotive's window; locomotive 63808, hauling a special train fitted with headboard; locomotive 6930 filmed from lineside; Evercreech junction, filmed from outside at station; Westbury Halt, filmed through window on board of a moving train; 75023 passing; Bath Junction signal box, filmed through the window on board of a moving train; Deltic at unknown terminus station

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 34, railway footage, South-West of England

1960-1963
Original 8mm footage, silent, filmed between 1960 and 1980 in Tyne and Wear, England. 25 feet reel. Footage content: train leaving station, possibly Newcastle; shots of street, passenger's view, taken on board of moving car; Backworth, Eccles colliery, small coal shunters, Nos. 33 and 23, 0-6-0 and 0-4-0, National Coal Board, shots from footaplet and lineside, railway worker filmed shoveling track ballast, NCB No. 39, locomotive hauling passenger carriages passing, filmed from lineside; train approaching, filmed from platform end in unknown station

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 35, railway footage, Tyne and Wear, colliery

1960-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968. 25 feet reel. Footage content: A1 60154 Bon Accord locomotive departing Newcastle station southbound. A1 60155 departing northbound with another passenger train. V3 67678 arriving light engine. Whitley Bay station sign, shots from locomotive footplate, travelling down part of the Tyneside Electric System, then on single track branch line. Shots of footplate crew at work. B1 locomotive passing along a stretch of mainline, A4 60001 Sir Ronald Mathews. A4 returning with a passenger train. V2 60962 passing light engine, A1 60127 with passenger train. A3 hauling passenger train down a stretch of the East Coast Main Line (ECML), followed by 60106. A1 60155 at Newcastle and V3 with passenger train. Black 5 backing on to a passenger train, departing towards Carlisle. V3 67678 arriving from the north with passenger train and V2 departing in the opposite direction.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 14, railway footage, Tyne and Wear on East Coast Main Line (ECML)

1960-1968
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in 1968 on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (KWVR), West Yorkshire. 25 feet reel. Footage content: KWVR opening day as aheritage railway. Ivatt 2-6-4T 41241 in Worth Valley Railway livery with headboard reading 'Worth Valley Railway Re-Opening Special'. US tank engine 72 in Worth Valley livery is part of the train. Shot from locomotive footplate prior to departure, large crowd around the train. Shot showing large board which reads 'Stop. Locomotives and Rolling Stock must not pass this board', two policemen present. 41241 and 72 pulling train out of the station, filmed from carriage window. Train continuing up the valley, running through Haworth, arriving at Oxenhope. Shot of a brass band playing and a civic official. 41241 at Oxenhope at the head of the train. Oxenhope (Midland) station sign, driver drinking champagne. 41241 and 72 running around the train. Footplate shot of US tank engine 72 running around the train at Keighley. 41241 and 72 departing with the train heading up the valley.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 15, re-opening of Worth Valley Branch

1968-06
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1975-1982. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Black 5 4767 in LMS livery hauling excursion train along a railway embankment, over a motorway, emerging from under a bridge. A3 4472 Flying Scotsman reversing off a turntable past a line of industrial tank engines. A woman and a child waving from Flying Scotsman footplate, close-up shot of the nameplate. A4 4498 Sir Nigel Greasly moving onto turntable, 'The A4 Locomotive Society' headboard. GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall passing. 4472 Flying Scotsman surrounded by a large crowd around it. Different lcomotives passing, SNCF locomotive, 4498, 6960, small industrial tank engine, 4472 and an unidentified GWT locomotive.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 13, railway footage, Flying Scotsman and other steam locomotives

1975-1982
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed on 26 September 1964. 25 feet reel. Possibly includes footage of Flying Scotsman locomotive 4472, Darlington station

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 43, railway footage

1964-09-26
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968. 25 feet reel. Footage content: B1 locomotive reversing from a shed. 9F 92099 passing with a passenger train. 9F 92099 station carrying a headboard. Alnmouth Station sign. Shot from the footplate, 9F travelling down a single track branch line. A4 60019 passing on a stretch of mainline. A2 60532 Blue Peter moving around a shed. Reel has likely been exposed twice, a second faint film appears superimposed on a more visible film.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 19, railway footage, 9F, B1, A4 and A2 steam locomotives

1960-1968
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1964, in Pantydwr, Wales. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 41, railway footage, Pantydwr, Wales

1960-1964
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]

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

1960-1982
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 87

1968-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 78

1968-1980
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed between 3 and 6 August 1964. 25 feet reel. Footage of 1) 129 on 4:30 Berwick Aug 3rd, 2) 140 on 4:30 Berwick Aug 4th, 69028 at Dunston Aug 5th, 4) Carlisle Uppurby Aug 6th, Station Aug 6th, Kingmoor Aug 6th

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 86, railway footage

1964-08
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 68, railway footage

1960-1968
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1964. 25 feet reel. Footage likely filmed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint railway line and featuring Templecombe, Evercreech Junction and Highbridge.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 72, railway footage, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

1963
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968. 25 feet reel. Footage likely features class A4 steam locomotive Kingfisher No. 60024.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 69, railway footage

1960-1968
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in 1964. 25 feet reel. Footage likely filmed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint railway line and featuring Highbridge and Evercreech Junction.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 73, railway footage, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

1960-1964
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980. 25 feet reel.

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 95

1968-1980