A really nice selection, enforces the industrial drab and dreary scenes mustn’t forget the smoke from coal fires etc doing its thing. Like the different bridge designs, some much more ornate than I expected. Now I know where the inspiration came from all those years ago…. All the best Stephen
Hi Stephen, very true i do like the old dreary look and grimy scenes, because its the way that it was back then. lots of inspiration in these photos. thank you again for taking the time to comment, take care buddy Tony
Hi that was probably the same time as I was a kid, I use to live in Stevenson street. my trips to the railway station we very few and far between. the slamming of the door's and the acoustic noise I still can remember …...best wishes Tony
Ah, Forest Hall Station soon after demolition and before The Flying Scotsman pub was built on the site. Lived in Forest Hall from c1957-79. Could still catch a steam-hauled stopper, V1 or V3 2-6-2 tank, to the toon there in 1957. Happy spotting days there, on the footbridge, at the crossing gates and sometimes in the signal box. All long gone unfortunately.
Sad. i bet the railway would be a great commuter route now. what a waste. must have been to have done that during the steam age, thanks for sharing those happy times cheer.s Tony
I have been wondering for ages about where Forrest Hall station would have been. My question is, is the flying Scotsman pub exact place where the station use to be? Also where would killingworth station be out of interest? Thanks
Some great photos on here, especially of the Tyneside electric trains. However Belford, Forest Hall, and South Gosforth stations have never been on the line from Newcastle to South Shields!
Cheer's Chris, that's true about the stations you have mentioned, what I should have done in the title was, North Eastern Railways. as it was part of my research into the building of the Model Railway. thank you very much for commenting as they are very much appreciated. thanks again Tony
Hi John. they are some around as i have some that where made by Dapol. but i am not sure where you would get them, you could try Ebay....good luck i hope you get some...cheer's Tony
Thank you for posting these images, all fascinating. May I pick out the colour image of the 1920s Electric train in BR green (very drab!) which I have not seen in that livery in colour before. Thank you for sharing (and also thanks to where you got them from too).
HI John. Thank you for taking time out to comment. The images are part of research into building the layout lm currently working on. The Newcastle to south Shields branch. Progress is slow but a new year brings new enthusiasm to progressing the layout forward. Happy new year best wishes Tony
Is your layout by any chance 00 scale? I ask because I notice that Bachmann do a rather nice Class 416 EMU model which while not identical to what last ran to South Shields, some of them were I gather converted from the ex South Shileds stock when they were transferred to the Southern Region after Tyneside Electric operations came to an end. I also treated myself to a Class 419 Motor Luggage Vehicle which again isn’t exactly right but serves me as a fish van from Shields. Good luck with the layout. If you know of any other 00 scale models of Tyneside electrics then I would be most interested to learn. Regards John
The layout is 00 scale. You have some great knowledge of ran on the line at Shields. But I'm interested on what came after electrification. But then again I could be open to anything...cheers Tony
Ah yes well that takes us into the DMU era of course, with the beloved Class 101, 104 and 105 units as I recall on pre-Metro services. For added realism, make sure you depict everything with a thick layer of grime on it! I used to travel on the DMUs, this was my era, although on the Tyne Valley and alas never on the pre-Metro routes (I was just slightly too young). I do have memories of 'racing' a Newcastle-Heworth Class 101 on a Metro, being a classic tale of hare and tortoise, where the tracks ran side by side. Both trains arrived at Heworth at the same time, the difference being the Metro had also stopped and waited at a couple of stations on route, before then rapidly accelerating and overtaking the trundling 101.
The sound mostly came from a steam engine. a class B1. that sound was probably the steam letting of from exhaust. thank you for commenting, as they are very much appreciated. thanks again Tony.
