Filmmaker and railway enthusiast Chris Lawson captures footage of steam engines at work and enthusiasts at a special gathering. Mostly filmed in the Tyne and Wear area. The film opens as a steam train passes at speed as the camera pans right to left. A trackside view follows of an approaching steam engine without a train as it disappears into a setting sun. The film then cuts to a moorland setting, as a steam train travels along a bleak exposed line. Another steam train reverses pulling a...

Filmmaker and railway enthusiast Chris Lawson captures footage of steam engines at work and enthusiasts at a special gathering. Mostly filmed in the Tyne and Wear area. The film opens as a steam train passes at speed as the camera pans right to left. A trackside view follows of an approaching steam engine without a train as it disappears into a setting sun. The film then cuts to a moorland setting, as a steam train travels along a bleak exposed line. Another steam train reverses pulling a train of wagons.  From a bridge a high angle view shows an locomotive in steam. The driver climbs into his cab, the train is of loaded coal wagons extending into the distance. The engine moves off [quite dark]. A general view follows of a steam train pulling another set of wagons. The camera pans from right to left. A trackside shot shows  Wordsell Raven J27 class no. 65789 reversing pulling a set of wagons. [This engine operated in the Tyneside and Wearside area]. It pulls a train of wooden trucks and performs a shunting operation at a station. A low angle view taken near an embankment shows it in full steam pulling the train into the distance. At the trackside another steam train headed by J27 class no. 65853 or 65835 passes by pulling a number of empty wagons. Another view follows of the locomotive reversing and pulling wagons. A long view taken at dusk shows a steam train travelling through an open landscape.  Engine J27 65855 filmed at the trackside approaches the camera then speeds past. More general views follow of the same engine.More general views follow of engine number 65789 as seen earlier and of 65855. A Stanier Jubilee class 5XP/6P 4-6-0 no. 45562 named Alberta speeds past with a passenger train. Another view follows of the same engine panning right to left. The film closes with two stationary two in an engine shed, followed by a view of 'Alberta'  as it reverses along a track.