Chris Lawson filmmaker and railway enthusiast documents the working of a small rail service within the Pallion shipyard in Sunderland. The beginning is slightly blurred, which then cuts to a long shot of a crane moving along its track through the shipyard. A closer shot sees this most unusual machine approaching the camera. The engine named 'Roker' steams past the camera, and past a group of steam enthusiasts, the engine also pulls a flatbed wagon. A long view follows of an...

Chris Lawson filmmaker and railway enthusiast documents the working of a small rail service within the Pallion shipyard in Sunderland. The beginning is slightly blurred, which then cuts to a long shot of a crane moving along its track through the shipyard. A closer shot sees this most unusual machine approaching the camera. The engine named 'Roker' steams past the camera, and past a group of steam enthusiasts, the engine also pulls a flatbed wagon. A long view follows of an approaching engine of a similar design to 'Roker' coming through the shipyard, followed by another shot of one of the engines on another track in the yard. Some indistinct footage follows, then another shot in close up of 'Roker'(?) as it steams past. This is followed by a shot of the engine shed at Doxford's, showing five engines parked in individual bays on their own separate tracks.  The film cuts to open countryside and a high angle view of a curve in the track. A steam train approaches at speed, the engine hauling the train is probably 'Flying Scotsman' (engine no. 4472). The camera pans to the left, with the view obscured momentarily as another steam enthusiast steps in front of the camera. It travels around the curve and off into the distance. On a different section of track, another view of the 'Flying Scotsman' follows as it passes on the farside track of a twin track railway. The film ends as the driver leans out of his cabin window, and photographers on the slopes of a cutting try to photograph the speeding train.