This film made by filmmaker and railway enthusiast Chris Lawson looks some of the local service trains in Newcastle then moving further afield to film railway activity in Germany. The film opens in an urban railway setting with a diesel train running alongside houses. The train is a local DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit). The area it travels through has industrial buildings surrounding it including a gas holder situated quite near the railway track. In the background is a factory or warehouse with...

This film made by filmmaker and railway enthusiast Chris Lawson looks some of the local service trains in Newcastle then moving further afield to film railway activity in Germany. The film opens in an urban railway setting with a diesel train running alongside houses. The train is a local DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit). The area it travels through has industrial buildings surrounding it including a gas holder situated quite near the railway track. In the background is a factory or warehouse with the name Beavan on its upper storey. Frederick Beavan was a draper who had shops in the Heaton area of Newcastle in the early part of the last century.  The train is seen just beyond some brick buildings as it weaves its way through the industrial centre of Tyneside. Another building has 'Buma' displayed on the brickwork.[ Buma was an engineering company based in Newcastle and made specialist tools]. The train moves further on past a large shed-like building with the word 'Bradburn' displayed on it. The train moves on into the distance. To the left of the track in the distance the Tyne bridge can be seen through some light mist. The film cuts to a view of steam engine 6000, King George V, a Collett designed 4-6-0 as it pulls a way from the camera. A trackside view follows as another locomotive comes around a curve towards the camera. This is engine no. 92220, a BR9F class 2-10-0 named Evening Star, the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways. The engine is pulling a passenger train and the film cuts to the engine travelling away from the camera. A different location and another locomotive pulling a passenger train. The design of the engine and carriages suggests it's in Germany, in keeping with other films in the collection. Some indistinct footage which involves very jerky footage of a railway track followed by more views of the same or similar engine and train, as it disappears into the distance under a road bridge. General views follow of another engine and train taken from a high angle probably from a bridge, followed by a trackside view of again the same engine(?). A travelling shot taken from a car as an engine makes progress along a railway running parallel to the road, with trees and buildings speeding past. This is followed by a high angle view of a  valley with trees along its flanks. The valley floor is flat with houses and fields and a railway as in the distance a steam train makes its way along the valley. The film ends with indistinct 'accidental' footage of the interior of a car or building.