ITV Feature of Saturday

An ITV news feature of Saturday's Run It

Bargain Hunt 2004

David Dickinson's Bargain Hunt featured TR on leap day 2004; some of Dave Hewitt's photos from the day are below:

Cochrane waits at  a snowy Andrews House on 29 February 2004,
seen through the arch of our 1990-rebuild of Gibraltar Bridge

Thursday Afternoon

Matthew & Antony being prepared for their film debut .....
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Thursday Morning

Antony oiling Cochrane
(photo courtesy of Angela Pickering)

Saturday's Filming

Crew & cast discussion at Marley Hill
(photo courtesy of Barry Duncan)

Tuesday

Filming in a darkened MH shed

Another Quiet Day

Moving the front cover of the fireless loco .....

Some of Today's Work

Terry unloading rocks & lumps of concrete

Tranent - Cockenzie Waggonway

BBC iPlayer has a recent archaeology programme with a section on Scotland's first railway, a 1722 waggonway which carried coal from Tranent to salt pans at Cockenzie.    View Digging for Britain series 9 episode 3, from about 28 mins in.   (Stills below are from this episode.)

On the route of the waggonway

Some Seaham

In 1971, early in Dave Dixon's career as a Tyne Tees TV cameraman, he filmed Johnny Morris at Seaham in Costa del Coal.

Johnny Morris riding around Dawdon colliery on the front of a diesel loco
(still from Costa Del Coal)

Catherine Cookson at Tanfield #2

The photos below taken during filming of a Catherine Cookson episode (probably The Cinder Path of 1994) are courtesy of Ian Cowan:

The director came for backdrops & lighting effects .....

Catherine Cookson at Tanfield #1

The photos below of a Catherine Cookson episode (probably The Cinder Path of 1994) are courtesy of Ian Cowan:

38 at Andrews House with actors & extras

Connecting Scotswood & Marley Hill

Thanks to Dave Dixon, who contributed this feature.

Scotswood Tunnel is just west of Scotswood Station on the North Wylam loop which was built as the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway between 1872 and 1875.

The bricked up eastern portal of Scotswood Tunnel on the North Wylam route .....
(photo courtesy of Dave Dixon)

Huntley Film Archives

Today, I came across some of the work of John Huntley (1921-2003), who was, inter alia, a film historian.   He set up the Huntley Film Archives, which continue to give chargeable access to films from the last 100 years.

It is possible to search by category & phrase through films in the archive, and view full screen watermarked, usually silent, versions free of charge.   To do this, click on a film still to start viewing, but pause, right click & save, then open the saved copy in a program such as VLC (freeware).

Some examples of simplified searches by film number are:

Non stop through Newcastle Central in the 1920s - search for 1032863

Quarter Century Ago & More Recently

Ready for filming of Catherine Cookson's "Tide of Life" in May 1995 at Andrews House
Derek, Neville, Martin, Stuart, Martin & Ian with RSH 38
(photo courtesy of Neville Whaler)

Filming on Friday

Film crew setting up outside MH shed this morning

TR Gala on TV

No.60 loaded at Alnwick ready to travel to the TR 2018 gala

A1 : Britain's Longest Road Series 4 Episode 3 was on BBC1 at 11 am today - featuring No.60 being moved.   There's a total of about 10 mins coverage at 13, 27 & 38 minutes in.   The final scenes are at the gala.

Episode 3 is repeated tomorrow morning on BBC2 at 6.30 am, otherwise it's on BBC iPlayer.

Sentinel On TV

Michael Portillo on a Sentinel at Elsecar on last night's
Great British Railway Journeys s10 ep 3 Manchester to Elsecar 

Amber Films Collection

Amber Films have online collections of photos & film excerpts which feature people, places, industry, events, history, work & everyday life around NE England.   There are a handful of examples below:

Building the Tyne Bridge 

Gala 1987

A video recently uploaded to YouTube advertising a TR gala of 30+ years ago features volunteers & HL No.2, RSH 38, Irwell & Cochrane.

No.2 passing under the newly rebuilt arch of Gibraltar Bridge