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Brandling Junction Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42131 takes a train towards Pelaw through Gateshead near the site of Borough Gardens shed, thought to be in the late 1950s. The spire of Newcastle's All Saints Church is visible in the background<br><br>[John Alexander //]](/images/35000/35192.jpg "Gateshead")
![Pacifics on Gateshead shed, date unspecified. A3 no 60065, <I>Knight of Thistle</I> (withdrawn June 1964) stands alongside A1 no 60138 <I>Boswell</I> (withdrawn October 1965).<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/39000/39689.jpg "Gateshead")
![Gresley A3 no 60070 <I>'Gladiateur'</I> stands in the evening sunshine on Gateshead MPD in the early sixties. The Pacific officially ended her days here in May 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/39000/39916.jpg "Gateshead")
![Looking east along the elevated Chaytor's Bank sidings at Gateshead in the late 50s/early 60s. The old roundhouse (later paintshop) stands in the right background with the main shed over to the left. K1 2-6-0 no 62026 of Blaydon shed is at the head of the lineup with a J72 and a pair of type 2 diesels for company.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/40000/40178.jpg "Gateshead")
![Class 46, 03 (079) and 31 examples at Gateshead in the 1980s, all looking unusually clean.<br><br>[Colin Alexander //]](/images/40000/40548.jpg "Gateshead")
![Scene in the shed yard at Gateshead, thought to be in the early 1960s, with Gresley V3 no 67643 centre stage. The locomotive was withdrawn from here in November 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/40000/40624.jpg "Gateshead")
![J25 0-6-0 no 65645 standing at the west end of Gateshead shed in the early 1960s. The veteran was withdrawn from here in April 1962. Note the Castle Keep in the background on the north side of the Tyne.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/41000/41597.jpg "Gateshead")
![An unidentified WD Austerity 2-8-0 takes a freight west along the southern perimeter of Gateshead shed towards King Edward Bridge Junction in the 1960s. The train is about to pass D5106 standing in the high level Chaytor's Bank sidings. The Type 2 diesel had arrived here new from Darlington Works in September 1960. <br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/41000/41954.jpg "Gateshead")
![J27 0-6-0 65851 standing in the shed yard at Gateshead in the early 1960s. The locomotive ended its days at North Blyth, from where it was withdrawn in December 1965.<br><br>[K A Gray //]](/images/45000/45113.jpg "Gateshead")
![60026 <I>Miles Beevor</I> photographed in the shed yard at Gateshead in 1962. The locomotive was one of the batch of A4s moved north to Ferryhill in the spring of 1964 to spend its final days on the Aberdeen - Buchanan Street route [see image 27942]. <br><br>[K A Gray //1962]](/images/56000/56866.jpg "Gateshead")
![With EE Type 4 diesels dominating the background, WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90396 takes a freight south west past Gateshead shed on 6 October 1962 between Greensfield and King Edward Bridge Junction. The Wakefield (56A) locomotive has a distinctly ex-works look about it. <br><br>[K A Gray 06/10/1962]](/images/30000/30205.jpg "Gateshead")
![B1 4-6-0 no 61241 with a westbound freight running between Greensfield and King Edward Bridge Junction in October 1962 passing Gateshead shed. Pacifics on shed include A4 no 60016 <I>Silver King</I> and A1 60145 <I>St Mungo</I>. In the right background is the original 1862 shed at Chaytor's Bank which, following closure, was used as a paint shop by Gateshead Works. <br><br>[K A Gray 06/10/1962]](/images/35000/35579.jpg "Gateshead")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60910 stands amongst the newcomers on Gateshead shed in October 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 06/10/1962]](/images/39000/39976.jpg "Gateshead")
![Gresley A4 Pacific no 60003 <I>Andrew K McCosh</I> runs west between Greensfield and King Edward Bridge Junction on 20 October 1962 with the 2.35pm Newcastle - York. The train has been routed via the High Level Bridge and is currently passing Gateshead MPD. Note the V3 over on the left near the main shed and the 'Peak' Type 4 diesel on the right in the higher level Chaytor's Bank sidings. <br><br>[K A Gray 20/10/1962]](/images/39000/39309.jpg "Gateshead")
![A3 Pacific no 60052 <I>Prince Palatine</I> in the shed yard at Gateshead in October 1962. The locomotive ended its days at St Margarets in January 1966, the last of the A3s to be withdrawn. Disposal took place at the Langloan scrapyard of Messrs McLellan & Co in June that year.<br><br>[K A Gray 20/10/1962]](/images/44000/44184.jpg "Gateshead")
![A section of the shed yard at Gateshead in 1963, with B16 4-6-0 no 61421 a visitor from York. The B16 is sandwiched between unidentified 9F and K1 class locomotives. One of the shed's recently arrived 'Peak' diesels can just be glimpsed in the background between the 9F and B16.<br><br>[K A Gray //1963]](/images/53000/53162.jpg "Gateshead")
![A misty morning in the shed yard at Gateshead in January 1963. The locomotive is Gresley V3 2-6-2T 67620.<br><br>[K A Gray /01/1963]](/images/50000/50633.jpg "Gateshead")
![A murky Saturday morning on Gateshead shed in May 1963. ECML stalwart 60017 <I>Silver Fox</I> stands in the yard alongside a pair of 52A's by now considerable allocation of EE Type 4 diesel locomotives. <br><br>[K A Gray 25/05/1963]](/images/55000/55643.jpg "Gateshead")
![V2 2-6-2 no 60886 photographed in the shed yard at Gateshead, thought to be in 1964. The locomotive was eventually withdrawn from York in 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray //1964]](/images/39000/39325.jpg "Gateshead")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 no 60940 stands alongside the coaling stage at Gateshead in October 1964.<br><br>[K A Gray 24/10/1964]](/images/41000/41355.jpg "Gateshead")
![Gresley V2 2-6-2 60891 stabled in the Chaytor's Bank sidings alongside Gateshead shed on 24 October 1964, just over a week after its official withdrawal by BR. The locomotive was cut up at Darlington Works by the end of the year.<br><br>[K A Gray 24/10/1964]](/images/58000/58812.jpg "Gateshead")
![Q6 0-8-0 no 63431 photographed near Greensfield Junction, Gateshead, in April 1965 with a train of mineral wagons.<br><br>[K A Gray 15/04/1965]](/images/38000/38528.jpg "Gateshead")
![BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92064 with an eastbound freight running alongside Gateshead shed between King Edward Bridge and Greensfield Junction in May 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray 07/05/1966]](/images/35000/35769.jpg "Gateshead")
![Shed scene at Gateshead around 1981 with 08671 centre stage.<br><br>[Colin Alexander //1981]](/images/39000/39832.jpg "Gateshead")
![Various diesel locomotive types standing in the shed yard at Gateshead in 1981 with no 56063 occupying centre stage. This particular example was involved in crew training prior to GD receiving its own allocation of the class.<br><br>[Colin Alexander //1981]](/images/40000/40679.jpg "Gateshead")
![General view north east over the yard at Gateshead MPD in March 1981. The locomotive running past the camera is one of the sheds own class 37 allocation, no 37242. <br><br>[Colin Alexander /03/1981]](/images/46000/46394.jpg "Gateshead")
![The west end of Gateshead motive power depot on 26 May 1982 looking towards King Edward Bridge Junction. Locomotive 26029 runs past in the foreground.<br><br>[Colin Alexander 26/05/1982]](/images/46000/46084.jpg "Gateshead")
![Looking north from Askew Road over the sad remains of Gateshead shed on a snowy February day in 2004. The King Edward Bridge - Greensfield route runs left to right across the centre of the picture and part of the QEII Bridge, built to carry the Metro across the Tyne, can be seen in the left centre background.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 28/02/2004]](/images/9000/9357.jpg "Gateshead")
![A Tyne & Wear Metro service, passes the closed station at Monkwearmouth in July 2004 on the northern approach to Sunderland. The 1848 station, originally built by the YN&B as a terminus, lost much of its importance in 1879 when the line crossed the River Wear to reach the centre of Sunderland. It closed in 1967 and is now an acclaimed museum. <br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2004]](/images/17000/17890.jpg "Monkwearmouth")
![A Tyne and Wear Metro service bound for Newcastle heads north shortly after leaving St Peters station on the north bank of the River Wear in 2004. The train is running through the abandoned platforms of the 1848 Monkwearmouth station and is about to pass an approaching service heading for South Hylton.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2004]](/images/36000/36397.jpg "Monkwearmouth")
![A South Hylton - Newcastle Airport Metro service arrives at Pelaw in the summer of 2004. The former station master's house stands in the right background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/07/2004]](/images/56000/56275.jpg "Pelaw")
![Outline plan of the Brandling Junction Railway dated 1847. The only railway to be named after a person rather than carrying the usual geographic description. The Brandling family were colliery owners in the north east, whose primary objective at that time was the efficient and reliable transport of coal from their collieries to the staithes for shipment. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 14/08/2005]](/images/43000/43032.jpg "Plates, signs and Notices")
![60091 <I>An Teallach</I> passes Gateshead Stadium metro station with the 6D43 Jarrow - Lindsey empty bogie tanks on 7 November. Most of this class is currently stored out of traffic.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 07/11/2009]](/images/26000/26214.jpg "Gateshead Stadium")
