1990 National Garden Festival Gateshead - 1 of 3

Описание: The first of three films showing some of the transports at the 1990 National Garden Festival which was held in Gateshead.

This film focuses on railways. and includes the following...

*The 15in (381mm) gauge railway which used 2 diesel and 2 steam locomotives,

*A working replica of George Stephenson's 'Locomotion' which in 1825 hauled the first train on the (nearby) Stockton and Darlington Railway.

*The Dunston Coal Staiths, from where coal mined at the North Durham coalfield was exported.

*The British Railways exhibit - the Time Garden - including the baffling modern living art performances and the holographic clock, where the time seen varied according to the viewpoint of the observer (ie: what is known as 'Railway Time')!

Tyne and Wear Metrocar No. 4087 being used as a Travel Centre, with working OO model metrocar inside (built from a white metal kit which needed assembling and painting) ,

*Tyne & Wear Metro trains - including unit No. 4080 in a special National Garden Festival (NGF) livery as well as Metrocar No. 4044 named 'Director' in lined yellow livery with the crest of the Brandling Junction Railway Company and Metrocar No. 4051 named 'Times' in a lined claret livery with the crest of the Newcastle Upon Tyne & North Shields Railway Company.

With all this there was no room for trams, so these are seen in films 2 and 3.