1990 National Garden Festival Gateshead - 1of3

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.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Gateshead
• 1990
• National
• Garden
• Festival
• train
• railway
• Locomotion
• Dunston
• Coal
• Staith
• Tyne
• Wear
• metro
• 00
• metrocar

[goahead100]

when you think of the cost of 1990 National Garden Festival which was held in Gateshead evey body thought at time it last for years to come how we where conded the people who worked on it were geting £10 pound and there dole money to work on it when it open to the puplic none of the who worked for £10 did not get a job with garden festival and went back on the dole just go's to show don't belvie the people at the top

[citytransportinfo]

@goahead100

At least you were paid. In 2010 I was put on New Deal and was forced to work unpaid. As it was near Christmas a local well known department store asked for many people from where I was as that way they got 'free' staff to work for them.

Slavery!

Between now and December 2012 you can expect to see much change, including the people at the top getting their just rewards and more.

[CoachAlex1996]

My favourite part was the Metrocars!

I am glad to see them in their 1990's livery!

Would it be OK to use this and the Gateshead footage in a history of the tyne and wear metro film I am doing?

[citytransportinfo]

I assume you mean the yellow and the claret metrocars?

[CoachAlex1996]

I know that place...it is near my dad's ex-girlfriends house (I recognise the gasmeter) A masterpiece of a video,

Alex

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks

;-)

There is one more film to come, its the most ambitious of the lot and still being edited.

[CoachAlex1996]

yeah

[citytransportinfo]

Probably. But I am not certain.

[CoachAlex1996]

Was that OO scale Metrocar that one by Alexander Models?