Former North Eastern Railway T2 class - LNER Q6 class - 0-8-0 3378 - Newcastle - 9.4.1959

Environmental commentary - A typical scene from the era of coal - a heavy goods locomotive hauls a train of hopper wagons, which may have been carrying coal or iron ore. While the grainy quality of the print makes everything look more dark and gloomy, in reality buildings alongside such railway lines in urban areas were covered in layers of soot.