Bridge building is something we can all do, especially at this challenging time, but railway companies were experts at bridge building. Building bridges out of Iron, Steel, Stone, Brick and concrete.  Here are some examples found around the country.      

Seen above is  an early morning service from Edinburgh to Newcastle on March 26th 1964 seen crossing the River Tweed on the Royal Border Bridge 

The shot was taken by the late John M Boyes of Billingham

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An unidentified class 52 Western crosses into Devon from Cornwall with 1A59 to Paddington (J M Boyes)

Preserved LNER A3 No4472 posed on the Forth Bridge for artist Terence Cuneo (J M Boyes) 13th May 1964

How to test a bridge by using this vehicle DB 967998 sits in Low Fell P W Yard waiting for its next job. Converted from a withdrawn ex GC locomotive (J M Boyes)

A Met Camm 2 car DMU forming the 18:20pm St Andrews to Lechurs service crosses the River Eden at Guard Bridge 21st August 1964 (J M Boyes)

This stone bridge built was effected by subsidence from mine workings, at Priestcroft in East Cleveland 27th May 1964 (J M Boyes)

4mt 80117 is seen crossing this steel girder bridge over the River Urr near Dalbeattie 9th June 1965 (S C Crook)

This viaduct is a combination of stone piers and steel girder construction. D5322 crosses Invershin viaduct on the 1st July 1966 (J M Boyes)

A drivers eye view across the King Edward VII bridge in Newcastle now covered in a tunnel of overhead girders to carry electric cables (G Reed)

31300 passing Newport vertical lifting bridge in Teesside. Built by Dorman Long in 1934

When is a railway bridge not a railway bridge, in Richmond North Yorkshire the station approach road bridge had to be built to cross the River Swale United 2688 8th May 1974 (Dr K Gregory)

One of the iconic photographs from the camera of Malcolm Dunnett show 60129 backing in the Newcastle across the High Level bridge 25th January 1964

One of the oldest railway bridge in the world is the Skew bridge at Butterknowle in Co Durham. Built in 1830 by the S&DR (G Jackson)