THIS IS TEESSIDE

Back to the home of the Armstrong Railway Photographic Trust with a look at nearby Teesside and its industry.
Once the home of the Iron and steel making industries followed after WW1 by the chemical industry, and not forgetting the ship building that was once established on the River Tees, Teesside today is a shadow of its former self. These few images take a look at Teesside industry at its best. 

Above LNER J77 No612 brings a train of good wagons up from Stockton on Tees docks and goods yard at Stockton south passing Bowesfield Jct on the 6th May 1939.
Today the line into Stockton is a 6 lane road known as 1825 Way
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Q6 63431 with four brake vans, forms the Cleveland Limited , run by the Teesside branch of the SLS. Seen at Wilton SB 8th June 1963

Teesside Munciple Transport T285 a Sunbeam / Roe trolley bus, being overtaken by a British Railways dormobile at Clay Lane Cargo Fleet 18th April 1971

Once Clay Lane Bridge had trolley buses sliding under it with inches to spare , now part of the A66 not a sign of the bridge or Bolckows signal box. 10th March 1967

37507 brings a train of strip steel off the goods lines at South Bank 27th July 1989

Cargo Fleet Inner signal box on the Eston Branch with one of Teesside landmarks behind it. the Gas holder at Cargo Fleet

December 1967 and Cochranes Iron works still has a pair of Hawthorn Lesiles to shunts its works with No 6 and Cleveland in view

One of the best advertisement's to grace any station wall, shows ICI Billingham at its best.

WD90434 brings out empty mineral wagons from ICI Billingham at Belasis Lane 21st July 1966

47362 with North Tees and Seal Sands in the back ground 8th August 1989