Railfreight pair 31108 and 31296 await in Round Tree sidings to cross to the Up line and return to Tyneside with a single brake van

When 37106 failed at Callerton Gateshead depot sent 47298 to rescue the stricken loco

Large logo 37081 returns from a trip up the Callerton Branch whilst 31296 awaits a path out of the Round Tree complex

When Thornaby's 31283 failed at Callerton 31108 was the rescue loco and the pair are seen heading back to Gateshead

Metro Car 4020 waits at the signal

31108 & 31296 propelling their train out into the loop

Impatient passengers are already waiting to get off 4024 as the signal man awaits the preceeding train to clear the section

Large Logo 37081 & Blue 37106 head down the branch to Callerton to pick up the empty explosives train

North East celebrity 31283 passes Round Tree sidings heading back to Tyneside with barrier wagons and a pair of empty VEA vans (their explosives having been unloaded at Callerton)

31106 returning to Tyne Yard with a rake of HTVs being used as barrier wagons for taking explosives wagons to the ICI complex at Callerton

31296 entering the Round Tree Sidings complex whilst 4020 waits at the signal

31108 returning to Tyneside is forced to wait for the metro in front to leave Fawdon station whilst 4020 heads towarsd Kenton Bankfoot

During a serious power cut 47298 was uniquely on hand to resuce a stricken metro car

A quiet Sunday afternoon saw a trial undertaken and your photographer was on hand to record the first 4-car service with 4024 leading 4020

31108 heads west to collect the Callerton empties passing a metro heading the other way

31296 propelling its brake van into the sidings whilst 4020 is still awaiting the signal man

The following day the railfreight pair worked up to Callerton and returned with a railfreight liveried brake van