Trains at Hartlepool | August 2024

[@christhompson2126]

Hardly recognize this station any more, although the columns and the curvature appear familiar... Certainly very much neater than recalled (both track and buildings) - where - as a 'lad' I worked in BR Thornaby Area Civil Engineer's office and was expected to apply for permission to attend Technical College (aka "Tech"). Our maintenance Area included Hartlepool - which had its own "section" office where I think the local Track Inspector was a nice bloke by the name of Mattison - and our mileage included Horden, Saltburn, the stub of the "coast" line towards Loftus, all the way to Whitby and I believe southwards towards Northallerton (N.B. I have forgotten the 'mileages' of the point where "our" Area ended and another Area began, since my BR employment in the North of England ended some fifty years ago, when I was lucky enough to escape to BR's Colchester Area where I was at once treated as a man and given REAL responsibilities! However, before this I attended Teesside Polytechnic with my Darlington office counterpart for the HND in Civil Engineering. Railway life was very interesting indeed, if nothing else!!!

[@AmanDeep-nd1vj]

How come German locomotive is running in UK?

[@EasternRailwayFilms]

German? Which part of video?

[@AmanDeep-nd1vj]

@@EasternRailwayFilms At 6:38 DB is written on the locomotive and DB is Deutsche Bahn which is the National railways of Germany.

[@EasternRailwayFilms]

@@AmanDeep-nd1vj DB Cargo UK, Which is a german company operating in the uk

[@AmanDeep-nd1vj]

@@EasternRailwayFilms yeah make sense. Thanks for the info. Btw great shots!! Can't wait for more.