Railway Modernisation (1960)

Dinsdale on the main railway line between Durham and Newcastle. M, Ss of a long railway line being hoisted by a crane and carried to the right to be lowered onto a wagon for transporting. High angle M, S as the train carries the lines up the track; high angle L, S of the train moving along the track with large piles of train lines and tracks either side. Panning M, S and C, U of the ballast cleaner in action with numerous men working with it, some digging out the old ballast from the sleepers. M, Ss and C, U of a steam crane carrying a section of old track to a pile of others and lowering it. M, S of a twin job track laying crane ( ) carrying a section of temporary 30 ft rails preassembled on concrete sleepers which it gradually lowers as it moves along. M, S as the section is carried into position then C, Us of the men levering it into position and making it stable. M, S of the Morris Track Layer; the top of it (the track carrying part) is moving along the length of the wagon it is mounted on, carry