Austerity No 9 (works No 7097) working at Backworth Colliery filmed by Kevin Hoggett in 1976.

This video was filmed by Kevin Hoggett in 1976 at Backworth Colliery, just before the locomotive was purchased by The Strathspey Railway. It was shot in 8mm silent film but one can imaging the sounds generated by the engine! Built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne at their Newcastle-upon-Tyne works in 1943. The film also show Austerity No 6.
Watch the restoration on No 9, started in 2019, at austerityno9.b...

[@notreffats]

Fabulous old film, well done. Ive saved all your old railway stuff.

[@RazingthenRaising]

The only thing that could improve this would have been to have sound! I am also HIGHLY amazed that there were steam engines in active use as late as 1976. Amazing!
It is wonderful to have history documented.
Keep it up!

[@englishcitystone1663]

Great piece of history and very well filmed.
Good luck getting some exposure!

[@matthewpayne42]

I imagine everything in this fabulous video is long gone now.

[@RoddieMcRae]

No 9 is being restored at the Strathspey Railway and No 6 is at Bridge of Dun. The colliery has closed.

[@pauljohnson7171]

Not quite. Some of the colliery buildings survive next to the B1322. The stone building (former school) next to the level crossing has long gone but the brick buildings behind are still there. All the grey council houses survive. The signal box Earsdon crossing(flat rail crossing) is long gone and is under the A186 Shiremoor bypass bridge.

[@RoddieMcRae]

@@pauljohnson7171 Thanks for the update.