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 pre-assembled 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.