Metro Test Track

A few more images of the Museum site at Middle Engine Lane, when in use as the Tyne & Wear Metro test track, the first of its kind in the UK. More details in the captions...

Photos courtesy of:
D.Matthen
C.Alexander
B.Pearson

Middle Engine Lane crossing

Train approaching the crossing from the tunnel

Passing the shed (what is now the Museum)

Southern Terminus by the coast road bridge. This shoes how our railway follows a different alignment, with our line climbing the embankment (right) before crossing the Rising Sun Bridge.

Inside the test tunnel

At the platform

Tunnel under construction

Northern terminus at West Allotment

Hunslet shunter outside the shed

Aerial view of the yard, museum building, Middle Engine lane and the tunnel. So many fields!

Track diagram