Search the archiveCurrently displaying: 45 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:area: "Newport" xSubject: "East Newport Station" x Search term Filter by Subject Memories (1)Filter by Format Artifact (4)Newspaper cutting (1)Photograph (37)Picture (2)Text (1)Filter by Decade 1870s (4)1880s (4)1890s (3)1900s (6)1910s (5)1920s (4)1930s (4)1940s (4)1950s (7)1960s (26)1970s (8)1980s (1)Filter by Century 19th (5)20th (36) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest PAGE: 12Next > Diesel Train at East Newport Diesel Train at East Newport 1960s. Diesel Train at East Newport Diesel Train at East Newport 1960s. Two coal merchants' depots clearly visible. Diesel at Newport 1968 A surprising destination of Montrose on this diesel train at East Newport in 1968. Here East Newport station is looking rather tatty - it's only months before it would close for good in May 1969. Freight Train at East Newport Engine 64577 at East Newport pulling a freight train to Tayport. The house in the centre, Magask, on the corner of Kilgask Street and Gowrie Brae, had a good view of all the activity on the line. East Newport Station After Closure Series of photographs showing East Newport Station site after closure. The station closed in 1969 and houses were built on the site by 1980. These photographs probably date from mid 1970s before final clearance of site. Only the main station building (picture 4) was retained. Last Days at East Newport Station Four photographs showing the last days at East Newport station. Funeral for the Newport Railway The coffin for the funeral of the Newport railway is brought alongside the last train at East Newport on a suitably dismal wet May evening. It was piped on board, and was then 'buried at sea' from Dundee Esplanade. Picnic Train at West Newport Station The train carrying Windmill Park picnickers ready to leave East Newport Station on its return to Dundee. Steam Train at East Newport Station Arriving at East Newport Station, a steam train heading for Tayport. Steam Freight at East Newport Station Steam freight train at East Newport Station. East Newport signal box and Thomas Muir, Son and Patton Ltd coal depot in background. Diesel Train at East Newport Station Dundee-bound diesel train at East Newport Station. Steam Train at East Newport Station The arrival of a steam train at East Newport Station. Note the use of the old railway carriage on opposite platform. East Newport Station Platform Sign East Newport station platform sign, with house in Norwood behind. The ground between the station and Norwood was at one time used for allotments. Diesel at East Newport Station Diesel train at East Newport station. in the 1960s two coal merchants were based at the station, Smith Hood and Co Ltd, and Thomas Muir, Son and Patton Ltd. East Newport Signal Box East Newport Signal Box at the far end of the station. Photograph from 1968 not long before closure in 1969. Only single track remaining as no need by then for access to Tayport or for sidings access to the goods yard which had been behind the signal box. Buffers at East Newport Station Buffers in East Newport station in this 1968 photograph. The line to Tayport has been removed since 1966 and the sidings too have gone. East Newport Station from Linden Avenue A more unusual view of East Newport station in these two photographs taken from Linden Avenue. East Newport Station House After Closure Newport station house beginning to look rather dilapidated after rail closure in 1969. Photograph from 1971. Diesel Train at East Newport Station Diesel train at East Newport station, seen through the footbridge. East Newport Railway Tickets East Newport rail tickets from 1965, and a luggage ticket from West Newport. Tay Bridge Disaster: Stationmaster's Recollections James Duncan was the first stationmaster at East Newport station. In this newspaper cutting he recalls the night of the Tay Bridge Disaster and his early days at Newport. Steam Trains at East Newport Station Framed photograph of passing steam trains at East Newport Station. Steam Train Leaving East Newport Station Framed photograph of steam train leaving East Newport Station, heading for Tayport. Cupar Road Railway Bridge A painting by Helen Wallace of the railway bridge over Cupar Road just before the small turn-off leading up to dual carriageway. The bridge carried the line from East Newport into Tayfield estate, and it was demolished in 1980s. PAGE: 12Next >