Bowes Railway Company is a Registered Charity (No: 511691) and, although we receive grant aid from a number of sources, the success of our enterprise depends very much on the help given to us by individuals and organisations alike.

We'd like to convey special thanks to:

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

City of Newcastle upon Tyne Council

City of Sunderland Council

Baldwins Crane Hire

Continental Conveyors Ltd

Mines Rescue Service, Houghton-le-Spring

Northumbria Police

North East Ambulance Service

UK Coal

St John's Ambulance Brigade

Thompson's of Prudhoe Ltd

Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire and Rescue Service

JM Engineering

MH Southern Ltd

Fergusons Transport Ltd

 

Royal Air Force, Army Air Corps, Royal Navy

United States Army and Air Force

German Army, Navy and Air Force

Belgian Army

Irish Air Corps

 

The above list is not exhaustive, and we apologise for any omissions. If you know of anything that needs adding, or can provide a logo or link for any of the above, contact us.

Without the following contributors, this website would either not exist or its content would be severely depleted:

Ian Bowskill (Battle of Britain Locomotive Society) - photographs
Phillip Dawe, John Tulip, Dave Hardy, Alan Nicholson, Alison Gibson, Brian Carruthers - photographs
Peter Norman - help with initial web content and design, "Out and About" content, photographs, links
James Wylie Towler - the original concept, design and maintenance up to 2002 of the entire website, graphic design, photographs
Lee Barton - 2010 website redesign

and, of course, many others whose comments and contributions have been invaluable

And Finally ...

A very special thanks to all of our visitors, young and old.