A steam tram and two trailers have come to a standstill outside Nos. 86-91 High Street on  the corner of Yarm Lane. No.86 – Grey Horse Inn, No.87 – West End Boot Emporium, No.90 – W.Salmon the Chemist and No.91 – Borough Hall. The Borough Hall was built as a town house c.1785 for Mr R Dickson and became the Borough Offices with a hall built behind it in 1852. The hall was demolished in 1934 and the Regal Cinema was built. The Borough Offices closed in 1934 and remained in a derelict state until c1955 when they were demolished to make way for the Stockton Post Office and Savings Bank. Photograph taken c1890.

In March 1907 a mineral train and a goods train collided at Thornaby Station. The mineral train made up of 30-ton wagons was travelling from Stockton when one of the wagons jumped the track. At the same time the goods train was coming in the opposite direction travelling about 15 miles per hour. The impact was severe and could be heard several miles away. No one was seriously injured in the crash but several people suffered bruises and shock.

Yarm Viaduct was built between 1849 and 1852 by the Leeds Northern Railway to carry their Northallerton to Stockton line.  It has forty one small arches either side of the river and two large ones crossing the river, making a total of 43 arches. The viaduct was constructed 760 yards long, 24 feet in width and carries two tracks.  It is hard to imagine the impact this must have had on the inhabitants of Yarm, with the great number of labourers brought in to construct this great monument.  The amount of materials needed for the task was of course also huge with 7,500,000 bricks in total for the 41 arches of bricks, and 134,000 cubic feet of stone for the two river arches.The viaduct was designed by Thomas Grainger and John Bourne.  This information is recorded on a stone tablet between the two 167 foot high arches spanning the river.