Ridin' the switchback

At the gala the home locomotives also had a run out. Here Cochrane and No 2 are in harness with a passenger set. Or as a certain member might say"2 Percy's"

The other guest engine at the gala No 15 runs under Gibraltar Bridge on its way to Marley Hill shed, leaving its coaches for another locomotive

Tanfield Railway's annual gala saw two visiting steam engines, one of which, No 60 is shown here passing what was once the site of the railway's steam shed. 60 years ago this was a three track lay... (more)

A little piece of history being made. South Tynedale railway inherited the branch line from Alston to Haltwhistle in the North of England after British Railways closed it down in 1976. The standa... (more)

On the left locomotive "JACK LANE" heads up the grade and past locomotive"STATFOLD". Both the subject of my last photograph from Beamish museum

A couple of weeks ago Beamish museum held its annual steam fair. Two guest locomotives came from the Statfold Barn museum and they have yet to return. The two men in charge of the railways at Beam... (more)

The second day of Beamish musem's four day Festival of Steam. Scene is of the colliery yard where locomotive "Lewin" is bringing in a rake of Chaldron wagons which the coffee pot(red loc... (more)

Going back a bit. Grain train heads for Vancouver along the Fraser river and the glorious Highway 1

Steam that did run on Sunday was this 0-4-0 Peckett. The second coach is one that was transported from British Columbia a couple of years ago and has been restored. The locomotive that came with i... (more)

The three replica early locomotives at Beamish museum are housed in a replica shed from 1825. On Sundays one is usually steamed to haul a rake of early coaches. Sunday last and nothing was running... (more)

No 2 and Twizell(3) raise steam in the yard before the days' activities