1239 in the lead with Stanhope behind take another load of visitors to the quarry to see the steam shovel in action. In the shed are Hugh Napier and Lilla, guests from the Ffestionog Railway
Threlkeld Mining museum holds a gala every year on the last weekend in July. Based on the edge of the Lake District it is a beautiful location. This year there were 6 guest engines and here two ar... (more)
The locomotive was built at Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn's famous Forth Banks workshops in Newcastle in 1944.
Here the locomotive stayed into the 1970s, long after steam on the mainline netwo... (more)