Sir Cecil A Cochrane runs around its train

Back in the days when I used a medium format camera, No 38 heads off shed to take charge of the days trains

The crew of Sir Cecil A Cochrane pick up speed after a check going over some relaid track

The Par twins were the guests at Beamish museum's agricultural power event last month. They are the basis of Bill and Ben in the Thomas the Tank engine books. Here they are coupled to wagons for ... (more)

David has to find the point switch so that coffee pot can run round its wagons

After a brief signal check to allow a Newcastle bound unit to pass, 37609 and 37409 cross Park Lane Junction onto the Sunderland line with 6E44 Carlisle Kingmoor to Seaton.

Twizell heads back to Andrews house with its train from Sunniside.

The crew get the first train of the operational

Twizell heads up the steepest grade in the UK on a preserved railway

Rocket gets attached to its coaches as the Steam elephant is cleaned after its turn yesterday

Pockerley manor house overlooks the waggonway which is used this week by Rocket

Andrew Barclay No 22 of Bowes Railway is seen shunting at Beamish over their North East steam weekend

This weekend sees the North East steam festival in Beamish museum and one of the guests is a replica of the Rocket. George Stephenson's locomotive which won the Rainhill trials in 1829 and went on... (more)

Latest addition to Tanfield Railway's fleet is No 2, which has been under restoration for the past couple of years. Sunday saw the first rostered use of the loco on Sunday trains and is seen here ... (more)

First steam train for 18 months ran at Bowes. Here is No 22 giving brake van rides to visitors