Replica locomotive Puffing Billy takes visitors for a short ride on Beamish waggonway. Designed to illustrate train travel in 1825. The original Puffing Billy was built in 1813 for transporting co... (more)

A young volunteer is at work at the forge and making the sparks fly

No 49 heads a Santa Special to the North Pole at a time when we were almost guaranteed to have snow before Christmas

Peter Weightman discusses repairs of Twizell with Angela,whilst her dog, Dave, wonders what he's sat in

A cold February day and the steam in Marley Hill shed takes an age to disperse. No 2 is raising steam whilst Twizell, behind, has had a steam test

A young volunteer heads through the shed at Marley Hill

At the end of a long day working Santa Specials the fire is raked out of the firebox before putting into the shed in readiness for the next day's workings

USA tank coasts past the exit to Causey Arch with a train for East Tanfield

Heading into the storm No 22 with a demonstration freight on the little run Bowes Railway

USA built tank locomotive No 35, actually British Railways No 30065 in disguise, heads a mixed train around Engine curve in Causey woods .

Second day of Tanfield's gala and the weather refused to improve though it did lead to steamy conditions. Here Sir Berkeley leads Twizell out of Andrews House with a coal train

This weekend it is Tanfield railways gala and this year a USA tank built during World War 2 is one of the guest engines. Several of these locomotives made it into British Railways stock after the ... (more)

Replica locomotive Puffing Billy raises steam in the 1825 shed yard before performing its daily duties of hauling visitors along a short stretch of line close to Pockerley manor house.

Another area of the narrow gauge which has been recently opened. Here guest engine 104 is at the head of a train carrying sawn wood. The traction engine has been harnessed to drive a belt which in... (more)