Celebrating its 150th birthday is restored 0-4-0VBGT "Coffee Pot" No.1 vertical boiler shunting engine, originally built in 1871 by Head Wrightson at their Thornaby works on Teesside. ... (more)

Afer 14 months of inactivity Beamish museum finally had some steam operating at the colliery village. 5 locomotives in all were used including this on loan 0-4-0 Peckett saddletank which is seen h... (more)

End of a gala day at Tanfield railway. locomotives are being disposed of, which entails the dropping of the fire. Y7 1310 has the last pieces of fire dumped from its firebox

A sight that will be missing this year. no snow and, more importantly, no Santa Specials because of a lockdown in the north east of England. Here No 49 leads a Santa special to the North Pole wher... (more)

Twizell leaves Andrews House with a Mince Pie special and heads under Gibraltar bridge

Locomotive Sir Cecil A Cochrane storms up the bank to Andrews House station with the last train of the day. Tanfield Railway have had some really bad news this week. Because of lockdown nobody has... (more)

Having coaled the locomotive the crew of Puffing Billy, a replica locomotive of one which dates to around 1815, head onto the line to spend a day carrying passengers along the short line available... (more)

End of the night time gala at Tanfield Railway and volunteers are waiting for the remainder of the locomotives to be returned to the shed. No 49 was the first to take its place

A stiff easterly was blowing and snow was in the air as Renishaw hauled a demonstration coal train over Bobgins crossing and up the bank to Andrews House station.

Tanfield gala weekend and visiting locomotive Agecroft No 1 has its fire dropped at the end of the evening

Every Sunday in February Tanfield Railway run a series of demonstration freight trains. The last one this year had No 49 in charge and is seen here leaving East Tanfield and heading up East Causey... (more)

During the annual steam gala at Beamish museum there is plenty of action in the colliery yard. On the left there is the coffee pot waiting for its next trip. On the right Dave tends to narrow gaug... (more)

Santa Specials have begun at Tanfield Railway. This is the fourth day out of eleven such days when nine trains a day run to the "North Pole". Sir Cecil A Cochrane is in charge of the day... (more)

Autumn colours are quickly disappearing in Causey woods as Sir Cecil A Cochrane heads the second train of the day back to Andrews house. Being Remembrance Sunday the locomotive is adorned with a p... (more)

Third day of Tanfield's gala and an early start for everyone. Volunteer crews gather round for a briefing of the day's events as the locomotives raise steam. The two visiting engines are in the to... (more)