Marley Hill engine shed built in 1854 and has continuously housed steam locomotives since that time , making it the oldest working shed in the world. During the Covid lockdown it has been refurbis... (more)

Beamish museum's first event since the covid outbreak, held May 1 2021. Peckett 0-4-0 heads a load of chaldron wagons out of the colliery yard

Meanwhile in the yard at Beamish the coffee pot locomotive is waiting for a traction engine to clear the tracks, which had been used to lift loads hauled by the narrow gauge locomotive "Peter... (more)

It is Beamish Museum's annual steam weekend and this year there is a great deal of activity concentrating on the road side of things. Not much is taking place on rails. One of the guests to the pa... (more)

2016 Tanfield railway's gala was a damp affair, enlivened by the visit of Sir Berkeley, which is seen here leading locomotive Twizell out of Andrews House station with atrain for Sunniside

Storm Arwen passed through on Friday night, damaging the infrastructure put in place for the annual santa special trains and forcing the cancellation of the first day of the festive season. By Sun... (more)

Horden, Tanfield's newest locomotive, makes its way around Engineman's curve with a train for Andrews House

Tanfield's newest locomtive 0-6-0 tank engine Horden is being used for revenue service for the first time today. 9 years ago this locomotive was deemed a write off but hard work by the volunteers ... (more)

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)