One of the problems that face a Heritage railway is the fine line between maintaining the existing fleet and the need to restore other locomotives. At Tanfield railway there are many steam locomot... (more)

Interior of Marley Hill shed

When taking the role of Santa on these Santa specials you do two trains and then have two trains off. In my break today I took the opportunity to take a stroll down the line and capture this shot.... (more)

Tanfield Railway has possibly the highest number of locos for any railway in Britain with a total of 62 of various types. The majority though are awaiting preservation which possibly will never ha... (more)

Tis that time of year again and at Tanfield Railway the first Santa specials of the Christmas season ran in very appropriate weather conditions. It is many years since I remember there being so mu... (more)

The fire is dropped from locomotive Renishaw after a day working the scheduled services.

Visiting engine Sir Berkeley gently steams in the yard along with another visitor 69023. No 49 separates the two.

Visiting engine Sir Berkeley gently steams in the yard

Tanfield Railway's Friday evening photo shoot and Twizell is having its fire dropped.

Tanfield Railway's Friday evening photo shoot with all engines involved in steam for the camera. Guest engines are Sir Berkeley, back right, and J72 60923 in the foreground having its fire dropped... (more)

Tanfield Railway , the night before their gala hold an evening shoot for photographers when they warm up the engines ready for the day's events in the morning. Here is one of the guest engines Sir... (more)

69023 is a member of the J72 class and has been recently restored to original condition by members of the NELPG. It is of a design that was first built in 1898 and building of these locomotives co... (more)

Tanfield railway give an outing to their newest locomotive to join the roster. Twizell has been worked on for over 15 years to my knowledge and this day was its first hauling a passenger train on ... (more)

Santa special at Tanfield railway. weather is so cold here in North East of England we might as well begin running them now!!

Sun finally came out to shine on this Santa Special heading for Andrews House from East Tanfield the day before Christmas Eve. It was quite deep and I spent the afternoon in the red suit with free... (more)