A train from Middlesbrough heads over the High Level bridge and into Newcastle Central station

Signalman leans out with the token for the driver as Twizell heads out of Andrews House. Possession of the token means that only this train can run on the tracks ahead. In it are the keys to the p... (more)

A CPR coal train traverses the loops in the Columbia river valley

Black Five 44806 heads towards Goathland with a charter train organised by Matt Fisher

GP60B No 345 waits for a westbound freight to pass before returning to Winslow yard

55019 leaves the north end of Newcastle Central with a special train for Edinburgh. Note railfanning UK style!

There was a steam locomotive scheduled to pass over this bridge next month which I hoped to photograph but it has been put back to 2023 so here is a York to Harrogate service crossing last July

Special event at Beamish entitled Power through the Ages. No. 22, on loan from the Bowes railway, shunts a "coffee pot" which used to work in Seaham Harbour before being preserved at Beamish.

The late evening sun just manages to catch the silver bodied coaches of this Amtrak train coming from Seattle and heading down the Columbia river.

Every Tuesday in the summer a steam special runs along the Settle and Carlisle line called "The Dalesman". Today was the last working of the train this summer. 35018 "British India ... (more)

The launch of Beamish museum's replica of the locomotive Puffing Billy. It was kept behind closed doors until the appropriate moment when the doors were flung aside and the loco came steaming out.

A Potash train heading West along the Columbia river in the last light of the day.

Furness Railway No 20 gives brake van rides along the short length of track in Shildon Railway museum

Tanfield Railway's annual night shoot and guest engine Sir Berkeley sits in Marley hill yard at sunset

Santa Specials began on the South Tynedale railway on Saturday, locomotive Thomas Edmondsen was at the south facing end and a small diesel faced north. Made the journey much quicker being top and ... (more)