43013 and 43014 crawls past Aykley Heads with the New Measurement Train

Photographers get their shots of fireworks over the assembled locos outside Marley Hill engine shed during the photographic evening at Tanfield Railway.

153315 arrives at Drigg with 2C42 14:54 Barrow - Carlisle

55022 departs North Blyth Alcan terminal with the first of the days trip workings to and from Lynemouth. 6N58 0530 North Blyth - Lynemouth

43062 speeds through Burnigill in the afternoon sun with Network Rail's New Measurement Train running as 5Z68 1415 Doncaster - Newcastle. Grand Central's 43067 was on the rear of the train on t... (more)

55022 passes Browney while en route from the East Lancashire Railway to Tyne Dock. The loco has been hired by GBRf to temporarily operate the North Blyth Alcan trip working. 0Z55 Castleton - T... (more)

82202 and 91122 pass Browney with a southbound East Coast service.

80105 passes Wensley on the Wensleydale Railway while dragging a DMU to Redmire.

40145 passes Fourstones near Hexham about 40 minutes late with Fishwicks Centenary Pullman running as 1Z41 13:21 Carlisle to York. This was 40145's first mainline outing in Large Logo livery si... (more)

156460 and 156455 both in experimental Northern liveries pass Ais Gill with the 14:26 Carlisle - Leeds service.

Having deposited their wagons at Seaton, 37602 and 37425 pass Norwood Junction on their way back over the Tyne Valley. I'm unsure if they went to Sellafield or to Kingmoor. 0M60 Seaton-on-Tees... (more)

National Coal Board No.49 sits inside the engine shed at Marley Hill during the photographic evening at Tanfield Railway.

91129 heads south past Relly Mill on the East Coast Main Line with a service to London Kings Cross. Unusually this train is running in reverse formation, normally the loco would be at the north e... (more)

47802 and 47501 pass Hawkhill in Northumberland with Stobart Rail Tours Easter Highlander Railtour returning south from Scotland running as 1Z51 1334 Carstairs to London Kings Cross. The tour w... (more)

156438 departs Harrington on the Cumbrian Coast with a service to Carlisle