'Tis the season to be jolly and Tanfield Railway are already taking children to the North Pole to visit Santa Claus. 9 trains a day are run, each with 45 children along with their parents and rela... (more)

My Christmas present last year was a trip in a hot air balloon. I finally took the trip on Thursday evening. Here a Virgin train heads under the motorway and heads for Ferryhill and stations to Du... (more)

On a misty February morning the Steam Elephant makes its way along Beamish waggonway with visitors wishing to be transported back to 1825

My first ever visit to this area of the States and I was met by a blizzard! Freight heading east towards East Glacier.

Twizell passes Bobgins crossing with a winter warmer train for Andrews house

Returning train takes the loop on what was to become a strange day for weather with thunderstorms, lightening and a tornado close to Denver.

Virgin class 43 heads south with a cross country train on a clear January day

In the days when I used fil. Cochrane heads up to Andrews House with last train of the day

Twizell heads up the bank from East Tanfield station

Sometimes in the UK we have snow. This was the second week of the Santa Specials on Tanfield Railway and the snow came with a vengeance. The railway remained open, many customers came despite the ... (more)

I had been hanging around Holbrook that morning when I discovered that the Apache Railway was going to take some empty wagons down the line. Something which I believe doesn't happen all that often... (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)

The Par twins were the guests at Beamish museum's agricultural power event last month. They are the basis of Bill and Ben in the Thomas the Tank engine books. Here they are coupled to wagons for ... (more)

60009 Union of South Africa gives rides in brake vans at a cost of £2.50 a trip. The remainder of the museum is free and crowds flock around the 5 other A4's parked in front Locomotion. This site... (more)

Late afternoon in the Yorkshire Dales and a "Jubilee" class locomotive hauls the Winter Cumbrian express over the 19 arch Ribblehead viaduct