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)

With a sprinkling of snow today I thought to go out and take a few pictures. Here is a Freightliner owned class 66 heading north with an empty coal train for Tyne Dock passing over Croxdale viaduc... (more)

Waiting for the next set of travellers, the crew of the LNER Y7 talk in the gentle drizzle that plagued the evening

I don't normally take shots with engines running tender first but this was so appealing it had to be photographed. A USA S160 locomotive is on the front of the train leaving a plume of smoke all a... (more)

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)

Late evening sun starts to pierce the clouds as this freight heads towards Cheyenne

Cochrane and No2 head the winter warmer train out of Andrews House and on to Sunniside

First time that I have ever seen a caboose being used on a freight train, pity about the raging blizzard at the time.

Beamish museum every September have a 4 day event entitled Agricultural Power from the Past which gives the staff in charge of the railways to run guest motive power along with their own stock. th... (more)

Special event today at Beamish entitled Power through the Ages. Here three different examples are seen together

0-4-0 No 2 ,caught by the late afternoon sun,heads past Bobgins crossing with the last train of the day for Andrews House station

November 5th and Firework Night in the UK. Bowes railway holds its annual firework display amongst a collection of its rolling stock

The famous Ribblehead viaduct with the Cumbrian Mountain Express heading back south after a visit to Carlisle

A returning "Wine Train" excursion heads back to Steamtown at dusk