Week 2 of Freight in February.This is how trains used to be formed in times gone by. The parcels and freight would be carried on wagons in front of coaches carrying passengers

The first weekend of the annual Santa trains at Tanfield Railway

In a timeless scene the crossing keeper watches the train go past before he opens the crossing gates.It could be 1900 in industrial Northeast England

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Santa Special train on the East Lancs Railway

Owing to the current heatwave in Britain Steam hauled mainline tours are running with diesel behind the engine to minimize fire risk caused by sparks from the steam engine