It is Tanfield Railway's gala weekend and it always begins with a Friday shoot from 6-10 pm. Here is the lineup outside the depot with a traction engine, soon to be running Twizell, Renishaw and N... (more)

Bowes railway ran locomotives for the first time this year and had both of its locomotives in harness. Here No 22 waits at the head of its train whilst W.S.T takes water at the newly refurbished w... (more)

Locomotive No 49 waits at Andrews House with a service train. It will pass under the bridge and go over the last remnant of the line down to Bowes Railway and the river Tyne at Jarrow. The green b... (more)

49 enters Marley Hill shed after a days work on the line.

Sir Cecil A Cochrane and the guest engine 813 sit in Marley Hill shed yard on the evening of the Tanfield railway annual night shoot.

Sir Cecil A Cochrane prepares to depart Andrews House station with a train for Sunniside.

Stagshaw in the lead with Renishaw behind create a huge amount of "clag" as they head for Andrews House station

The locomotive Tornado, before it had its first main line outing made a series of tests runs. Here it arrives at Newcastle from York with an evening train . Still in its undercoat of grey paint it... (more)

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

A Pacer unit heads for Sunderland over the 1849 built High Level bridge crossing the river Tyne. Also in shot are the 1872 swing bridge and the 1982 metro bridge.

Sir CecilA Cochrane heads a passenger train up the severe bank from east tanfield.

Night falls as the light from the coach shed highlights the name of Sir Cecil Cochrane, one of the fleet of Tanfield railway

It is very rare to catch three trains crossing the river at the same time. Here in the distance is a train for Middlesbrough, a metro commuter train is on the middle bridge and closest is a class ... (more)

Beamish museum is based around a rebuilt town set in 1913 and everything is authentic to that period. Each Christmas it opens late in the evening for entertainment and views of the Edwardian decor... (more)

Flying high above Tanfield railway and the Beamish Mary pub. No 49 heads its train back to Andrews House.