End of a gala day at Tanfield railway. locomotives are being disposed of, which entails the dropping of the fire. Y7 1310 has the last pieces of fire dumped from its firebox
A sight that will be missing this year. no snow and, more importantly, no Santa Specials because of a lockdown in the north east of England. Here No 49 leads a Santa special to the North Pole wher... (more)
Late afternoon sun catches a class 66 with a freight on Croxdale viaduct just south of Durham. The sun soon disappeared and a heavy rain shower drove me back to the car
The Uk's newest mainline locomotive Tornado paid a visit to the Nene Valley railway in 2013. There was a need to turn the engine and this had to be done manually. Three volunteers work hard at tur... (more)