For three Fridays before Christmas Beamish museum allows the public to visit at night time to experience a 1913 Christmas. last night was the first of these Fridays and a tram waits to take visito... (more)

The chair in front of the fire is for her man when he returns from driving an early steam locomotive as they had no protection for the crew. The 0-4-0 locomotive in the shed illustrates this perfe... (more)

Beamish museum on a sunny Sunday and we haven't had many of those. Coffee pots in double harness though only the front locomotive was in steam. hauling a train of Chaldron wagons which were used i... (more)

A waiting tram is highlighted by the lights of the oncoming steam lorry

Coffee pot does some shunting with 250 year old wagons. In the distance a 1910 omnibus takes visitors to the exit

Beamish museum are currently holding their 4 day Power from the Past spectacular. At the end of the second day MSC 67 and Teddy put the wagons to bed.

Captain Baxter shows off along the short section of line available to colliery locomotives

Beamish museum opens up for two nights close to Christmas when it decorates the town in the style of Christmas 1913. Here a tram waits at the main tram stop in the town whilst an omnibus of the p... (more)

In the evening when all the visitors are gone, locomotives, trams and traction engines come out to play....RSH Sir Cecil Cochrane gives off a little steam one evening in the Rowley Station yard at... (more)

The fireman of 1954 built Andrew Barclay Sons and Co engine 'W.S.T.' empties the firebox at Rowley Station late one evening. Taken on a Canon 5D MKII, exposure was around 20 seconds.

In lovely evening light an unusual 0-4-0 Geared well tank locomotive 'Sir Vincent' shunts a couple of National Coal Board wagons at Beamish Colliery. This locomotive, was built by Aveling & Porter... (more)

In 1803, when aged 22, George Stephenson was appointed as the Superintendent Engineer at Killingworth Colliery. Stephenson persuaded Sir Thomas Liddle, later Lord Ravensworth, that the colliery wo... (more)

The official launch of replica locomotive STEAM ELEPHANT and a party of red coats fire a salute in its honour.

Arriving back from North America I paid a visit to Beamish museum where Locomotion on the right and Puffing Billy on the left were being fired up for the days' activities outside the 1825 replica ... (more)

Beamish Museum is holding a four day Power from the Past event over this weekend. In the town's main street a tram waits whilst a steam traction engine slowly trundles past. All day long different... (more)