Claims to be the oldest railway in the world. WSC No.67 heads a train back to the depot

Narrow gauge locomotive "Thomas Edmundson" hauls its train back to Alston from Kirkhaugh on a typical Easter Monday morning.

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

Twizell heads for the main station on the Tanfield Railway with a Cream tea special

One of the problems that face a Heritage railway is the fine line between maintaining the existing fleet and the need to restore other locomotives. At Tanfield railway there are many steam locomot... (more)

Interior of Marley Hill shed

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)

Santa special heads for Alston

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)

Tanfield Railway has possibly the highest number of locos for any railway in Britain with a total of 62 of various types. The majority though are awaiting preservation which possibly will never ha... (more)

Tis that time of year again and at Tanfield Railway the first Santa specials of the Christmas season ran in very appropriate weather conditions. It is many years since I remember there being so mu... (more)

A view from Highway 550 of Silverton and the depot. Th train has just traversed the wye and is heading back into town

On my first trip to the USA I packed an awful lot into 2 weeks. I drove Route 66 from Chicago to Williams in Arizona via Memphis where I rode the Grand Canyon railroad. whereas that trip was spect... (more)

Britains newest locomotive Tornado heads towards Berwick with a special to Edinburgh. The late afternoon sun catches the Holy Island of Lindisfarne which was the birthplace of St Cuthbert whose re... (more)

A Freightliner class 66 heads a load of coal hoppers back south