Tanfield's annual night shoot , Twizell has its fire dropped at the end of the evening

Replica locomotive the Steam Elephant backs onto its coaches in the shed yard at Beamish museum. This locomotive was built using only an oil painting that was in the museum's collection for guide ... (more)

A year long series of events called IRON 175 began at Tanfield railway today, celebrating 175 years since the wooden rails on the line were replaced with iron. For the next two weeks mixed trains ... (more)

On reaching the flat level in the quarry, visitors are treated to a display of the awesome steam shovel. With 1239 as the locomotive for the quarry trucks, the steam shovel discharges its load und... (more)

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)

A freight rolls into Barstow yard as the sun sets

0-4-0 No 2 heads a mixed train out of Andrews house

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

Scots Guardsman crosses the river Tweed on the Royal Border bridge with an excursion from York to Edinburgh

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)

Sitting in the yard of Durango's roundhouse is this diesel railcar used in the 1980's by the railroad instead of steam locomotives. In years to come it is hoped to have it restored to working orde... (more)

Beamish museum's annual 4 day steam festival took place this weekend and the main attraction was the activity on the narrow gauge line. The three narrow gauge engines featuring are all lined up at... (more)

Lat running of the year with Twizell on duty

Locomotive WST drops its fire after the end of a busy day on Bowes Railway. No 22 is already on shed.

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)