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)

Bowes railway only opens once a month and doesn't always feature steam running so this was quite a rare occasion. No 22 heads a demonstration freight up the line on a sunny Sunday afternoon

Bobgins crossing and a demonstration freight

The last Sunday of Tanfield Railway's month of freight and it's Coal Train Day. Carrying coal is what the line was built for and it used steam haulage on the fairly level parts of the track and ro... (more)

Week two of the month long freight event at Tanfield Railway at Sir Cecil A Cochrane hails a short freight past Bobgins Crossing

February at Tanfield Railway is "On the Wagon" month when freight trains are run as well as the regular passenger service. This year saw a new innovation when customers were allowed to r... (more)

Twizell passes Bobgins crossing with a winter warmer train for Andrews house

The two locomotives used for the day's Santa Specials undergo disposal and the fires are removed form the fireboxes. They were responsible for hauling 9 trains loaded with children today, all of w... (more)

Armed with a flash gun and the car headlights I attempted a moving night shot in Causey Arch car park. Being the innocent that I am I didn't know that after dark this car park was notorious for l... (more)

Sometimes in the UK we have snow. This was the second week of the Santa Specials on Tanfield Railway and the snow came with a vengeance. The railway remained open, many customers came despite the ... (more)

Evening.Time to put the toys away

Smoke swirls as Twizell goes under Gibraltar bridge after leaving Andrews house station

Sir Cecil A Cochrane hauls the first train of the day towards the terminus at Sunniside

Tanfield railway's annual night shoot. Twizel on the left and long term restoration project no 14 has its boiler inspected

Twizell waits at Andrews House station for the last passengers before taking out the first train of the day