The crew get the first train of the operational

Twizell heads up the steepest grade in the UK on a preserved railway

Latest addition to Tanfield Railway's fleet is No 2, which has been under restoration for the past couple of years. Sunday saw the first rostered use of the loco on Sunday trains and is seen here ... (more)

The oldest railway bridge in the world built in 1725 at a cost of £2000. Landowners in the North Durham area wanted a route to the river Tyne to take their coal to the ships waiting to transport ... (more)

Twizell makes a dash for Andrews house station

North East of England is currently experiencing some heavy snow for this country. Traffic disruption everywhere but Tanfield railway still manage their reguluar Sunday service

Forge is fired to enable some manufacturing of parts to enable this, and others like it to steam again.

Twizell and Renishaw have their fires dropped after an evening photo shoot at Tanfield Railway

Mark attends to Cochrane as Derek heads out to help with the rolling stock

Locomotive Sir Cecil A Cochrane raises steam and moves out of the shed in readiness for its days duties

Early morning as Sir Cecil A Cochrane raises steam in Marley Hill shed

A scene on the Tanfield Railway, which claims to be the worldfs oldest railway from 1725. There is very little of the modern world in this view with two locos dating from 1891. The traction ... (more)

End of the night shoot and the fires are disposed off before the locomotives are reversed back into the shed.

Photographers get their shots of fireworks over the assembled locos outside Marley Hill engine shed during the photographic evening at Tanfield Railway.