A sight that will be missing this year. no snow and, more importantly, no Santa Specials because of a lockdown in the north east of England. Here No 49 leads a Santa special to the North Pole wher... (more)

Twizell leaves Andrews House with a Mince Pie special and heads under Gibraltar bridge

75078 heads a demonstration freight out of Haworth, a town well known for its association with the Bronte family

Locomotive Sir Cecil A Cochrane storms up the bank to Andrews House station with the last train of the day. Tanfield Railway have had some really bad news this week. Because of lockdown nobody has... (more)

End of the night time gala at Tanfield Railway and volunteers are waiting for the remainder of the locomotives to be returned to the shed. No 49 was the first to take its place

A stiff easterly was blowing and snow was in the air as Renishaw hauled a demonstration coal train over Bobgins crossing and up the bank to Andrews House station.

Tanfield gala weekend and visiting locomotive Agecroft No 1 has its fire dropped at the end of the evening

Every Sunday in February Tanfield Railway run a series of demonstration freight trains. The last one this year had No 49 in charge and is seen here leaving East Tanfield and heading up East Causey... (more)

Santa Specials have begun at Tanfield Railway. This is the fourth day out of eleven such days when nine trains a day run to the "North Pole". Sir Cecil A Cochrane is in charge of the day... (more)

Autumn colours are quickly disappearing in Causey woods as Sir Cecil A Cochrane heads the second train of the day back to Andrews house. Being Remembrance Sunday the locomotive is adorned with a p... (more)

Third day of Tanfield's gala and an early start for everyone. Volunteer crews gather round for a briefing of the day's events as the locomotives raise steam. The two visiting engines are in the to... (more)

It is Tanfield Railway's annual gala and special guest engine is this 0-6-0 tank locomotive No 813. It is hauling the first train of the day past Bowes Bridge which, over 60 years ago was a small,... (more)

Every February Tanfield railway host four Sundays of freight running as well as their regular passenger timetable. Week one saw 0-4-0 No 2 hauling a short hooper train to replicate this line when ... (more)

Its work done for the day 0-6-0 TWIZELL heads for the shed. Tokens have to be exchanged at the signal box where the driver hands over the token for the track he is leaving and the signalman holds ... (more)

Cochrane works the last train of the day into Andrews House