Renishaw sits in Marley hill shed as No 49 comes in after working the day's trains. I have used photoshop to give the old world sepia effect.

No 49 hauls a coal train on Tanfield railway and the steam causes a magpie to take evasive action

Here is the other guest engine Furness railway No 20 bringing ina train into Andrews House station on their gala day.

Two guest engines visited tanfield for their gala last year. here is Bellerophon entering East Tanfield with a service train.

Raising steam for the 2007 gala. 4 locomotives in the shed yard

As the late afternoon sets in the sky a Santa Special train heads for the main station on Tanfield railway, cunningly renamed the "North Pole".

Beamish museum launch their replica of Puffing Billy which gives invited guests the chance to ride behind the locomotive as far as the horse drawn wheel pump.

Steam Elephant takes invited guests for a ride along the museum's short length of track.

Matthew Murray at the end of the day dropping its fire in the Oldest railway shed in the world.

Tanfield railway was built on a waggonway which had been operating from the beginning of the 18th century. Then one horse would haul a waggon of coal to the river Tyne. Tanfield hauled many wagon... (more)

Sometimes we get snow in UK and can cope with it!

A glint of the sun on locomotive Naklo heading back to Alston with a Santa train

Just loved the light when taking this and the one seen a couple of days ago

Bowes railway santa special double headed by their only two serviceable locomotives

The late Derek Knott waits in the cab of locomotive Stagshaw for the signal to return to East Tanfield with a Santa Special train