Tanfield Railway held its annual gala last weekend with guest engine Hawarden coming from the Foxfield railway. Here in the engine shed is an early morning scene with volunteers getting ready for... (more)

Beamish museum's annual Wheels of Industry weeked and guest engine in the colliery yard is Sir Berkeley. With the colliery buildungs at the back, a train of chaldron wagons are propelled through s... (more)

In the world's oldest steam shed, built in 1854, young volunteers investigate a problem with locomotive Sir Cecil Cochrane

It's the second week of Tanfield Railway's North Pole Express trains and 49 is in charge, passing the road crossing at Bobgins. With a heavy load of passengers, all eager to see the man in the red... (more)

Tanfield Santa train

A Beamish museum Christmas. Sunderland tram is at the 1913 Town tram stop waiting to carry visitors back to the musem entrance. A 1909 omnibus has just delivered more people to see how people in 1... (more)

Last day of operation until Santa trains in December

Last day of operation until Santa trains in December

Sunday was the last day of normal operation before the railway closes for three weeks to prepare for Santa specials . Here the first train of the day heads from East Tanfield station through Cause... (more)

Marley Hill engine shed built in 1854 and has continuously housed steam locomotives since that time , making it the oldest working shed in the world. During the Covid lockdown it has been refurbis... (more)

Beamish museum's first event since the covid outbreak, held May 1 2021. Peckett 0-4-0 heads a load of chaldron wagons out of the colliery yard

Meanwhile in the yard at Beamish the coffee pot locomotive is waiting for a traction engine to clear the tracks, which had been used to lift loads hauled by the narrow gauge locomotive "Peter... (more)

It is Beamish Museum's annual steam weekend and this year there is a great deal of activity concentrating on the road side of things. Not much is taking place on rails. One of the guests to the pa... (more)

2016 Tanfield railway's gala was a damp affair, enlivened by the visit of Sir Berkeley, which is seen here leading locomotive Twizell out of Andrews House station with atrain for Sunniside

Storm Arwen passed through on Friday night, damaging the infrastructure put in place for the annual santa special trains and forcing the cancellation of the first day of the festive season. By Sun... (more)