I had been standing here for a couple of hours when a rather large teenage girl came up to see what I was doing. After a few words had been spoken she found out that I was English."Say,"... (more)

At the start of their annual gala locomotives taking part begin to raise steam

Bowes railway had one of their open days last Saturday and because of the state of their short length of line they could only operate an exhibition of shunting for visitors. Newly acquired locomot... (more)

I watched a lot of fish caught that day, this was the first train I caught after 6 hours of waiting

Picking up a load of cars this train headed east to store them in a siding

Sunderland tram leaves the town and passes the end of the short line that runs from the railway station. A group of rail enthusiasts ignore its passing as they concentrate on the retreating "... (more)

Taking water

First day of the new season on the North Yorkshire Moors railway and 46100 "Royal Scot", a guest engine for the first week, heads a train towards Goathland Summit.

Replica locomotive Puffing Billy takes visitors for a short ride on Beamish waggonway. Designed to illustrate train travel in 1825. The original Puffing Billy was built in 1813 for transporting co... (more)

A young volunteer is at work at the forge and making the sparks fly

Late evening sun catches this freight heading down the grade from Soldier Summit

No 49 heads a Santa Special to the North Pole at a time when we were almost guaranteed to have snow before Christmas

Peter Weightman discusses repairs of Twizell with Angela,whilst her dog, Dave, wonders what he's sat in