Stephenson Railway museum probably has the least scenic stretch of line in the whole of the UK. Built around a test line for the Tyne and Wear Metro system in the 1970's it features a straight len... (more)

Sadly now removed from the skyline these signals dominated the exit from Barnetby for many years. A class 60 heads for the coast with a rake of oil tankers a few days before colour lights were ins... (more)

Bobgins crossing and a demonstration freight

After costing 4.5 million pounds to restore and 10 years in the restoration Flying Scotsman is wowing the nation.this week it has been to the North Yorkshire Moors railway for a weeks visit and hu... (more)

It cost £35 for a two hour stint with the Flying Scotsman , around $50. Quite a few thought that it was worth it even though it stayed motionless for the whole time. Here, some railfans mill arou... (more)

Flying Scotsman again, sitting in the yard of the National Railway museum in York.In the background is York Minster which was started in 1220 AD though there has been a church on the site since 67... (more)

For a fairly expensive fee members of the public were allowed two hours in the company of newly restored Flying Scotsman last night. Sad thing was that it simply stood in the yard whilst photograp... (more)

The last Sunday of Tanfield Railway's month of freight and it's Coal Train Day. Carrying coal is what the line was built for and it used steam haulage on the fairly level parts of the track and ro... (more)

Week two of the month long freight event at Tanfield Railway at Sir Cecil A Cochrane hails a short freight past Bobgins Crossing

Grand Central train from London Kings Cross heads past the site of the long gone colliery at Easington on its last leg to Sunderland

I had been hanging around Holbrook that morning when I discovered that the Apache Railway was going to take some empty wagons down the line. Something which I believe doesn't happen all that often... (more)

February at Tanfield Railway is "On the Wagon" month when freight trains are run as well as the regular passenger service. This year saw a new innovation when customers were allowed to r... (more)

A trip out for my birthday and a view of the workshops in the National Railway museum in York. A4 Sir Nigel Gresley is being examined in the foreground whilst other locomotives are waiting their t... (more)

Twizell passes Bobgins crossing with a winter warmer train for Andrews house

The heat haze causes a lovely distortion of this stack train as it heads west through Winslow