Photos from the North East of England....the birthplace of railways.
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| Here is Bellerophon as a guest engine at Tanfield Gala a few years ago |
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| Bellerophon was built in 1874 for the Haydock Foundry , to a design of Josiah Evans, the son of the owner, and is one of the oldest working locos in the world. |
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| Bellerophonreally looks like a typical victorian contraption......using a Gooch/Stephenson link motion driving the rear axle |
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| getting ready to pick up carriages for the next train ride. |
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| REady to roll..... |
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| O.K ........Let's go !!!... |
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| My favorite loco...here she is at the North Yorkshire Moors railway just after a full refit. |
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| HST coming into Newcastle Central station |
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| Still in the colours of GNER but now run by National Express....hence the white stripe |
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| 60019 Bittern....at Newcastle on her first run out after an extensive refit |
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| A good crowd to welcome her in. |
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| Here's Renishaw Ironworks No6 chuffing through Causey woods on the Tanfield railway. |
