tanfield railway...renshaw ironworks No6

Future steam enthusiasts........................

here's some shots of tornado's driver having some fun on a visit to locomotion in 2010......


 here she comes.........................

full steam ahead

getting closer.....

 and closer...

then gone.......

flying scotsman

Here's the Flying Scotsman standing outside the shed where she was built at The Plant ,  Doncaster.

happy new year everyone

Here are some shots I took at Tanfield Railway in thick snow.......

60532 "Blue Peter"

Class A2 Blue Peter.....these pictures taken in 1992 on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway,  the last year of her boiler certificate........she has since been restored to full working order.

60017 Silver fox

my favorite loco as a kid was 60017 Silver Fox....i often saw her at Gateshead sheds in the 1960's.

here's her nameplate and badge in the railway museum york....



And here she is as i remember,  pulling out of Newcastle Central station ...

north yorkshire moors railway

A typical day at Goathland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.