Date: 18/02/2011

The world's oldest railway, Tanfield Railway in Gateshead, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its volunteers

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Twizell in steam on the Tanfield Railway in April 2010. The Robert Stephenson 0-6-0T, built in 1891, was being run-in following major restoration work there [see image 29503].
Location: Marley Hill
Company: Tanfield Branch (Brandling Junction Railway)
/04/2010 Roy Lambeth

Locomotive status board hanging alongside the old signing on point just inside the main doors of Marley Hill shed on the Tanfield Railway in May 2006.
Location: Marley Hill
Company: Tanfield Branch (Brandling Junction Railway)
09/05/2006 John Furnevel

With the North Sea breaking gently on the shoreline in the background, NCB No 9 (German built AEG 1565 of 1913) stands with a train in the yards of Westoe Colliery, South Shields in 1983. Westoe was the last of the Tyneside pits to close 10 years later and No 9 is now in preservation on the Tanfield Railway.
Location: Westoe
Company: Harton Coal Company
//1983 Colin Alexander