http://beamishtransport.blogspot.com/ will show you how the place has changed for the better. There were 20 engines in steam on site today, 3 on rails, one in a winding house and all the others at work or on the move. Check out the film of the climb out of the colliery, every bit as good as GDSF in my book. Lots of "heritage traffic" and steam in context.
Train rides in the station and at the waggonway and steam shunting in the colliery, plus a contractors' narrow gauge railway in the pit yard.
Even when no events on, there are now some 3-4 semi resident engines, and these are often active on weekends in general. Well worth another look Bob.
18th April 2010, 09:26 PM
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