Beamish at Tanfield!

Beamish at Tanfield!

21st February 2011
This weekend, the Tanfield Railway held its late winter Coal Train Weekend, which featured no less than three Beamish items in operation… Despite the pretty grim weather over the weekend
Below: The NER bogie brake composite No.3071 was running as part of the passenger service. This coach is likely to visit the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for an event there in May, then return to Beamish thereafter. It requires some remedial work, and a repaint, before becoming the regular coach in use at Beamish…
Below: Coffee Pot and Twizell reunited, in steam!

Below: Another view of these two locomotives, both steamed together in the 1970s but now, after both have received extensive and comprehensive overhauls, both should be in steam for very many years to come.

Below: Coffee Pot was generally engaged in shunting duties around Marley Hill shed.

Below: CP is seen with newly restored ex Harton ‘spilled coal’ wagon No.225M.

Below: Also in steam were Renishaw No.6, Sir Cecil Cochrane and No.49, seen here, making for an impressive line up of five in steam plus the Armstrong diesel electric shunter.