Steam locomotive, North Eastern Railway, 2-2-4T No 66, "Aerolite", designed by Edward Fletcher, built at Gateshead in 1869, withdrawn in 1933.

Pictured in 2005, Scarborough's Falsgrave signalbox, celebrated its 100th birthday in 2007. The box won the Westinghouse Signaling Award at the National Railway Heritage Awards, presented at a cer... (more)

A total of 192 NER '1001' class locomotives were built to Thomas Bouch's design from 1852 by both private manufacturers and the NER's own works at Darlington and Shildon. The last ten NER 1001's e... (more)

The short embankment at Moorgates is probably the only location on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway where a silhouette against the evening sky is possible. This, of course, assumes the sun is out... (more)

Recent years have seen the very welcome return to steam of a variety of pre-grouping (i.e. before 1923) heavy freight locomotives. None more so than the magnificent Darlington-built 'Q6' 0-8-0 fro... (more)

This electric loco used third rail pick up or overhead wires and was built for shunting in 1904. It is now on display at the National Railway Museum annexe at Shildon, County Durham.