Tanfield Railway in Colour

The Preservation Years

Henry Elliott, Dave Hewitt (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2025
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-2483-7 (ISBN)

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With stunning photographs and informative captions, the authors present a pictorial story of Tanfield Railway during its heritage years.

In 2025 the Tanfield Railway in County Durham celebrates its 300th anniversary, having been constructed in 1725 as a waggonway to carry coal from the North Durham coalfields to the River Tyne. By the 1960s it was in the hands of British Railways before volunteers took over early the following decade. Since that time the heritage railway has developed as a centre for the preservation of industrial locomotives, which operate over a 3-mile section from East Tanfield to Sunniside. Notable locations along the route include Causey Arch, the first bridge built to carry a railway in 1726, and Marley Hill, the oldest continuously operating engine shed, built in 1854.

Although built for the transportation of coal, passenger trains now run regularly for visitors on Sundays, between March and October, and in December, the North Pole Express takes excited children to visit Father Christmas. Train enthusiasts are also catered for with demonstration coal trains and an annual gala weekend. All these events are possible due to the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers of all ages who ensure that traditional skills are passed from one generation to the next.

Henry Elliott and Dave Hewitt illustrate Tanfield’s story as a heritage railway with stunning photographs and informative captions.

Henry Elliott was born in the North East of England and has been photographing railways for the last thirty years. He has travelled all over Britain for material, some of which has been published by magazines such as Steam Railway and Heritage Railway. Dave Hewitt was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire and quickly became a rail enthusiast. He became interested in railway photography after taking early retirement from a teaching career, beginning with his local heritage railway, Tanfield. He has visited many lines in England and Wales and over the last twenty years has made at least one trip a year to North America to photograph trains in the US and Canada. He is a volunteer at the Tanfield Railway.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.3.2025
Zusatzinfo	180 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Chalford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
ISBN-10	1-3981-2483-4 / 1398124834
ISBN-13	978-1-3981-2483-7 / 9781398124837
Zustand	Neuware