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Celebrate the Legacy of Industrial Diesel Power!
Join us this September for the Diesel Pioneers Gala, a standout event in our Tanfield300 celebrations!
Taking place on the 20th and 21st of September 2025, this gala is a tribute to the industrial diesel locomotives that played a vital role in...
Celebrate Industrial Railway Heritage at its Finest!
Join us this June for the Legends of Industry Gala, one of the premier industrial railway events in the calendar and a highlight of our Tanfield300 celebrations! Taking place on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd of June 2025, this spectacular event is...
GREAT NORTH FESTIVAL OF RAILWAYS
10TH, 11TH, 17TH, 18TH, 24TH, 25TH & 26TH MAY 2025
Thrilled to announce that Furness 20, Britain’s oldest standard gauge locomotive will guest star on the 10th and 11th May, courtesy of the Furness Railway Trust...
Due to lockdown Tanfield Railway Bookshop is now online: https://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/product-category/new-books/
Tanfield Railway Trust is a Limited Company (no.03232794) and a Registered Charity (no.1072449).
Miner's banners, music, model railways and much more for our Mining Heritage Weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Our colliery passenger train and ride-on freight train will be in operation both days too from 10.30am until 5pm.
http://www.tanfield-railway.co.uk/index.php?page=mining-heritage-weekend
Tanfield Railway are excited to announce that ‘Austerity’ N.C.B No. 60 will be star guest at their Legends of Industry Gala, 16th & 17th June!
No. 60 was the first locomotive bought new by the National Coal Board for the huge Lambton railway system. It is returning to County Durham for the...
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