Railway Heritage

David Jones from Blyth, Northumberland visited every railway station in the UK in just six weeks.

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North East railway nut visits every train station in UK - in just six weeks

Ticket offices at train stations across the region under new plans revealed on Wednesday.

Ticket offices at train stations across the region under new plans revealed on Wednesday.

LISTED: All the North East train station ticket offices set to close under new plans

Rail ticket offices at stations across the region will close under new plans revealed today.

Rail ticket offices at stations across the region will close under new plans revealed today.

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Fury at plans to close ticket offices at Durham and Darlington train stations

A solar farm. Picture: Pixabay.

A solar farm. Picture: Pixabay.

Cultural heritage

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Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway object to solar farm plans

Schoolchildren see the replica Locomotion No 1 at the Head of Steam. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT.

Schoolchildren see the replica Locomotion No 1 at the Head of Steam. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT.

Cultural heritage

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Locomotion No 1 replica to be 'star of the show' at Darlington bicentenary celebrations

An illustration of the plans for Darlington railway station. Picture: Darlington Borough Council.

An illustration of the plans for Darlington railway station. Picture: Darlington Borough Council.

Cultural heritage

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Train station plan: Darlington's connection to success or 'carbuncle'?

A proposed view of the new collection building at Locomotion in Shildon. Picture: AOC Architecture with J&L Gibbons.

A proposed view of the new collection building at Locomotion in Shildon. Picture: AOC Architecture with J&L Gibbons.

Durham County Council

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Locomotion extension gets green light as councillor declare it a 'no-brainer'

Pictures: DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

Pictures: DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

Darlington Borough Council

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How Darlington's 'Disneyworld style' £35m railway heritage attraction is progressing

Changes on LNER service timetable for May 2022

Changes on LNER service timetable for May 2022

Rail users views sought on 2022 timetable changes

Work on bridges come to an end: historic photos released

Work on bridges come to an end: historic photos released

Darlington Borough Council

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Take a look at these amazing historic photos as work ends on Darlington railway bridges

The Fighting Cocks junction, with the pub just out of shot on the right. Beamish The Living Museum of the North

The Fighting Cocks junction, with the pub just out of shot on the right. Beamish The Living Museum of the North

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Village battle to save its pub steeped in railway history – and the legacy of the saucy squire

The Gaunless Bridge at the National Railway Museum which will soon be moved to Shildon permanently Picture: NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

The Gaunless Bridge at the National Railway Museum which will soon be moved to Shildon permanently Picture: NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

World’s first iron railway bridge headed for Locomotion in Shildon

The Barton is believed to have been the second engine to work the Merrybent line, and it remained as a shunter in the quarries until 1908

The Barton is believed to have been the second engine to work the Merrybent line, and it remained as a shunter in the quarries until 1908

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150 years of the Darlington & Merrybent Railway that had a station which famously never sold a ticket

The tables and chairs around which the 1820 meeting took place in the George & Dragon – they were also used in 1920

The tables and chairs around which the 1820 meeting took place in the George & Dragon – they were also used in 1920

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How a meeting of railway pioneers held around this table 200 years ago today ensured the S&DR stayed on track

From the front page of The Northern Echo of September 28, 1935

From the front page of The Northern Echo of September 28, 1935

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The day 84 years ago when Britain’s first streamlined train hit 112mph

A campaign has been launched to save the world’s oldest Railway Institute, in Shildon, founded in 1833

A campaign has been launched to save the world’s oldest Railway Institute, in Shildon, founded in 1833

Plans underway to save world’s oldest Railway Institute

The nameboard on the Ferryhill Station island station: the station was in the middle of the East Coast Main Line

The nameboard on the Ferryhill Station island station: the station was in the middle of the East Coast Main Line

Ferryhill Station, sat in a deep, damp dip was once one of the busiest goods yards in Europe

An exhibition of Steam at the Locomotion museum in Shildon. Picture: CHRIS BOOTH

An exhibition of Steam at the Locomotion museum in Shildon. Picture: CHRIS BOOTH

Showcase of steam at Locomotion

Edwardian day at Tanfield Railway. Photograph: Stuart Boulton

Edwardian day at Tanfield Railway. Photograph: Stuart Boulton

Stepping back in time at historic railway

AS IT WAS: The Yarm coal depot manager's house. Picture from the JH Proud collection, courtesy of the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway

AS IT WAS: The Yarm coal depot manager's house. Picture from the JH Proud collection, courtesy of the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway

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Own a piece of Stockton & Darlington Railway history - yours for £155,000

RIGHT TRACK: Darlington's town hall seen from High Row, with the market behind, in about 1828. Exactly 200 years ago, the idea for a railway to the south Durham coalfield was considered here

RIGHT TRACK: Darlington's town hall seen from High Row, with the market behind, in about 1828. Exactly 200 years ago, the idea for a railway to the south Durham coalfield was considered here

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In a meeting 200 years ago today in Darlington, the idea for world's first modern railway was born

SOCIAL HOUSING: The restored Haughton Road engine shed, as seen this week, as it nears the end of its conversion. The housing on top of the roof is a clerestory - a ventilator that let the steam and smoke from the engines escape

SOCIAL HOUSING: The restored Haughton Road engine shed, as seen this week, as it nears the end of its conversion. The housing on top of the roof is a clerestory - a ventilator that let the steam and smoke from the engines escape

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175-year-old Grade II listed Darlington engine shed converted into social housing

BLAST PROOF: The shelters in a Weardale quarry, probably Ashes, run by the Ord and Maddison firm

BLAST PROOF: The shelters in a Weardale quarry, probably Ashes, run by the Ord and Maddison firm

Sombre beginnings to Stanhope & Tyne Railway when runaway train killed man and boy

MYSTERY: The engine called Darlington FC outside the Stooperdale paint shops in the town - but where is one of its nameplates?

MYSTERY: The engine called Darlington FC outside the Stooperdale paint shops in the town - but where is one of its nameplates?

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What happened to the Darlington FC nameplate from this B17 class engine?

This postcard sent in by Rodney Wildsmith shows some splendidly dressed railwaymen

This postcard sent in by Rodney Wildsmith shows some splendidly dressed railwaymen

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History buffs - who can tell us more about this locomotive and the splendidly dressed men on it?

RAIL HANDOVER: Chairman of Darlington FC John Neasham, right, receives the nameplate from the scrapped steam engine in December 1960 from a British Rail official

RAIL HANDOVER: Chairman of Darlington FC John Neasham, right, receives the nameplate from the scrapped steam engine in December 1960 from a British Rail official

Darlington Hippodrome has had an engine named after it - but it's not the first to bear the name “Darlington”

Quick facts about Locomotion No 1 - the world's most pioneering passenger steam engine

Quick facts about Locomotion No 1 - the world's most pioneering passenger steam engine

Quick facts about Locomotion No 1 - the world's most pioneering passenger steam engine

FROM THE AIR: Crook in June 1962 with the railway arcing across the top of the picture

FROM THE AIR: Crook in June 1962 with the railway arcing across the top of the picture

A ropey rail service that travelled along a gentle arc

Brusselton Incline

Brusselton Incline

Invitation to walk back to the dawn of the railways

Sunday, August 15, pictured inside West Auckland shed, is ex-NER Class E (LNER Class J71) 0-6-0 tank number 241. Designed by Wilson Worsdell's older brother, Thomas, and introduced during 1886, this example was constructed at Darlington Works in 1890

Sunday, August 15, pictured inside West Auckland shed, is ex-NER Class E (LNER Class J71) 0-6-0 tank number 241. Designed by Wilson Worsdell's older brother, Thomas, and introduced during 1886, this example was constructed at Darlington Works in 1890

From the Archive

Pictures: Never-before seen photos from the golden age of steam

This undated picture was found in The Northern Echo archives

This undated picture was found in The Northern Echo archives

Uncovering the history of the Shildon railway sidings photo

CENTENARY CELEBRATION: Locomotion No 1, right, with the most modern engine at the time of the 1925 commemorations. Who can tell us about No 1243 and precisely where in Darlington this picture was taken?

CENTENARY CELEBRATION: Locomotion No 1, right, with the most modern engine at the time of the 1925 commemorations. Who can tell us about No 1243 and precisely where in Darlington this picture was taken?

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All on the same line over railway anniversary

NON-STARTER: Bo-Bo No 13 being built in the North Road works in Darlington in 1919

NON-STARTER: Bo-Bo No 13 being built in the North Road works in Darlington in 1919

Of Bo-Bos and fancy bridges

EDWARDIAN: Piercebridge station about 100 years ago. Picture courtesy of Mike Stow of Gainford

EDWARDIAN: Piercebridge station about 100 years ago. Picture courtesy of Mike Stow of Gainford

All aboard for Piercebridge

SPOTTED FIRST: Great Western Railway No 75, built in 1855, and spotted by Fanny Johnson in 1861, one of the first recorded trainspotters. All of today’s pictures are courtesy of the National Railway Museum at York

SPOTTED FIRST: Great Western Railway No 75, built in 1855, and spotted by Fanny Johnson in 1861, one of the first recorded trainspotters. All of today’s pictures are courtesy of the National Railway Museum at York

Love me tender

ART ATTACK: Students from QE Sixth Form College with some of the art work they have produced as part of their collaborative project with Westbrook Villas Residents Association and the Head of Steam Railway Museum.

ART ATTACK: Students from QE Sixth Form College with some of the art work they have produced as part of their collaborative project with Westbrook Villas Residents Association and the Head of Steam Railway Museum.

Rail heritage project will enhance historic area

ROYAL COMMAND: The Duchess of Kent reopens the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 1973

ROYAL COMMAND: The Duchess of Kent reopens the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 1973

Heritage railway plans anniversary celebration

OPEN AIR: Gazelle first arriving at the Shropshire and Montgomery Light Railway in 1911

OPEN AIR: Gazelle first arriving at the Shropshire and Montgomery Light Railway in 1911

Revealing our train whinges of the past

STEAMING AHEAD: Oliver Cromwell

STEAMING AHEAD: Oliver Cromwell

Railway lovers on track for a treat

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Rail memorabilia to go on sale at fair

PRIME MINISTER: Sir Winston Churchill was honoured with a state funeral in 1965

PRIME MINISTER: Sir Winston Churchill was honoured with a state funeral in 1965

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Effort to restore locomotive used in Churchill funeral

TRACKING HISTORY: David Elliott, railway engineer and project manager for the A1 Trust, gives a talk at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum, in Shildon, following the unveiling of a new bogie for the class G5 locomotive being built in the region

TRACKING HISTORY: David Elliott, railway engineer and project manager for the A1 Trust, gives a talk at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum, in Shildon, following the unveiling of a new bogie for the class G5 locomotive being built in the region

New set of wheels keeps steam engine project on track

RARE FIND: An electric autocar discovered on a farm

RARE FIND: An electric autocar discovered on a farm

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Grant to help put autocar back on track

Dirty growlers celebrate milestone

Dirty growlers celebrate milestone

Dirty growlers celebrate milestone

MUSEUM VISIT: The D6700 at the National Railway Museum

MUSEUM VISIT: The D6700 at the National Railway Museum

Weekend celebrations for Class 37 diesels

IN PRINT: The cover of the book

IN PRINT: The cover of the book

Tornado tales are published

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Lack of funds delays status bid for years

ROYAL STOP: Broomielaw Station. The station house remains, greatly extended, as a private house. The wooden shelter, right, on the platform is now completely overgrown. The engine is in the siding which was above the platform Picture courtesy of the

ROYAL STOP: Broomielaw Station. The station house remains, greatly extended, as a private house. The wooden shelter, right, on the platform is now completely overgrown. The engine is in the siding which was above the platform Picture courtesy of the

The station master

ONE IN A MILLION: The Lancaster family, from right, Ben, in father Stephen’s arms, mother April holding ten-month old Sam, who is admiring the badge of engine driver Alan Middleton

ONE IN A MILLION: The Lancaster family, from right, Ben, in father Stephen’s arms, mother April holding ten-month old Sam, who is admiring the badge of engine driver Alan Middleton

Building on solid platform

HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE: Tanfield Railway volunteer Tom Hartley prepares Sir Berkeley for this weekend’s steam gala

HISTORIC LOCOMOTIVE: Tanfield Railway volunteer Tom Hartley prepares Sir Berkeley for this weekend’s steam gala

TV star appears at steam gala

RAIL MEMORIAL: The Bishop of Wakefield, the Right Reverend Stephen Platten blesses the Eric Treacy

RAIL MEMORIAL: The Bishop of Wakefield, the Right Reverend Stephen Platten blesses the Eric Treacy

Bishop blesses steam tribute to vicar

BACK HOME: The Tornado travels north out of Darlington station on Saturday

BACK HOME: The Tornado travels north out of Darlington station on Saturday

Tornado team talks of second locomotive plan

LIKE OLD TIMES: Former chief foreman at the Shildon works Ron Robinson looking at a 1958 Metro-Cammell carriage during the open day at Hackworth Industrial Park, in Shildon. Mr Robinson worked at the Shildon works for 38 years

LIKE OLD TIMES: Former chief foreman at the Shildon works Ron Robinson looking at a 1958 Metro-Cammell carriage during the open day at Hackworth Industrial Park, in Shildon. Mr Robinson worked at the Shildon works for 38 years

Loco renovation is on track

BACK ON TRACK: The Robert Stephenson built locomotive Twizell makes her first test run on the Tanfield Railway at the weekend

BACK ON TRACK: The Robert Stephenson built locomotive Twizell makes her first test run on the Tanfield Railway at the weekend

Test runs for restored Victorian steam engine