Alex Coomber
The Bowes Railway near Gateshead is arguably the closest you can experience in the 21st Century to the real thing as far as British Industrial Railways are concerned with the correct locomotive and wagons on home ground. Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 Saddle Tank NCB No.22 built in 1949 negotiates the Pelaw Curve near Blackhams Hill heading a demonstration coal train on 31st August 1998.