Join us in celebrating over 200 years of railway operation in the North East.
As part of our nine-day Festival of Transport, we’ll be marking Rail 200 by re-opening Rowley Station for the first time since 2020. Enjoy a short steam train ride aboard historic railway coaches pulled by Victorian steam locomotive ‘Sir Berkeley’ explore the signal box, waiting rooms and goods yard. This will operate on all nine days of the festival.
Visitors can also stop at Pockerley Waggonway to see a replica of the original Puffing Billy locomotive, which was built in 1813 by William Hedley. On the final weekend of the event, in the 1900s Colliery you can see Coffee Pot No.1 and Keighley Gas Works No.2 in action, as well as watching Glyder and Samson in action alongside some visiting engines on the Narrow Gauge Railway. We will also have visiting narrow gauge locomotives Velinheli and Sybil joining us for the final weekend of the event.
Throughout the event the museum’s restored trams will be operating on the 1.5 mile tramway, and a wide variety of historic buses will provide a supporting cast as they assist visitors in moving around the site. Additional visiting buses will be operating and on display on the First and last weekends (including Bank Holiday Monday).
There will be vintage and veteran road vehicles on display on the 27/28th May, and Road steam engines in action on the 29/30th May.
On Saturday 31st May the museum will be screening the legendary railway film, The Titfield Thunderbolt (pre-booking required) in the recreated 1950s Grand Electric Cinema.