***Exciting News!***Steam engine Renishaw Ironworks No.6 has been loaded at Tanfield Railway to make its way to Aln Valley Railway. Thanks go to Tanfield Railway for their support and assistance, to HP Thompson & Son for transporting the locomotive to Aln Valley Railway and to our volunteers for receiving the locomotive and facilitating the shunt…

Another successful Vintage & Classic Vehicle Weekend took place at the railway on 17 and 18 June. Thank you to everyone who took part and attended. The winners of the people’s vote were: 1st Place – Nick Ellis with his 1968 Riley Elf; NPM 862F 2nd Pace – Peter Cutts with his Austin; HSV 380

Alnwick’s Aln Valley Railway (AVR) was delighted to gain royal recognition on Tuesday 13th June, when HRH the Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland, Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland, visited the railway and officially opened Greenrigg Halt, by unveiling a commemorative plaque. They first visited Lionheart Station, where they were…