Woodhorn Railway

In 1991, the Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives (Wansbeck Council) was given an ex-mining locomotive and three man-riding cars by the NCB, following the closure of Vane Tempest colliery in County Durham.

The line was built, completed in 1994, and ran from the site of the present Museum, along the side of the Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, terminating at the platform known as Lakeside Halt.

Delivered to Woodhorn in 1991, primarily as a static exhibit following the closure of Vane Tempest Colliery but is now the lead locomotive of the fleet.

It has been renamed as the Black Diamond (nickname for coal), out of respect for the industry in which it formerly worked, the name "Hunslet" is picked out on the radiator grill.

Formerly the railway's accessible coach, it proved to be an unreliable runner so is currently out of use and awaiting restoration and repair to make it a reliable item of rolling stock.