Tanfield Waggonway

Dating back to the 1720s and still partly in use today as the preserved Tanfield Railway, the line has a justifiable claim to be the world’s oldest railway, running on the track bed that 300 years ago was travelled over by horse-drawn coal wagons on wooden rails. This book charts the history of the Tanfield Wagonway, from its origins as part of a network of wooden wagonways that ran from coal pits to the River Tyne, its rebuild with iron rails and inclined planes, introduction of locomotive...