The Black Hat

Welcome to the Website of Black Hat Railway Photographs. Here you can find photographs I have taken of trains in and around the North East with some other locations I have been to. Photographs of signifcant events can be seen in galleries marked by the year they happened. A lot of the pictures show different traction, everything from early steam replicas, to larger mainline locomotives and of trains running on the network today.

Feel free to look at all the galleries, Im sure there is something for everyone. Feedback is more than welcome on the site, which can be done on the homepage or on a photograph you like. The photographs on the site are available for sale and can be ordered by following the links on the page the photograph is shown on.

Enjoy...

David
aka The Black Hat

10498 photos

Visitors 19416

Member since 3-Apr-11

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Address	Co. Durham United Kingdom
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Featured Galleries & Collections

Signs of the Black Hat

Visitors 441

42 photos

Created 3-Sep-24

Modified 3-Sep-24

Friends of the Black Hat

Visitors 474

41 photos

Created 21-Mar-24

Modified 21-Mar-24

Tornado on Pennine Explorer

Visitors 7

9 photos

Created 24-May-21

Modified 24-May-21

Recently Added

Diesel

Visitors 69

75 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

Day 7

Visitors 24

21 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

December

Visitors 2

9 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

Deltic 22 convoy

Visitors 11

32 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

Day 5

Visitors 20

16 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

Deltic at Blyth

Visitors 406

110 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

Diesel Engines

Visitors 9

86 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

Day 9

Visitors 57

27 photos

Created 4-Oct-24

Modified 4-Oct-24

All Photographs

2023

Galleries 2

Modified 22-Nov-23

60 photos

2022

Galleries 2

Modified 13-Jun-23

80 photos

2021

Galleries 1

Modified 24-May-21

9 photos

2020

Galleries 1

Modified 28-Sep-20

19 photos

2019

Galleries 10

Modified 9-Jun-19

405 photos

2018

Galleries 3

Modified 17-Feb-19

106 photos

2017

Galleries 6

Modified 1-Jan-19

217 photos

2016

Galleries 3

Modified 1-Feb-17

75 photos

2015

Galleries 7

Modified 7-Feb-16

165 photos

2014

Galleries 3

Modified 8-Aug-14

79 photos

2013

Galleries 4

Modified 30-Aug-13

83 photos

2012

Galleries 6

Modified 21-Oct-12

241 photos

2011

Galleries 6

Modified 28-Jan-12

453 photos

2010

Galleries 4

Modified 22-Jul-11

192 photos

2009

Galleries 3

Modified 6-Jun-13

190 photos

2008

Galleries 6

Modified 23-Jun-13

428 photos

2007

Galleries 4

Modified 27-Jun-13

194 photos

2006

Galleries 1

Modified 27-Jun-13

11 photos

The Black Hat and the Jacobite

Galleries 3

Modified 29-Aug-18

168 photos

The Black Hat in Black and White

Galleries 2

Modified 13-Jul-13

60 photos

The Black Hat vs "The Great Britain X"

Galleries 1

Modified 4-May-17

16 photos

National Rover UK Tour 2008

Galleries 7

Modified 2-Jun-13

392 photos

Aycliffe

Galleries 1

Modified 22-Nov-23

6 photos

Bishop Auckland

Galleries 11

Modified 8-May-22

97 photos

Bishop Auckland Branch Line

Galleries 11

Modified 22-Nov-23

247 photos

Browney and Croxdale

Galleries 3

Modified 13-Jun-23

51 photos

Carlisle

Galleries 2

Modified 6-Jun-13

38 photos

Colton Junction

Galleries 2

Modified 1-Jan-19

56 photos

Darlington

Galleries 18

Modified 30-Jul-19

738 photos

Doncaster

Galleries 4

Modified 21-Mar-24

171 photos

Derby

Modified 12-Jun-13

0 photos

Durham

Galleries 5

Modified 27-Jun-13

111 photos

Durham Coast Line

Modified 1-Jan-19

0 photos

The East Lancashire Railway

Galleries 1

Modified 10-Mar-19

57 photos

Eaglescliffe

Galleries 7

Modified 24-May-21

210 photos

Esk Valley Line

Galleries 5

Modified 20-Mar-24

146 photos

Favourites of the Black Hat

Modified 4-Mar-12

0 photos

Friends of the Black Hat

Visitors 474

41 photos

Created 21-Mar-24

Modified 21-Mar-24

The Great Central Railway

Galleries 6

Modified 19-Jan-20

411 photos

Highlights

Visitors 158

117 photos

Created 10-Jun-12

Modified 10-Jun-12

Kieghley and Worth Valley Railway

Galleries 2

Modified 6-May-19

104 photos

Kirkby Stephen

Galleries 1

Modified 25-Jun-13

46 photos

Leeds

Modified 26-Jul-14

0 photos

Leicester

Modified 1-Feb-17

0 photos

LONDON

Galleries 6

Modified 1-Jan-19

118 photos

Middlesbrough

Modified 28-Jun-13

0 photos

Locomotion: The National Railway Museum - Shildon

Galleries 24

Modified 3-Oct-16

1067 photos

The National Railway Museum, York

Galleries 4

Modified 14-Jul-13

216 photos

Newcastle

Modified 1-Jan-19

0 photos

Northallerton

Galleries 2

Modified 27-Jun-13

135 photos

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Galleries 27

Modified 9-Jun-19

981 photos

Paignton and Dartmouth

Modified 7-Aug-20

0 photos

Ricknall Grange

Modified 5-Jun-13

0 photos

The Settle to Carlisle Railway

Modified 9-Aug-20

0 photos

Severn Valley Railway

Modified 25-Sep-19

0 photos

Signs of the Black Hat

Visitors 441

42 photos

Created 3-Sep-24

Modified 3-Sep-24

Sheffield

Modified 27-Jun-13

0 photos

Stockton

Modified 29-Jun-13

0 photos

Swanage Railway

Galleries 1

Modified 3-Sep-19

50 photos

The Tanfield Railway

Galleries 2

Modified 3-Jun-13

106 photos

Teesside

Galleries 1

Modified 29-Jun-13

39 photos

Thornaby

Galleries 9

Modified 24-May-21

315 photos

Tyne Yard

Galleries 1

Modified 27-Jun-13

23 photos

Weardale Railway

Galleries 14

Modified 12-May-19

418 photos

Wensleydale Railway

Galleries 11

Modified 8-May-22

425 photos

York

Galleries 7

Collections 1

Modified 22-Nov-23

273 photos

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Guestbook for The Black Hat

Josh Welsh(non-registered)

Brilliant photos! Love the site.

David Langley(non-registered)

Enjoyed the 1 hour chat with you while waiting for the Flying Scotsman on Wednesday. I am back in Bishop, better internet. Had a quick look at some of your great images, will return for a longer look in next few days, all the best. David.

Duncan Watry(non-registered)

Good meeting you in Barnetby. Thanks for helping me find the bridle path through the maize field!

Jon Hughes(non-registered)

mice to meet you at Shildon (20/10/2012) Its good to see North o England pictures
A Northern exile in the South

Brian Kale(non-registered)

Excellent photo's. The New arrivals at Shildon are a very welcome sight. Looking forward to seeing all 6.

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