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

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Featured Galleries & Collections

Signs of the Black Hat

Visitors 445

42 photos

Created 3-Sep-24

Modified 3-Sep-24

Friends of the Black Hat

Visitors 480

40 photos

Created 1-Jun-25

Modified 1-Jun-25

Black Hat Favourite: 66044

Visitors 141

28 photos

Created 12-Oct-24

Modified 12-Oct-24

Black Hat Favourite: K1 - 62005

Visitors 226

212 photos

Created 12-Oct-24

Modified 12-Oct-24

Black Hat Favourite: 142020

Visitors 53

44 photos

Created 1-Jun-26

Modified 1-Jun-26

Tornado on Pennine Explorer

Visitors 12

9 photos

Created 24-May-21

Modified 24-May-21

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Tornado on NYMR

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60 photos

Created 6-Aug-26

Modified 6-Aug-26

2018

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43 photos

Created 1-Jun-26

Modified 1-Jun-26

Black Hat Favourite: 142020

Visitors 53

44 photos

Created 1-Jun-26

Modified 1-Jun-26

2020

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19 photos

Created 13-Nov-25

Modified 13-Nov-25

2019

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23 photos

Created 13-Nov-25

Modified 13-Nov-25

August

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74 photos

Created 13-Nov-25

Modified 13-Nov-25

2023

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19 photos

Created 13-Nov-25

Modified 13-Nov-25

2017

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55 photos

Created 13-Nov-25

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2025

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2011

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2010

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2009

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2008

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2007

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2006

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Rail 200

Modified 29-Sep-25

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The Black Hat and the Jacobite

Modified 29-Aug-18

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The Black Hat in Black and White

Modified 13-Jul-13

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The Black Hat vs "The Great Britain X"

Modified 4-May-17

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National Rover UK Tour 2008

Modified 2-Jun-13

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Aycliffe

Modified 22-Nov-23

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Bishop Auckland

Modified 8-May-22

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Bishop Auckland Branch Line

Modified 22-Nov-23

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Browney and Croxdale

Modified 30-Mar-25

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Carlisle

Modified 6-Apr-25

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Colton Junction

Modified 1-Jan-19

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Darlington

Modified 16-Sep-25

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Doncaster

Modified 12-Nov-24

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Derby

Modified 8-Aug-25

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Durham

Modified 27-Jun-13

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Durham Coast Line

Modified 1-Jan-19

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The East Lancashire Railway

Modified 7-Nov-24

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Eaglescliffe

Modified 30-Mar-25

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Esk Valley Line

Modified 5-May-25

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Favourites of the Black Hat

Modified 4-Mar-12

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Friends of the Black Hat

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40 photos

Created 1-Jun-25

Modified 1-Jun-25

The Great Central Railway

Modified 26-Jan-25

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Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway

Modified 8-Aug-25

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Highlights

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Created 10-Jun-12

Modified 10-Jun-12

Hopetown Museum - Darlington

Modified 30-Sep-25

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Kieghley and Worth Valley Railway

Modified 6-May-19

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Kirkby Stephen

Modified 25-Jun-13

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Leeds

Modified 26-Jul-14

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Leicester

Modified 1-Feb-17

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LONDON

Modified 1-Jan-19

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Middlesbrough

Modified 30-Mar-25

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Locomotion: The National Railway Museum - Shildon

Modified 22-Sep-25

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Locomotion: The National Railway Museum - Shildon

The National Railway Museum, York

Modified 14-Jul-13

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Newcastle

Modified 1-Jan-19

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Northallerton

Modified 30-Mar-25

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Modified 6-Aug-26

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Paignton and Dartmouth

Modified 7-Aug-20

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Ricknall Grange

Modified 5-Jun-13

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The Settle to Carlisle Railway

Modified 9-Aug-20

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Severn Valley Railway

Modified 25-Sep-19

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Signs of the Black Hat

Visitors 445

42 photos

Created 3-Sep-24

Modified 3-Sep-24

Sheffield

Modified 27-Jun-13

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Stockton

Modified 29-Jun-13

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Swanage Railway

Modified 3-Sep-19

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The Tanfield Railway

Modified 3-Jun-13

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Teesside

Modified 29-Jun-13

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Thornaby

Modified 30-Mar-25

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Tyne Yard

Modified 27-Jun-13

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Weardale Railway

Modified 6-Apr-25

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Wensleydale Railway

Modified 1-Jun-25

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West Somerset Railway

Modified 10-Nov-24

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York

Modified 11-Nov-24

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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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