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Junior Train Trail

Welcome Aboard! Here's where the fun starts for the young - and the young at heart.


Fun on the Train Trail

  • Jump on board a steam train at Weardale or Tanfield
  • Look for the museum ghost at Darlington Railway Centre & Museum
  • Visit our flighty friends at Butterfly World at Preston Hall and the Owl Centre at Kirkleatham Museum
  • Ride the Pockerley Waggonway
  • Get on board ship at the Museum of Hartlepool
  • Celebrate railway heritage at Locomotion – through a variety of special events days for children and young people
  • Visit the sweet factory at Beamish
  • Step on board the footplate at Darlington
  • Get your Train Trail Certificate

COMING SOON
Be a Train Trail Spotter

There's a specially prepared Spotter Sheet available at each of the ten Train Trail venues for your added entertainment. It's a quiz. It's a guide. It's a challenge. And it's FREE for everyone to enjoy.

You'll receive a Spotter Sheet on entry. Remember to bring a pen! Every Spotter Sheet handed in receives a Train Trail 'Spotter' Authentication Certificate. Correctly completed Spotter Sheets will be entered in to our Grand Prize Draw (Ask for details).





Play Allaboard - online NOW!

Fabulous railway heritage challenge created by our friends at Tyne & Wear Museums.

CLICK HERE to play
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