 In 1983, a narrow-gauge railway opened between Alston and Gilderdale (in Cumbria) and has since been extended northwards, across the border into Northumberland.This gauge line is called the South Tynedale Railway and now runs from Alston to Slaggyford.It regularly runs a steam service with a couple of German-built Henschel engines, "Helen Kathryn" and "Thomas Edmondson".