North Yorkshire Moors railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a preserved historic railway stretching for 18 miles through the heart of the North York Moors National Park, from Pickering via Levisham, Newton Dale and Goathland to Grosmont, with a further 6 mile extension over Network Rail’s Esk Valley line to Whitby and occasionally Battersby. It is the largest preserved heritage railway in the UK in terms of route mileage operated and passenger numbers.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is locally, regionally and nationally significant due to its historic, scientific, aesthetic, cultural and social values. [NYMR]

BR Standard 4MT 76079 at Goathland Summit

BR Standard 4MT 76079 effortlessly tops the climb at Goathland Summit (532 feet above sea level) with the 11:50 service from Whitby to Pickering.


The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a preserved historic railway stretching for 18 miles through the heart of the North York Moors National Park, from Pickering via Levisham, Newton Dale and Goathland to Grosmont, with a further 6 mile extension over Network Rail’s Esk Valley line to Whitby and occasionally Battersby. It is the largest preserved heritage railway in the UK in terms of route mileage operated and passenger numbers.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is locally, regionally and nationally significant due to its historic, scientific, aesthetic, cultural and social values. [NYMR]

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Ex-LMS Black 5 No. 44806 eases out of Goathland station with the 13:30 Grosmont to Pickering train.


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44806 heads out of Goathland hauling ex-LNER 'teak' coaches

Sir William Stanier's Black 5 loco 44806 heads south out of Goathland fittingly hauling preserved ex-LNER 'teak' coaches.


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80136, starts out of Grosmont with the 14:10 Whitby to Pickering service.

BR Standard 4 Tank locomotive 80136, starts out of Grosmont with the 14:10 Whitby to Pickering service.


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BR Standard 4MT loco 76079 passing through Sleights station with the 16:55 service from Whitby to Pickering - the last train of the day.