North Yorkshire Moors Railway NYMR top visitor attraction tourist information Grosmont Station Cafes Pubs B&B holiday cottages, hotels

Scenes on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

A homage to the Great NYMR via various views of trains, locomotives, scenery

One of many interesting places to visit and stay with good walks in the North York Moors National Park

NYMR Spring Steam Gala May 2012

Miscellaneous North Yorkshire Moors Railway Scenes 2012

Ex LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive 60007 SIR NIGEL GRESLEY climbing the bank at Green End with a train for Goathland, Levisham and Pickering.

Sometimes incorrectly referred to as the 'North York Moors Railway' or the 'North Yorks Moor Railway', but, whatever, the line is set in the beautiful North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, Northern England and these steam train rides are a major tourist attraction - lots of steam train photos of locomotives in action

Part Ia My NYMR STEAM SCENE GALLERY

My best 100 pictures so far involving steam locomotives

(will gradually replace the mediocre ones!)

Just CLICK ON THE PICTURE to view the next one in the sequence

The title is at the top of the page e.g. Steam Gallery xxa: NYMR scene ...

Enter My NYMR steam locomotive gallery!

NYMR Diesel Gala September 2011

The Spring Gala celebrating the 175th Anniversary of the Whitby-Pickering Line

More pictures from 2011 of the 175th Anniversary

Santa Specials December 2010

NYMR October 2010 and 2011 Railway in Wartime

Part 2 More pictures of the NYMR War Weekend 2010

The 2010 NYMR Autumn Steam Gala

The 2010 NYMR Spring Steam Gala

The 2009 NYMR Autumn Steam Gala

Part Ib My NYMR HERITAGE DIESEL SCENE GALLERY

Just CLICK ON THE PICTURE to view the next one in the sequence

The title is at the top of the page e.g. Diesel Gallery xxa: NYMR scene ...

Enter My NYMR diesel gallery

Diesel Gala September 2011

Part II Locomotive Gallery and Details

Pictures and notes of the steam locomotives and heritage diesels plus selected larger images of the locos in various locations both stationary and in action!

Ex LNER/BR A4 4-6-2 Pacific 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, also 60009 & 60019

Stanier 'Black Five' 4-6-0 locomotives 45212, 45231 and 45407

Ex BR standard locos: Class 4-6-2 tank 80135, 4-6-0 75029, 2-6-0 76079

Ex LNER class B1 61264, K1 62005 and K4 61994 The Great Marquess

Ex Southern Railway Locos: Schools Class 30926 Repton & S15 30825

0-8-0 freight locomotives Ex LMS 49395 and Ex LNER Q6 63395

Ex GWR/BR tank engine 6619 & visiting 7822 Foxcote Manor

Visiting 4-6-2 pacific locomotive 71000 Duke of Gloucester

Visiting 4-6-2 Pacific 60163 TORNADO

Visiting Ex S&D J.R./LMS/BR 2-8-0 53809

Other locomotives including 4771 Green Arrow, Nos 5/29, 2253, 3672

Gresley N2 0-6-2T Tank Engine 1744

BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 No. 92214

NYMR visitor 34070 MANSTON and 34007 WADEBRIDGE on the GCR

Visiting J72 0-6-0T tank engine 69023

Photo-profiles of selected steam locomotives

Heritage Diesel, Diesel-Electric mainline locomotives, shunters and DMUs

Part III Railway Walks

You can get a book of 12 railway walks from Grosmont or Pickering stations

So, all I can do is illustrate some of the locations where you can view the passing steam trains.

View a Selection of NYMR Railway Walking Scenes

Part IV A Trip up and down the line in a sequence of pictures

Start anywhere and click on the picture to go forward on the SLOW trip of the full location sequence (00-16) which in summary is: Introduction ==> Grosmont Station ==south==> Pickering ==north==> Whitby ==return south==> Pickering (143 picture sequence, all NYMR track except Network Rail Grosmont <=> Whitby railway lines)

Click steam engine icon for FAST TRACK flavour of the NYMR trip (65 picture sequence)

00 From scrap to restoration and ready for work at NYMR Grosmont Station

01 From Grosmont to Goathland (Aidensfield in TV's "Heartbeat")

02-04 Goathland to Newtondale to Levisham to Pickering Station

05 Pickering Town (more on Pickering and surrounding area)

06-07 Pickering to Levisham to Newtondale Halt

08 Newton Dale to Goathland * 09 Goathland to Grosmont

10 Grosmont to Whitby (using Network Rail track)

11 Whitby Town (more on Whitby and area)

12 Whitby to Grosmont (using Network Rail track)

13 Grosmont to Goathland Station

14-16 Goathland to Newtondale to Levisham to Pickering (return trip)

Note

Grosmont is at the hub of the NYMR operations with its station platform interchange with Network Rail, the locomotive depot, restoration and maintenance workshops and carriage sheds.
Goathland and Levisham are the two 'crossing' places on this mainly single track railway, so two trains are usually co-reside for a few minutes.
Newtondale Halt is a request stop station, so if on the platform, put your hand out as if its a bus! and if on the train PLEASE tell the guard you want to get off and also make sure you are in the correct carriage - the trains are quite long and Newtondale Halt has a relatively short platform!
Goathland is the setting for TV's 'Aidensfield' the village in the very popular ITV series called 'Heartbeat'
Pickering is a very pleasant friendly town with the Beck Isle Museum, medieval Pickering Castle and the Church of St Peter and St Paul (medieval wall paintings) which are all worth a visit.
Whitby Town is a popular tourist destination whether the visitors come to stay or day-trippers. With its shops, places to eat, beaches, harbour of boats and yachts, historic buildings like St Mary's Church and Whitby Abbey and coastal walks, it has much to offer the visitor.

Part V U tube video snippets

VIDEO Santa Specials December 2010 featuring Ex SR 825

VIDEO Winter Journey January 2010 behind BR Std Class steam locomotive 76079 and diesel D5061

Abbreviations used

BR = British railways (after nationalisation in 1948)

GWR = Great Western Railway Company

LMS = London Midland and Scottish Railway Company

LNER = London and North Eastern Railway Company

NER = North Eastern Railway Company

SR = Southern Railway

British Railways Standard Class 4-6-0 locomotive 75029 hauling a Grosmont-Whitby train into town!

For more details see the official North Yorkshire Moors Railway site www.nymr.co.uk

including winter, spring and summer timetables and special event details

Restored North Eastern Railway wagon in Goathland Station

North Yorkshire Moors Railway NYMR Scenic Heritage Steam Train Line North York Moors National Park Yorkshire, Northern England locomotive footplate rides attraction dining car trips docspics nymr photos images pictures © Phil Brown

Photos photographs pictures pics digital images webshots snapshots snaps images © docspics Phil Brown * STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ACTION! STEAM HERITAGE RAILWAY My homage to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway - A great steam heritage line and offers luxury Pullman coach dining trains * Travelling by train always seems a pleasure, especially if through wonderful scenery either in England, Scotland, Wales or on holiday in the rest of Europe! The railway trip involves seeing or travelling behind a 'real' steam locomotive in action and there is nothing like the sight and sounds of a steam train to invoke feelings of nostalgia in some of us, even more luxury by having a special trip out on a steam dining train! Rail tours Railway travel holidays special steam excursions A great steam heritage line and offers luxury Pullman coach dining trains * European Rail tours US and Canadian Railway travel holidays special steam excursions A great steam heritage line and offers luxury Pullman coach dining trains Travelling by train always seems a pleasure, especially if through wonderful scenery either in England, Scotland, Wales or on holiday in the rest of the railways of Europe! The railway trip involves seeing or travelling behind a 'real' steam locomotive or heritage diesel in action and there is nothing like the sight and sounds of a steam train to invoke feelings of nostalgia in some of us, even more luxury by having a special trip out on a steam dining train!



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Hospitality in Grosmont - cafes, pubs, B&B, holiday cottages, hotels etc.

	Grosmont, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England: The Station Tavern by the 'steam locomotive action' Grosmont Station, North Yorkshire, England, is a popular pub serving traditional food and beer.

	The Signals Tea Room provides drinks and snacks on the platform of Grosmont Station for the steam hauled trains of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway which is a wonderful scenic run to Goathland and on to Pickering.


	The Geall Gallery Art Cafe. Very artistic surroundings for cup of tea, coffee and cakes etc. This was the Grosmont Art Gallery and Jazz Cafe on Front street. It has fine displays of fine art work by local artist and despite the modest frontage, there is a lot to view inside and take refreshment in very colourful surroundings.

	The Hazlewood Tea Rooms on Front Street, as well as indoors has a lovely outdoor tables above the River Murk Esk, a lovely setting on a fine day. Here you can get freshly made scones, cakes and light refreshment and you can sample the 'Grosmont Tart', the proprietor's speciality!

	The Grosmont Co-Operative Society on Front Street was established in 1867 and is still going strong. A variety of basic provisions and snacks and sweets are available AND it is the local post office - note the nice old fashioned red letter box in the wall by the level crossing at Grosmont station. On the right of the Co-Op are left to right: (i) The Railway Shop for all sorts of railway related gifts and specialises in model railway objects - locomotives, carriages, wagons, scenery etc. (ii) The Crossing Bar Club 'Purveyor of Fine Ales' and (iii) the Grosmont Bookshop with a fine selection of books on railways, local history, natural history, children's books etc.

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