The £40 ticket price sounds a lot to me, the MHR gala was £70 for a three day ticket and it was seriously good, with a lot to see and do besides...
Visited the railway yesterday and trade quite brisk for the time of the year. No.29 on the 15.10 off Pickering ran out of coal on the three coach...
[ATTACH] A memory of the October 2018 gala, with teaks and a clear lineside.
I have heard that there are a couple of new speed restrictions on the NYMR. One is 5 mph over a river bridge at Goathland and the other 10mph on...
The 9F didn't 'hit' a rake of coaches, it was already coupled to and moving a set of coaches. I have been told that the driver of the loco was...
I am told by one of the drivers that the loco (Omaha) is excellent. There will be two six coach sets and hopefully a four, obviously this could...
"The Sunday locomotive roster has been updated today. The Omaha will be on the rear of the 10.27 ex. Grosmont and lead the 12.08 ex Pickering with...
No I am not including the Pullman set in the figures.
It might well be that the NYMR are busy repairing some of the damaged coaches but as it stands they only have 16 coaches (including the three from...
So if I catch the first train from Bridgnorth on the Thursday, that being the 9.30am local, I then have near 1.5hrs at Highley before I can get a...
Photo and map here. Photo of one of the locos on ebay at the moment also. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ikbrunels/10986233916/
I quite agree. I was looking at coming down for the event by train. The number of double headers with locos that 'don't go together' rather put me...
I have been at the railway today. The two austerities were in use, both going well and HE3809 is very impressive, very quick off the mark, the...
I think a major issue for the NYMR at a gala will be providing enough coaches. I travel on the line often. Last week during half term there were...
Glad you had a good day I was there also on that Wednesday. I hope you got a seat. On the trains I went it was standing only due to a shortage of...
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