I feel I must add to the comments in praise of this lovely friendly little rail tour and film, well put together, and with cooperation of more than one photographer. I love the way the passengers get out on mass to close the level crossing gates or work the points! The state of dereliction is only matched by the enthusiasm of the people trying to save the line. And through what beautiful English landscapes. A glimpse of the remains of an older time. Thank you for posting.
How fabulous! At one stage it looks like they've 'nicked' it and just having a jolly! A testament to the present day volunteers who have turned the line from dereliction into a M£ industry! Thanks for posting.
I wonder if any one else, remembers seeing, and hearing, the 'Six Five Special' , screened by the BBC in the 1950s , showing a steam loco hurtling over a girder bridge , to a pounding beat. Far removed from the music of those days ! Energizing young , and possibly not so young people, as if for the first time ever !
I feel I must add to the comments in praise of this lovely friendly little rail tour and film, well put together, and with cooperation of more than one photographer. The state of dereliction is only matched by the enthusiasm of the people trying to save the line. And through what beautiful English landscapes. A glimpse of the remains of an older time. Thank you for posting.
Bridge being crossed at 2:28 has just been replaced in Jan 2020, currently the seperate one alongside it is still origional, I'm not sure if that is being changed - they are currently changing a couple of others too and have done more in the past few years. The line has around 35 bridges as it passes through a valley and over a zigzagging stream. I live at the end of the line at Pickering and locals say that it was the introduction of the NYMR that brought the town back from the dead to the tourist hotspot it is today. At 3:15 you can see the famous 'Golf Balls' ICBM early warning radar installation. When they went in in 1963 the locals complained like mad about it and then complained again when they were removed in 1992 to be replaced by a single pyramid style detector which now spends most of it's time looking at sattelites but still keeps a watch out for nukes. Also really strange seeing all the double track as it is now all single track apart from in the station sections. Seeing it as double somehow makes it look more 'modern' and less atmospheric than the single track now looks, especially as the cleared trackbed is now grassed over and it all looks more like it does at 8:23. Well done to all involved at the NYMR.
Wasn’t it rumoured, when the North Yorkshire Moors Railway preservation was proposed, that the Ministry of Defence, secretly favoured retaining some working steam engines, semaphore signalling, & telegraph systems, etc. Fearing that a Nuclear first- strike , on the nearby, RAF Fylingdales Radar station , would disable the more vulnerable , electronic Transistorised-circuitry, used in the more modern equipment ! Incidentally, during a winter of exceptionally deep snow, the RAF personnel , Marooned for weeks in the , Fylingdales Radar station, and increasingly desperate . Escaped on foot , through the snow drifts , to Goathland Station, to be recued and taken home by train... Happy endings sometimes, really did happen in Aidensfield...
The first signal box where you can see the golf balls is this what was the summit box and the second box was that the newtondale box many years ago I paid a visit to this railway and can remember seeing a signal box at where fenbog is I think that’s what it is called
Is this one of the Tetbury / Cirencester railbuses? They were quite an experience on these lines swaying along at 55 mph! On the Tetbury line they would stop anywhere and a beer crate was used for passengers to step up.
Some very interesting features are the block-post signal boxes at Goathland Summit & Newtondale. The shell of Newtondale survived for quite a while. At 10:20, r.h side of the frame we see a siding. That served the stone quarry at New Bridge. I wonder whay that farm gate & wire fence was across the track somewhere between Fen Bogs & the great 'S' curves. Before the railway opened peoperly they only ran to somewhere in the vicinity of Goathland Summit. Maybe that was their limit of travel?
@@timwebster8122, Yes , I vaguely recall , that the NYCC , would only give a grant, if the whole line , to Pickering was acquired ! Far beyond the existing budget ! (Also , wasn’t it rumored,that when the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, preservation was proposed, that the Ministry of Defense, secretly favored, retaining some working steam engines, semaphore signalling, & telegraph systems, etc. Fearing that a Nuclear first-strike on the nearby, RAF Fylingdales Radar station , would affect the more vulnerable Transistorized-circuitry, used in the more modern equipment ! Incidentally, during a winter of exceptionally deep snow, the RAF personnel , Marooned for weeks in the , Fylingdales Radar station, and increasingly desperate , escaped on foot , through the snow drifts, three miles, to Goathland Station, to be rescued by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway , and taken home by train... Happy endings really did happen at Aidensfield ! ..
Hi Mark, the first box out of Pickering was called High Mill, next New Bridge. Then Levisham, Newtondale, Goathland summit, Goathland then Grosmont. Only 4 boxes now remain New Bridge, Levisham, Goathland and Grosmont. New Bridge was doubled tracked to Levisham but 1 Road taken out in world war 1. Everything else was double tracked but taken out late 60s. It’s enough of a job maintaining what’s left and cannot see double track being reinstated.
yes , I was surprised to see so much double track, I read that during the first world war, it was singled to be sent to the front. But If it were replaced , the 'path' beside the track, used for access by maintenance or emergency vehicles , would be covered .
Why can't travelling on a train be like this today? everyone in this film looks happy, the drivers look welcoming and people look decent, unlike today were we are obsessed with security, people are fed-up, the government & corporations are screwing us for every penny we have : you can't even chat with the driver now because of this terrorism nonsense. We now live in a time full of paranoia, security, Orwellian turnstiles, and CCTV. Imagine those things back in those happy days?
I feel I must add to the comments in praise of this lovely friendly little rail tour and film, well put together, and with cooperation of more than one photographer. I love the way the passengers get out on mass to close the level crossing gates or work the points! The state of dereliction is only matched by the enthusiasm of the people trying to save the line. And through what beautiful English landscapes. A glimpse of the remains of an older time. Thank you for posting.
How fabulous! At one stage it looks like they've 'nicked' it and just having a jolly!
A testament to the present day volunteers who have turned the line from dereliction into a M£ industry! Thanks for posting.
From small acorns mighty oak trees grow
A great film of how it all began
Awesome gem of a film. Many thanks for posting.:-)
I wonder if any one else, remembers seeing, and hearing, the 'Six Five Special' , screened by the BBC in the 1950s , showing a steam loco hurtling over a girder bridge , to a pounding beat. Far removed from the music of those days ! Energizing young , and possibly not so young people, as if for the first time ever !
thats really good
great to see the early days thank you
I feel I must add to the comments in praise of this lovely friendly little rail tour and film, well put together, and with cooperation of more than one photographer. The state of dereliction is only matched by the enthusiasm of the people trying to save the line. And through what beautiful English landscapes. A glimpse of the remains of an older time. Thank you for posting.
Bridge being crossed at 2:28 has just been replaced in Jan 2020, currently the seperate one alongside it is still origional, I'm not sure if that is being changed - they are currently changing a couple of others too and have done more in the past few years. The line has around 35 bridges as it passes through a valley and over a zigzagging stream. I live at the end of the line at Pickering and locals say that it was the introduction of the NYMR that brought the town back from the dead to the tourist hotspot it is today. At 3:15 you can see the famous 'Golf Balls' ICBM early warning radar installation. When they went in in 1963 the locals complained like mad about it and then complained again when they were removed in 1992 to be replaced by a single pyramid style detector which now spends most of it's time looking at sattelites but still keeps a watch out for nukes. Also really strange seeing all the double track as it is now all single track apart from in the station sections. Seeing it as double somehow makes it look more 'modern' and less atmospheric than the single track now looks, especially as the cleared trackbed is now grassed over and it all looks more like it does at 8:23. Well done to all involved at the NYMR.
Wasn’t it rumoured, when the North Yorkshire Moors Railway preservation was proposed, that the Ministry of Defence, secretly favoured retaining some working steam engines, semaphore signalling, & telegraph systems, etc. Fearing that a Nuclear first- strike , on the nearby, RAF Fylingdales Radar station , would disable the more vulnerable , electronic Transistorised-circuitry, used in the more modern equipment ! Incidentally, during a winter of exceptionally deep snow, the RAF personnel , Marooned for weeks in the , Fylingdales Radar station, and increasingly desperate . Escaped on foot , through the snow drifts , to Goathland Station, to be recued and taken home by train... Happy endings sometimes, really did happen in Aidensfield...
Excellent footage thanks for sharing.
Brilliant! Apart from all the detail, it's nice to have a reminder of the double track status of the line when BR ditched it.
The other track is lying at the bottom of the English Channel. It was being shipped to France but the German U boats sank the ship
@@grahampickering1560 But it was still in place when BR closed the line.
The first signal box where you can see the golf balls is this what was the summit box and the second box was that the newtondale box many years ago I paid a visit to this railway and can remember seeing a signal box at where fenbog is I think that’s what it is called
Is this one of the Tetbury / Cirencester railbuses? They were quite an experience on these lines swaying along at 55 mph! On the Tetbury line they would stop anywhere and a beer crate was used for passengers to step up.
Some very interesting features are the block-post signal boxes at Goathland Summit & Newtondale. The shell of Newtondale survived for quite a while.
At 10:20, r.h side of the frame we see a siding. That served the stone quarry at New Bridge.
I wonder whay that farm gate & wire fence was across the track somewhere between Fen Bogs & the great 'S' curves.
Before the railway opened peoperly they only ran to somewhere in the vicinity of Goathland Summit. Maybe that was their limit of travel?
The initial plan was to preserve Grosmont to Ellerbeck. The rest of the line was bought by the county council
@@timwebster8122,
Yes , I vaguely recall , that the NYCC , would only give a grant, if the whole line , to Pickering was acquired ! Far beyond the existing budget ! (Also , wasn’t it rumored,that when the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, preservation was proposed, that the Ministry of Defense, secretly favored, retaining some working steam engines, semaphore signalling, & telegraph systems, etc. Fearing that a Nuclear first-strike on the nearby, RAF Fylingdales Radar station , would affect the more vulnerable Transistorized-circuitry, used in the more modern equipment !
Incidentally, during a winter of exceptionally deep snow, the RAF personnel , Marooned for weeks in the , Fylingdales Radar station, and increasingly desperate , escaped on foot , through the snow drifts, three miles, to Goathland Station, to be rescued by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway , and taken home by train...
Happy endings really did happen at Aidensfield ! ..
Wonder if double track will ever be reinstated the signal boxes in the film what were they called please
Hi Mark, the first box out of Pickering was called High Mill, next New Bridge. Then Levisham, Newtondale, Goathland summit, Goathland then Grosmont. Only 4 boxes now remain New Bridge, Levisham, Goathland and Grosmont. New Bridge was doubled tracked to Levisham but 1 Road taken out in world war 1. Everything else was double tracked but taken out late 60s. It’s enough of a job maintaining what’s left and cannot see double track being reinstated.
yes , I was surprised to see so much double track, I read that during the first world war, it was singled to be sent to the front. But If it were replaced , the 'path' beside the track, used for access by maintenance or emergency vehicles , would be covered .
Why can't travelling on a train be like this today? everyone in this film looks happy, the drivers look welcoming and people look decent, unlike today were we are obsessed with security, people are fed-up, the government & corporations are screwing us for every penny we have : you can't even chat with the driver now because of this terrorism nonsense. We now live in a time full of paranoia, security, Orwellian turnstiles, and CCTV. Imagine those things back in those happy days?