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Not heard any 'rumours' regarding the J52, ut we did look into it for a long term project, but Covid put a spanner into that particular works. May dust it down again, but as mentioned its a long term deal, and we need something in the short term if we are to be able to have steam this season...

Aspirational at the moment. Ou focus is on getting the west end of the railway fully reopened and generating income. Once we have that done we will turn our attention to the east again. The line from castle hills has to be keps open for MOD trains, charters and in/out movements, so in no way are...

Steam always has to be on the agenda, I think it would be commercial suicide to try and run for any length of time without it. Initital focu for this year will be to complete the reopening to Leyburn and relay 1 mile of track on Preston bank to bring the line to Redmire back up to passenger...

Really good to hear you enjoyed your day. The mince pies were great, but we only had 6 left after the last train, so was squeaky bum time as we were giving them out !. Lots planned for next year including diesel hauled LHCS services on the first sunday in the month, more event trains and plenty...

The steam services between christmas and new year will be using the loco hired in for Polar Express, but will be open for anybody to ride on (Polar Express has been completely sold out for a few months now). Probably should have made that a bit more apparent in my original post ! 1636486478...

Just to give a heads up, the WR are planning both Steam and Diesel services between Christmas and New year, running from Leeming to Leyburn. These will be the first passenger services into Leyburn for about 22 months. We are also looking at our usual christmas eve outing with 37250. Details of...

This is only a temporary measure while we re-open from Covid lockdown. We have been closed for nearly 15 months and currently dont have any resident steam traction that we can use, which then requires us to hire in a loco at anything from £600 to £1200 a day. Add to that costs of road transport...