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Location notes
Situated a few miles to the south west of Whitby the Pickering to Grosmont line covers about 18 miles through some spectacular scenery of the North Yorkshire Moors national park. 'The line is owned by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust who have run the line as a living museum since 1974' There are many different types of locomotive hauled passenger working both steam and diesel. With the occasional photographic freight charter or permanent way train.
Railway type and traffic
The trains are mostly steam hauled, with occasional diesel turns and failure stand ins. There are numerous events and galas.
For more details see the North Yorkshire Moors Railway website.
For more details see the North Yorkshire Moors Railway website.
Environment
North Yorkshire is a beautiful part of the country with large rolling hills and amazing scenery. It is also very open and very exposed so weather here can be extreme at certain times of the year. Given the moors nature of the location it would be sensible to dress for the outdoors and expect the weather to change.
Road directions
From Pickering station follow the road parallel to the track up. The first location is a small fishery about another 400yards on. Then the crossing is further on. The third location is down a farmers track which is a right turn just after the level crossing.
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Parking
Roadside parking is available
Public transport
Amenities
Being a national park there are lots of tourist facilities in the towns and villages but some locations are remote areas of moor land.
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Photographic notes
Location 1 is a close up shot from a public foot path that crossed the line
Location 2 is around the actual level crossing at Newbridge. Trains slow to exchange a token here, so they will be going dead slow.
Location 3 is a wide view across fields
Location 2 is around the actual level crossing at Newbridge. Trains slow to exchange a token here, so they will be going dead slow.
Location 3 is a wide view across fields
Links to photographs at this location
Rail-net - NYMR Diesel Gala
General views - All photographs © Marcus Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Fisheries crossing, facing south - Location 1
This view, facing south east, shows a train departing Pickering.
Fig 2 - Newbridge Crossing facing south - Location 2
Taken from a small mound just south of the main level crossing. The crew is ready to exchange the token with the Newbridge signaller.
Fig 3 - Newbridge Crossing facing north - Location 2
Taken from a small mound just south of the main level crossing, this is the reverse angle of the above shot.
Fig 4 - From the fields looking south - Location 3
A northbound train crossed the fields.
Fig 5 - From the fields looking north - Location 3
The reverse of the above fig 4.
Fig 6 - From the fields looking north - Location 3
Moving slightly north up the fields there is a semaphore to add an extra bit of interest to your shot.
Fig 7 - From the fields looking south, wide- Location 3
From the edge of the field furthest away from the line you get a good wide shot of the line and the scenery behind.
Fig 8 - From the fields, wide- Location 3
Same location as fig 7, but across the field side on.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
