Date: 23/08/2012

A HERITAGE railway which carries more passengers than any other in the UK is preparing to mark its 40th anniversary with a series of events to mark its development. Volunteers who have worked since the 1960s to restore and preserve the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR), which runs from Pickering to Grosmont, said they had been astonished by the line’s rising popularity and development. The 18-mile line, which reopened in 1973 eight years after being axed as part of the Beeching cuts, has become the busiest steam heritage line in the world, carrying about 350,000 passengers in 2009.

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway plans anniversary celebration

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A HERITAGE railway which carries more passengers than any other in the UK is preparing to mark its 40th anniversary with a series of events to mark

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Southern Railway Schools Class 30926 'Repton' sets off from Whitby with the 1100 hrs service to Pickering on 22 October 2009. This is one of the services operated throughout by the North York Moors Railway but using the national network between Whitby and Grosmont.
Location: Whitby
Company: Whitby and Pickering Railway
22/10/2009 John McIntyre

Clear the way! No 7 whistles for the level crossing with a Grosmont - Pickering train at Levisham on 1 October 2009.
Location: Levisham
Company: Whitby and Pickering Railway
01/10/2009 Colin Miller

Ex-SR Schools class 4-4-0 no 30926 Repton drifts into Goathland in July 2007 with a train for Whitby.
Location: Goathland
Company: Goathland Deviation (North Eastern Railway)
09/07/2007 Bruce McCartney