North York Moors Railway - 50th Anniversary Steam Gala 2023

North Yorkshire Moors Railway 50th Anniversary Steam Gala Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th September 2023 A weekend of steam with visiting, joining the home fleet, in a celebration of 50 Years since the NYMR publicly opened in the preservation era. The weekend saw an intensive timetable with goods trains between Grosmont and Goathland on Friday & Saturday, alongside Grosmont to Pickering and Whitby services. The event also featured the Annual Steam Gala Beer Festival at Goathland and Levisham Stations. At Pickering the "Friendly Miniature Railway" was running in the C&W yard. Highlights included tram engine Lucie on the GW Saloon on shuttle rides at Goathland on Friday evening, with the Caley tank doing the same the following day, double headed 9Fs at Moorgates, 9F & 4MT double headed at Bridge 32 and the Caley Tank paired with 75069 and J27. Locomotive Line Up: Caledonian Railway 0-4-4T 55189 (from SRPS) LNER A4 4-6-2 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 75069 (from Severn Valley Railway / 75069 Fund) BR Standard Double Chimney 9F 2-10-0 92214 (from Great Central Railway / David Clarke Railway Trust’s) BR Standard Single Chimney 9F 2-10-0 92134 LNER J27 0-6-0 2392 / 65894 Lambton 0-6-2T No. 29 "Lucie" a type IV Cockerill of 1890 Southern Railway Schools V Class 4-4-0 926 Repton LMS Black Five 5428 Eric Treacy BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T 80136 running at 80116 www.preservedrailway.co.uk (C) Lee Andrew Davies 2023