This is a film made by supporters of the North York Moors Railway showing volunteers working on the track and many locomotives working on the line.  The film highlights, over a number of years, some of the famoulsy restored engines which travelled the lines between 1972 and 1986. Title – North York Moors Railway Four men are loading sleepers onto small flat wagons, with one man struggling to saw through a piece of timber.  Nearby is Pickering Station, which is seen rundown and desolate....

This is a film made by supporters of the North York Moors Railway showing volunteers working on the track and many locomotives working on the line.  The film highlights, over a number of years, some of the famoulsy restored engines which travelled the lines between 1972 and 1986. Title – North York Moors Railway Four men are loading sleepers onto small flat wagons, with one man struggling to saw through a piece of timber.  Nearby is Pickering Station, which is seen rundown and desolate.  The track is rusty, and parts of the station are seen in disrepair.  From high up Pickering railway station is seen with a diesel passenger train, ‘The National Park Scenic Cruise’, stood at a platform, where a man attaches a water hose to the train.  The driver makes his way to the cabin and the guard gets on board.  The two coach train is seen going around a bend, while inside the guard makes some notes.  The ticket inspector takes fares as the train is seen at various points along its journey. A steam engine ( 4767) is pulling a train, The Moorlander, and arrives at Pickering Station with passengers waiting to board.  The engine, now detached, stands at the end of the line while workers secure the rail to a chair at a crossover, with the points positioned with the help of a crowbar. The engine then runs round to the other end of the train.  Two men are in discussion with the engine driver.  The engine, facing the train, couples onto the coaches and it pulls off.  It is then seen again on the return journey. At Levisham, a diesel (D5032) stands in the station, while another red diesel approaches (D821) pulling a passenger train.  At Goathland there are diesel hauled trains on both platforms, with other engines stood in the adjoining sidings. A shunter (D9529) pulls a train along the line, followed by a steam engine (LNER 2005) pulling a train the opposite way.  Then a two headed train is being pulled by steam engines, one black (2392) and one red.  Both 9529 and 2005 come back.  More trains are shown going along the line, filmed from high up and at various other vantage points, showing the surrounding moors.  Locomotive 2392 travels light.  Another Moorlander passes, this time hauled by George Stephenson (2238), followed by a train hauled by 4767.  A train with just a couple of wagons carrying sections of rail passes, with the guard filming from the guard’s van.  A green engine (NYMR 29) passes, creating a lot of steam.  A bearded man and his two sons in identical colourful jumpers wave as the earlier short goods train passes.  The guard waves at the camera as a train being pulled by the steam engine 80135 passes.  Several trains are filmed passing, from various vantage points, including one being pulled by steam locomotive 4472.  Four men and five children who are watching the trains walk through a corn field. Steam loco 6201 pulls a train along a main line, followed by the Sir Nigel Gresley (4498), pulling a train back on the NYMR, seen at various places on the route. The Sir Nigel Gresley backs onto a train in Scarborough Station and pulls out.  Then another train passes the signal box at Strensell, where a gang of Permanent Way men are working.  The ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, also with the nameplate, “The Miss United Kingdom” (hauled by ‘City of Truro’ 3440) passes by.  A group of train spotters in a field watch it go by.  It is filmed at various locations on its journey.  It pulls into a station, possibly at Malton, and the engine is shown close up as it arrives.  It continues its journey on the Scarborough to York line and the film comes to an end.