At the recommendation of our nephew Jack, (a HUGE steam fan) we took a day trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, starting out at Whitby, stopping at Pickering and returning under a different engine to Whitby.

The scenery was spectacular, moors and forests, scarps and mountains, rivers and brooks, farmers fields with sheep and cows, antiquated station stops and railway worker’s cottages.

There is nothing better than the lulling sensation of a train, the soothing sound of the engine working faster to pull the carriages uphill then speeding up to go downhill and the toots of the whistle. I got off the train 5 hours later with a huge grin on my blackened face and a head full of sooty grit, a very happy person!!

I hope you enjoy these images, I can say no more. Lots of pictures I’m afraid 🙂