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Joem - the small tank engine

The Great Marquis

Photos below are of LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa

Carlisle Station

Leeds Station

Steam trains always create a touch of nostalgia to those of us who were about before their demise as a common means of travel. However, they still hold a fascination for those who don’t remember such a time and even to very young children they still are the image they conjure up when thinking of trains maybe something to do with stories such as Thomas the Tank Engine.

The photos on the right and eight below were all taken at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Autumn Steam Gala in September 2012.

The first five photos were taken at Goathland Station which has featured as Aidensfield station in the TV series Heartbeat and as Hogsmeade station in a Harry Potter film.

Railway enthusuasts - if you hover over the following photos there are details of the engines

Most of the North Yorkshire railway operates on a single track and so trains wait in stations to cross over. As a safety precaution a train can only proceed along a section of track if they carry a token in the form of a metal ring. The photo above right shows the swap over of tokens the signalman receives the token from the train which belongs to the section of track completed and hands over the token for the next leg of the journey. The train waiting in the station cannot proceed until they have possession of the token being handed over to the signalman.

Sometimes two small engines are used to pull a train as in the photo above left - neither engine has sufficient power to pull the train through the hilly terrain of the North Yorkshire Moors alone.

The four photos above were taken at Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors - one has had an artistic effect applied - and the three photos below were taken at Blaenau Ffestiniog station in Wales. I’ve added a black and white effect to some to enhance the nostalgic look!

Black 5 45428 Eric Treacy at Levisham Station

825 Class S15 4-6-0

75029 Class 4MT 4-6-0

75029 Class 4MT 4-6-0 passing 825

825 and Black 5 45428 Eric Treacy

92216 Class 9F Cock o' the North

Double header 1744 Class N2 0-6-2 and 69621 Class N7 0-6-2

92216 Class 9F Cock o' the North

Taken at Grosmont Station in North Yorkshire

Steaming across the North Yorkshire Moors

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The 3 photos below were taken at the North Yorkshire Moors Steam Fair at  Pickering

Sir Nigel Gresley

Joem pulling the carriage featured in the Railway Children

Joem in Pickering Station