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Whitby and Pickering Railway

Introduction

This line opened in 1835. Almost all the original alignment remains open today. Between Grosmont and Pickering it is now a heritage railway, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The portion from Grosmont to Whitby is used by public trains from Middlesbrough to Whitby, via a reversal at Battersby.

Dates

/ /1833	Whitby and Pickering Railway Company incorporated.
/ /1835	Whitby and Pickering Railway Line opened.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Whitby

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Black 5 5428, a long standing resident on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, runs round its train after arrival at Whitby on 14th June 2023. ...
Mike Burke 14/06/2023

The impressive station frontage at Whitby, viewed from the north side of Station Square in April 2015. ...
John McIntyre 13/04/2015

While less familiar than the main entrance to Whitby station see image 21107, the northern entrance is marked by another attractive, albeit ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

DB 66005 sits at the Platform 2 buffers at Whitby on 13 April 2015. It had arrived on a railtour from Chester, with fellow classmate 66142 on the ...
John McIntyre 13/04/2015

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Whitby [1st]

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Bog Hall Junction

This junction was south of Whitby station. It was formed between the Whitby and Pickering Railway (1835) and the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (1883).
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Whitby Gas Works

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UK energy surveys undertaken during the 1950s identified 3 gas fields as being worthy of further investigation. These were at Heathfield (Sussex), ...
John Furnevel 23/03/2010

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Batts Foundry

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View west from Larpool viaduct on 23 March 2010 showing the Whitby and Pickering Railway running alongside the Esk towards Grosmont. The pathway ...
John Furnevel 23/03/2010

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Ruswarp

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View east across High Street, Ruswarp, North Yorkshire, in October 2008. Opened in 1835, Ruswarp is the penultimate stop for trains on the Esk Valley ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

The picturesque station at Ruswarp, North Yorkshire, photographed looking north across the single line in March 2010. Off to the left is the level ...
John Furnevel 22/03/2010

A mid morning service on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, originating from Pickering, about to cross the bridge over the River Esk at Ruswarp in the ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

Looking south west from Ruswarp station, North Yorkshire, in March 2010, over High Street level crossing and the railway bridge spanning the Esk. The ...
John Furnevel 23/03/2010

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Sleights

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The operational platform at Sleights, North Yorkshire, in October 2008 looking north towards the original station buildings, now refurbished and in ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

A Northern class 156 DMU arriving at Sleights with a Middlesbrough - Whitby service on the afternoon of 2 October 2008. Sleights station lies ...
John Furnevel 03/04/2008

View south from the disused platform at Sleights on the Whitby branch 3 April 2008 showing the attractively renovated former station building. ...
John Furnevel 03/04/2008

A through NYMR service between Whitby and Pickering runs through Sleights station on 2 October 2008 behind ex-SR class S15 4-6-0 no 825. The train is ...
John Furnevel 02/10/2008

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Grosmont

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Black 5 (4)4767 George Stephenson about to depart Grosmont for Pickering in 1980. This engine was one of George Ivatt's experimental modified Black 5s ...
Gordon Steel 06/09/1980

Maunsell S15 4-6-0 841 'Greene King' waits to leave Grosmont for Pickering in 1980. Emerging from the tunnel is Lambton Tank 0-6-2T No 29. ...
Gordon Steel 06/09/1980

Inside the NYMR's Grosmont shed on 1 April 2008. Amongst the locomotives undergoing maintenance and refurbishment is ex-BR Sulzer no D5032. For the ...
John Furnevel 01/04/2008

The 13.30hrs for Pickering gets away from Grosmont behind Standard Class 4MT Mogul 76079 on 19th September 2016.
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Colin Miller 19/09/2016

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Grosmont Shed

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'Good to go?' Black 5 4-6-0 no 45212 coaled, watered and ready for the road, about to go off shed at Grosmont on 20 April 2009. ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

Looking good from any angle. A view through Grosmont shed on 26 March 2010, showing ex-GWR Collett 0-6-2T no 6619 in residence. Built at Swindon Works ...
John Furnevel 26/03/2010

61002 Impala receiving some last minute TLC on Grosmont shed in the summer of 2013. In real life the locomotive is actually NYMR preserved B1 ...
John Furnevel 06/06/2013

Grosmont shed as it was in 1992. ...
Bruce McCartney //1992

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Beckhole

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K1 2-6-0, 62005 darkens the sky at Beckhole, heading a Whitby to Pickering 7 coach set up the 1 in 49 on the NELPG 50th Anniversary weekend. It was ...
Brian Taylor 30/10/2016

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Goathland [1st]

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway Autumn Steam Gala. BR 9F 2-10-0s 92214 and 92134 double head the 09:31 Grosmont to Pickering approaching Abbots House on ...
Stephen Willetts 22/09/2023

Old bridge on the North Yorkshire Moors, just over a mile south of Goathland, that once carried the original Whitby and Pickering Railway. This ...
John Furnevel 20/04/2009

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Newtondale Halt

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GWR 0-6-2T no 6619 on a Grosmont to Pickering train prepares to stop at the request Halt at Newtondale in July 1986.
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Colin Miller /07/1986

Lambton 0-6-2 Tank, No. 29 pilots K1 2-6-0 No. 62005 into Newtondale on 1 May with the NYMR 40th Anniversary train, 14.00 ex Whitby. The pair had made ...
Brian Taylor 01/05/2013

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Levisham

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Maunsell S15 4-6-0 No 841 'Greene King', a development of a Urie LSWR design, waits in Levisham for our train to arrive before departing for Grosmont. ...
Gordon Steel 06/09/1980

NER T2 0-8-0 2238, (or 63395 a LNER/BR Q6), running tender first back to Grosmont on the NYMR. Seen leaving Levisham Station on 1st June 2019.
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Peter Todd 01/06/2019

Ex-GWR 4-6-0 no 7822 Foxcote Manor arriving at Levisham with a train from Pickering on 1st October 2011. ...
Colin Miller 01/10/2011

45212 departing a wet Levisham on 1 August 2009. ...
Peter Todd 01/08/2009

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New Bridge Level Crossing

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The rear end of B1 4-6-0 no 61002 Impala approaching New Bridge level crossing on 6 June 2013 with the NYMR 'Yorkshire Coast Express' ...
John Furnevel 06/06/2013

B1 4-6-0 no 61002 Impala south of New Bridge level crossing at the head of a NYMR train bound for Pickering on 6 June 2013. The B1 is ...
John Furnevel 06/06/2013

Preserved A4 Pacific no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley pulls away from New Bridge level crossing as it approaches its ultimate destination at Pickering ...
John Furnevel 01/06/2013

The NYMR's preserved B1 4-6-0 no 61264 has carried various names and numbers during the preservation era. On this occasion the locomotive is ...
John Furnevel 01/06/2013

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Pickering

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See also
York to Scarborough Line (York and North Midland Railway)

Preparations for the Wartime Weekend at Pickering, Friday 16 October 2009. The arrival (and departure) of the military planning team.... ...
John Furnevel 16/10/2009

BR Sulzer Type 2 D7628 runs round its train in Pickering, prior to forming the last northbound departure of the day on 16th June 2023. ...
Mike Burke 16/06/2023

Black 5 No (4)4767 George Stephenson about to run round its train at the North Yorkshire Railways terminus at Pickering. This engine had one of George ...
Gordon Steel 06/09/1980

ALL CHANGE PLEASE... Black 5 no 45212 stands alongside platform 1 at Pickering on 13 October 2009, having recently arrived with a terminating ...
John Furnevel 13/10/2009

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