Date: 22/08/2016

Work will soon begin on restoring an abandoned mine railway, which during its Victorian heyday supported a bustling industry in a quiet moors valley.
The North York Moors National Park Authority is to restore part of the former Rosedale Mineral Railway, in the remote and picturesque area of the moors near Pickering, which once delivered ironstone to the region.
The work, which was approved at the park authoritys planning meeting last week, will involve repairing damage caused by a landslip along the route near Rosedale East.

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Restoration of a once busy mine railway in remote moorland valley

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WORK will soon begin on restoring an abandoned mine railway, which during its Victorian heyday supported a bustling industry in a quiet moors valley.

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High on the North Yorkshire Moors in July 1986. The Old Kilns near Rosedale goods station on the network of ironstone lines from Battersby.
Location: Rosedale
Company: Rosedale Branch (North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway)
/07/1986 Colin Miller

By 1968 the winding house at the top of the Ingleby Incline (65 chains at 1 in 5 and 1 in 6) on the Rosedale railway had gone. The line closed in 1928 and the final locomotive lowered down the incline in 1929. The line served ironstone mines.
Location: Ingleby Incline Head
Company: Rosedale Branch (North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway)
/03/1968 John Thorn

Scene high on the North Yorkshire moors at Rosedale in October 2013 showing the trackbed and kilns associated with the iron ore workings that once dominated the area. The freight only route from Battersby closed in 1929.
Location: Rosedale
Company: Rosedale Branch (North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway)
06/10/2013 Peter Todd

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Tags: x Landslide x Rosedale Mineral Railway x North York Moors National Park Authority