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North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Recordings from 2008
LNER Gala. Part 1. Friday 28th - Sunday 30th March
The weather was mixed - some sunshine but a lot of rain and very windy as well.
Difficult conditions for recording - lots of wind in trees and water in streams
to contend with, not to mention drowned microphones. This restricted recording
locations somewhat. Just to complicate matters, there was no access to
Newtondale on the Saturday which was closed for the North Humberside Stages
Rally in the Forest.
Friday 28th March
NER Class Q6 0-8-0 No 63395 departs from
Levisham with the 10.00 from Pickering. 1:41, 2.2MB
LNER Class V2 2-6-2 No 4771 Green Arrow
re-starts the 11.00 from Pickering away from Levisham. A4 60019 Bittern departs
towards Pickering with the 10.30 from Grosmont.
Recorded from the hillside to the west of the line overlooking the station.
1:54, 2.2MB
4771 climbing towards Newtondale Halt
with the second return working of the day, the 14.00 from Pickering.
1:33, 1.8MB.
LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60009 Union of South Africa
passing Yorfalls crossing with the last departure of the day, the 17.00 from
Pickering. Rain was just starting to fall..again. 2:03, 2.4MB
Saturday 29th March
Bright and early, 4771 climbs past
Green End bridge with the 09.30 from Grosmont. 2:27, 2.8MB
Thompson class B1 4-6-0 No 61264
runs down past Esk Valley with the 10.15 freight working from Goathland.
1:00, 1.1MB.
Shortly after, 60019 Bittern begins the
climb of the 1 in 49 gradient to Goathland, as it passes Esk Valley with the
10.30 departure from Grosmont. 1:22, 1.6MB.
61264 takes the 11.10 freight from Grosmont
towards Beck Hole, after passing Green End. 2:21, 2.7MB
60009 with the 12.40 from Grosmont,
after Green End. 1:06, 1.3MB
Back to Levisham once more, to hear GER Wordsell Class J15 No
65462 leaving the station with the
14.53 2-coach shuttle to Pickering. 1:16, 1.5MB
Rally cars wait impatiently at the level crossing as
4771 leaves Levisham with the 15.25
from Pickering. Off to the left, 60019 leaves for Pickering.
2:22, 2.7MB
With rain pouring down, 65462 runs into
Levisham with the 17.05 shuttle from Pickering. The loco detaches and runs
light engine out of the station. 1:41, 1.9MB.
65462 leaves Levisham station with the
last shuttle of the day, the 18.08 to Pickering. 1:16, 1.5MB
Sunday 29th March
BR Standard Class 4MT 75029, deputising for
B1 61264, takes the 11.00 from Whitby away from Grosmont towards Battersby.
1:37, 1.9MB.
Peppercorn Class K1 No 62005 runs into
Platform 1 at Grosmont with the 10.55 from Battersby, then departs to Whitby.
1:27, 1.7MB
60009 passing Esk Valley with the 12.40
Moorlander dining train to Pickering. 1:56, 2.2MB.
60019 climbing towards Green End and on
to Beck Hole with the 13.45 from Grosmont.
Why do light aircraft turn up just when the train passes? 1:47, 2.1MB.
63395 with the 14.20 freight from Grosmont
just south of Green End bridge. 1:17, 1.5MB.
At the same location 60007 dashes past with
the 14.50 from Grosmont. 0:51, 1.0MB.
At Grosmont station, 4771 leaves with the
15.55 departure. The cylinders are warmed, and the train slowly moves towards
the tunnel. 60009 follows the train out as far as the tunnel before reversing
back into Platform 4. 4:05, 4.7MB
Saturday 19th April 2008
On ordinary spring Saturday on the Moors; very windy with quite a lot of water
in the local streams. A day for trying out a some new recording locations.
Above Beck Hole curve, just south of the overbridge.
NER Q6 0-8-0 63395 on the 1 in 49
gradient with the 10.30 from Grosmont, rounding the curve and climbing
onwards to Water Ark. 3:09, 3.7MB.
North of Levisham station in the wood to the east of the line.
Stanier 'Black 5' 4-6-0 45212 departs
from the station with the 11.00 from Pickering. 1.41, 2.0MB.
West of the line, in the forest directly opposite Skelton Tower.
63395 climbs to the reverse curves
below the Tower with the 12.00 departure from Pickering. The climb continues
towards Newtondale Halt with the wind blowing the sound back to the recording
position. 1.58, 2.3MB.
Near Milepost 15 where the gradient increases to 1 in 49,
Sulzer Type 2 D7628
takes the 13.00 from Pickering towards Newtondale Halt.
0.58, 1.2MB.
At the same location 1 hour later, 45212
takes the 14.00 returning Moorlander dining service from Pickering. 2.22, 2.8MB.
On the hillside east of the line looking down towards Moorgates bridge.
45212 approaches from Goathland and then
continues towards the summit of the line at Fen Bog.
The sound of the loco blows around in the high wind. 1.37, 1.9MB.
The final train of the day, the 1800 from Whitby.
D7628 climbs past Water Ark.
After passing the recording position, the loco idles over Bridge 30 before power
is re-applied as the gradient continues towards Darnholme. 1.58, 2.1MB.
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