• A Chance Survivor

    Few wagons survive from the early pioneering days of quarrying in the east midlands so the Museum was intrigued to hear that a steel hopper wagon based at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway might be a unique survivor. Preserved from the Rowntrees factory in York for use as a service vehicle on the famous tourist…

  • Hitting The Buffers!

    Trains need to stop and ours are no exception! In advance of operational visitor trains from our new platform, we have installed a reclaimed buffer stop at the end of the line. While not quite rivalling those at Kings Cross or Euston, our new installation will still carry out the same vital function on our…