A four day celebration of steam Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 September 2024.

Experience the thrill of our Annual Steam Gala in 2024 as we showcase up to 10 magnificent locomotives in full steam.

Embark on a captivating journey riding behind both our special guest locomotives and our esteemed home fleet engines throughout the four-day event. Our intensive timetable, with evening running on both Friday and Saturday, allows you to hop-on and hop-off all day and enjoy the picturesque route with stops at Pickering, Levisham, Newtondale Halt (available by request), Goathland, Grosmont, and Whitby stations.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to witness the power and beauty of these historic steam engines in action! Sign up to our newsletter below to be the first to hear when tickets for this steam extravaganza go on sale.  

Take a look at some clips from the 2023 50th Anniversary Steam Gala, courtesy NYMR Footage on YouTube.

Visiting Locomotives

We are expecting up to three visiting steam locomotives from other railways. Sign up to our news letter to be the first to know when we announce our special guests. 

Home Fleet Locomotives 

  • BR 9F No. 92134
  • Black 5 No. 44806
  • Black 5 'Eric Treacy' No. 5428 
  • SR Schools Repton No. 926
  • BR Standard 4 Tank No. 80136
  • J27 No. 65894
  • Lambton Tank 'Peggy' No. 29
  • Cockerill 'Lucie' No. 8

All locomotives are subject to availability. 

Other Activities

Pickering Station

Trade stalls will also be at Pickering Station including and Pickering Station Tea Room will be open for refreshments.

Levisham Station

Levisham Tea Hut will be open for refreshments.

Goathland Station

Annual Steam Gala Beer Festival 
Goathland (Thu 1130-1730 & Fri-Sun 1130-2300) offering a wide selection of real ales from local breweries. No ticket needed. 

Goathland Station Tea Room will be open for refreshments.

Grosmont Station

The Shed Shop at Grosmont (visit via the foot tunnel) has a fantastic range of Hornby, Bachmann and Dapol model railway items, some often at less than RRP, great for adding to your model railway layout. Open each day 1000 - 1700.

Grosmont Station Tea Room will be open for refreshments.

Timetable & Locomotive Allocations

There will be a special timetable for this event with evening running on Friday and Saturday and demonstration freight services happening throughout the weekend. Sign up to our news letter to be alerted when the timetable is published. 

Please note loco allocations will not be published until a week prior to the event and are subject to change.  

Tickets & Fares

Tickets have not been released yet for this event. Please sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear the latest news for the event. 

Please Note: Annual Pass Tickets are not valid for this event. 

T's and C's

The appearance of all locomotives is subject to completion of any required maintenance/overhaul. NYMR reserves the right to alter, cancel or suspend services, allocations and advertised attractions/locomotives. Full T&Cs