Visit What's On Annual Steam Gala A four-day celebration of steam: Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 September 2024 Enjoy our 2024 Annual Steam Gala as we showcase up to eleven magnificent locomotives in steam at the NYMR. Journey behind both our special guest locomotives and our fantastic home-fleet engines throughout the four-day event. Tickets for the event are now available to purchase. Your day ticket allows you to hop-on and hop-off services all day, don't miss this unique opportunity to witness the power and beauty of these historic steam locomotives in action! Visiting Locomotives We are pleased to announce our visiting locomotives are: No. 34028 Eddystone Visiting courtesy of the Swanage Railway and owned by Southern Locomotives Ltd. Built at Brighton Works by the Southern Railway in 1946, the locomotive went straight into traffic from Ramsgate. Following the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, it was re-allocated to Exmouth Junction, and renumbered to 34028 at the end of that year. The Annual Steam Gala will mark a welcome return of the locomotive to the NYMR since its last visit in 2006. Image courtesy Andrew P.M. Wright. No. 2253 Omaha Visiting courtesy of the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Peter Best. Locomotive No. 2253 was designed by the United States Army Transport Corps, constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1943 and shipped to Britain in May of that year. After the Allied invasion of Europe, it was sent to France in September 1944 and operated throughout Europe. The locomotive was named Omaha in honour of the owner's father, who participated in the D-Day landings. Image courtesy Stu Malcolm. No. 4953 Pitchford Hall Visiting courtesy of Epping Ongar Railway and will mark its first visit to the NYMR. No. 4953 Pitchford Hall is a GWR 4900 "Hall" Class locomotive designed by Charles Collett, with 259 built in total. This class influenced the design of other locomotives like the LMS Standard 5 and LNER Thompson B1. The Hall Class was given a 5MT power classification under British Rail, and 11 examples have been preserved, including the famous Olton Hall, also known as the Hogwarts Express. Image courtesy Tony Goulding. No. 4079 Pendennis Castle will no longer be attending the Annual Steam Gala as a guest locomotive. This decision follows a recent announcement by Didcot Railway Centre. Read Statement Previous Event Video Take a look at some footage from the 2023 50th Anniversary Steam Gala, courtesy of NYMR Footage on YouTube. Home Fleet Locomotives No. 92134 BR 9F No. 44806 Black 5 No. 5428 Black 5 Eric Treacy No. 926 SR Schools Repton No. 80136 BR Standard 4 Tank No. 2392 (No. 65894) P3 (J27) No. 29 Lambton Tank Peggy No. 8 Cockerill Lucie All locomotives are subject to availability and completion of any required maintenance/overhaul work. Annual Steam Gala T-Shirt Limited Edition Keepsake 100% Organic Cotton. Unisex T-shirt with print front and back. NYMR logo and gala banner on front left pocket area - back print shows the locomotive listing for the Gala. Also features the NYMR branded neck label. Sizes: XS 34" S 36" M 38" L 41" XL 43" 2XL 47" 3XL 51''. Collection at the event/Post. Order with event tickets or online now. £25 Each. Other Activities Pickering Station Trade stalls, including DPP Model Railways and Yorkshire Wolds Railway, will also be at Pickering Station and Pickering Station Tea Room will be open for refreshments. Model Railway Layouts from Scarborough & District Railway Modellers in the Learning Centre Classroom. A small entrance charge for Adults (£1 per person) and free for accompanying children. Meet the Author & Book Signing: The author of Peter’s Railway, Christopher Vine, will be at Pickering Station, Platform 1 from 1000-1600 on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Come along to meet him, have a chat about engineering, and get your books signed. Levisham Station Levisham Tea Hut will be open for refreshments. Brake Van Rides behind little tram locomotive No. 8 Lucie - more details to follow. 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. The timetable is now available, please note, we are only planning to run between our own heritage line stations, from Pickering to Grosmont, calling at Levisham, Newtondale Halt (by request) and Goathland for most of the event. Thursday, is the only date of the event we will be running to Whitby Station, if you wish to travel to or from Whitby on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, you will need a separate ticket for Northern services, available at Whitby Station (closed on a Sunday) or from Platform 1 self-service kiosk, at Grosmont Station. Locomotive allocations will be published a week prior to the event, these are subject to change. Tickets & Fares Please Note: Annual Pass Tickets are NOT valid for this event. Standard Fares 1 Day Adult (16+) - £49.502 Day Adult (16+) - £89.503 Day Adult (16+) - £118.504 Day Adult (16+) - £138.501 Day Child (0-15) - FreeAll Event Dog - £3 Member Fares 1 Day Adult (16+) - £24.752 Day Adult (16+) - £44.753 Day Adult (16+) - £59.254 Day Adult (16+) - £69.251 Day Child (0-15) - FreeAll Event Dog - Free Book Tickets Timetable v1.1 Shorter Journeys - Available from a Booking Office OnlyShorter Journey Tickets are available offering day return travel between neighbouring stations. To travel 1 Station (e.g. Pickering - Levisham) £13.50 per adult (16+) and to travel 2 Stations (e.g. Pickering - Goathland) £25.00 per adult (16+). Children (0-15) travel free. T&Cs The appearance of all locomotives is subject to completion of any required maintenance/overhaul. 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