Footplate

Realise your lifelong ambition to ride on a steam or heritage diesel footplate…

We offer the opportunity for you to ride on one of our steam or diesel footplates and experience the sounds, smells and sights at one of the world’s greatest heritage railways. Whether it's to realise a lifelong ambition, or as that very special railway gift, experiencing a footplate ride is an amazing adventure...

Steam Experience

* SOLD OUT * Relive the golden age of steam and experience a truly unforgettable journey on a heritage steam locomotive footplate. Read more

Diesel Experience

Experience the workhorses of Britain’s railways with a footplate ride in a cab of a heritage Diesel locomotive/Diesel Multiple Unit. Read more

Grosmont Station Webcam

See what's going on at Grosmont Station & the movement of our fleet with our live webcam.

Tickets & Timetable

The North York Moors Historical Railway Trust is a not-for profit charity. Every visitor that travels contributes towards preserving our locomotives and rolling stock.

Grosmont Station

Map of the Railway

Goathland Webcam

See our heritage engines climb Goathland Bank with our live webcam.

Directions & Parking

Heartbreak after vandals attack heritage railway carriages

In the early hours of Sunday 23rd July 2017, North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR’s) historic teak carriages were deliberately vandalised. The carriages were parked in the siding, at the far side of the main visitor car park at Pickering.

2020 Grosmont Pullman

Services from May to October 2020

Steam Experience

* SOLD OUT * Relive the golden age of steam and experience a truly unforgettable journey on a heritage steam locomotive footplate.