There is nothing that Yorkshire folk like better than a challenge
Finally, in 1948, came nationalisation, and British Rail. You could still easily catch a train from York, puff amiably along to Malton, change there, and thence northwards through the fields to Pickering, and ultimately to Whitby. In the early Sixties new BR chairman Dr. Richard Beeching was asked to deliver a report on what could be done to solve the business haemorrhaging cash and the line was earmarked for closure.
2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Pictured at Grosmont Station, Photographed by Yorkshire Post photographer Jonathan Gawthorpe. John Bruce is the station master at Goathland and now lives nearby – he retired here after a long career on the railways, ending as the commercial manager for the section that dealt with the transportation of steel from places like Redcar and Scunthorpe. He describes the decline of that industry as “heart-breaking” but what has lifted his spirits is his involvement with the NYMR. Born in Darlington, his first job as a teenager was as “a humble clerk” at the town’s station.
John, 68, can vividly recall those early days, and the baby steps of the new enterprise. “We had a couple of shunting engines, and a few carriages and trucks, and that was about it. I don’t think that anyone ever thought that the day would come when we would be able to run such magnificent engines ason the line, and that we would grow to have around 800 volunteers giving up their time on a regular basis.
John started by learning the vital skills needed by a signalman, and progressed up the ranks. With the NYMR, everyone seems to have to know more than a little bit about a lot of things. The staff and volunteers, in today’s description, are all “multi-taskers”. John uses the word “versatile”, adding: “One of the nicest things of all is the interaction with our visitors. We get all sorts, and don’t think for a second that they are all mad-keen steam enthusiasts and specialists.
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