British Steam - The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (DVD)

Advantages: Fantastic Meal whilst having a great train ride - a totally different experience
Disadvantages: A long way from where we live

... The end of the road for us was Pickering in North Yorkshire. It's a lovely little village with quaint shops and a railway where steam trains still run. I know Pickering fairly well because in my teens I used to go camping a lot with a musical group that I belonged to at a place called Levisham which is about 5 miles away from Pickering. Here they took us into a pub - well when I say they took us in - I really mean - she took us because he had disappeared the second we got out of the car. I had absolutely no idea where he had gone and she wouldn't tell me. Then I saw him coming out of the Railway Station - I was totally confused. Come on then drink up he said - the train is ready for us. Yes, you've got it we were having our meal on an old steam train whilst travelling through the North Yorkshire Moors. Its called Pullman Dining... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent experience
Disadvantages: Trains are a bit packed sometimes

...at Levisham. It is a great experience for ALL the family and if anyone would like anymore infomation please do not hesitate to contact me on the following e-mail address: fionauk15@hotmail.com I'd be more than happy to give you some! If anyone is thinking of going, i would suggest that you book accomodation as it gets full in the B+B's very quickly! Tickets are available for use on the train at the box office in the station at either Pickering, Goathland or Grosmont. Re-enactors do actually get to travel free and the trains are packed with people who i'm sure would love to talk to you about, their costumes and the services they are representing. Hey...who knows maybe you'll come in costumes?! They are a number of other forties weekends taking place along different steam railways along the year...i'll get back to on those. "watch this space".... Read review

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Advantages: Fantasitc footage of the last days of steam
Disadvantages: None

...This is another in the eminently professionally produced DVD programmes on steam train released through Green Umbrella. With the Very Best of British Steam of Yesteryear, you are given a real feast for the eyes and also, for the memory, of course. Well, for those of us old enough to remember when steam trains regularly plied their business up and down the main lines of the United Kingdom. The last regular steam runs in Britain came to a very sad halt in August 1968. That's slightly under a year before the first manned space flight to the moon, for those interested in transport trivia. Without an unsung bunch of dedicated enthusiasts and professional and semi-professional film makers in the previous two decades, these wonderful steam trains would not be available to the general public. They would only exist as the personal... Read review

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