NYMR- Lineside fire and diesel running only.

[6990WitherslackHall]

On 25/05/23, there was a lineside fire at Ellerbeck.

 

https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/lineside-fire-at-ellerbeck-25-may

 

Three services were affected by the incident: the 12:00pm from Pickering, the 12:35 from Whitby and the Moorland Pullman service. 

 

The 12.00 from Pickering returned to the station and then formed a shuttle from Pickering to Levisham. The 12.35 from Whitby was forced to terminate at Grosmont and the Moorlander ran a revised route from Grosmont to Goathland.

 

 

Because of the incident, the railway is now running diesels only until the weather changes. 

 

https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/lineside-fire-statement

 

The diesel locos currently being used on services are Class 25 D7628 Sybilla, Class 31 31128 Charybdis and Class 37 37264. It is expected that Class 47 47077 North Star and the DMU will be used at some point.

Edited May 28, 2023 by 6990WitherslackHall

[Wickham Green too]

Not their week, is it !!?! ☹️

[Boris]

They had a failure yesterday with an empty toy box and the last train was horribly late in too.

 

They were unlucky with the fire though, the ground is still really wet up here

[6990WitherslackHall]

Steam returned to the railway yesterday but only between Grosmont and Whitby. 5428 Eric Treacy hauled all the services to and from Whitby coming on and off the trains at Grosmont with 31128, 37264 and D7628 working on the rest of the line. It'll probably be the same again today.

 

 

Edited June 3, 2023 by 6990WitherslackHall

[enginelane]

Until there is significant rainfall on the moors the steam ban is likely to be in place. 

[Blandford1969]

On 28/05/2023 at 12:16, Wickham Green too said:

Not their week, is it !!?! ☹️

I think you mean year with the other incidents they have had.