As the YWR develops we try to continuously improve the Visitor experience & also the facilities that are available for both the public & the volunteers. Weighing up what we can do with the limited resources that we inevitably have is always difficult, especially when we started with absolutely nothing!
To have just a tiny proportion of the facilities of some of the 'big' heritage railways takes a long time & a lot of effort. I was therefore interested to find this Summer 1972 picture recently, showing the NYMR's coal-loading procedure in their early days before their tower at Grosmont. I'm not sure it would be allowed today!
I'm the smallest lad at the gates
