Grosmont Station, at the northern end of the North York Moors Railway. One time a terminus of the heritage line but recently services have continued onto Whitby by sharing the rails of the National network.
Whilst the village of Grosmont is small in comparison to Pickering at the southern end of the line, there was plenty to see if you stuck to the railway related stuff. Only about five shops in the village with three of them being tea rooms.
The engine sheds were open to look around, and there were plenty of engines in various states of repair and functionality.
From mainline diesel (Deltic "Ballymoss") to branch line (DMU).
Similarly, mainline steam (Southern Region 'Schools' class #926 "Repton") to workaday Black 5 and branch line tank engines. There seemed to be a reasonable representation of motive power on display.
However, there was a rather unappealing aspect to the Railway Shop in that on display behind the counter was a football scarf, clock, photograph and newspaper cutting all relating to Preston Nob End.
Not sure what they would be doing there as the Nobbers are openly regarded with disdain and ridicule by most in Lancashire, never mind North Yorkshire.
Put me right off buying anything.
So I didn't.
The Station Hotel next door to the Station (surprisingly) was handy for food, although the single burger served on a plank of wood with 12 chips (that's TWELVE, I counted them twice and looked under the lettuce in the salad to see if any were hiding there.....) was pretty poor value at £10.95.
(It does, however, explain the amount of tea rooms in such a small village.....).
