Movement on the ‘Moors’ during lockdown

PRESERVED Railways may be closed during the coronavirus lockdown, but limited activity still continues behind the scenes.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has been hit hard by the shutdown, but on April 22 the line’s Class 08

No. 08556 was spotted at Goathland on the newly installed Bridge No. 27.

The ‘Gronk’ was working the permanent way train to collect scrap bits of metal from the old bridge.

Included in the formation is the ‘lesserspotted’ Plasser 12-tonne crane No. 81516.