UP ON 'T MOORS

 Doing an "about turn", we head east now to Kildale on the Whitby to Middlesbrough railway line, the station being built by the North Eastern Railway.

Following the railway inland, we soon come to Battersby, photographed by Ben Brooksbank in 1961.

Middlesbrough to Whitby trains are obliged to reverse at Battersby these days.

Not far from Battersby was another NER station, called Ingleby.

From Ingleby Greenhow (the village's full name), an incline took trains up and down onto the North York Moors.

At the top of Ingleby Incline.

From here, the line took a winding route across the moors, heading for the Rosedale area mines. Here's LNER 1860 at Blowath Crossing.

The hub of the Rosedale network was at Blakey Junction.

It could certainly snow up here. This is 1917, after the line had been blocked for five weeks.

The Lion Inn on Blakey Ridge has also been known to have been cut off by snow. This is a postcard from the pub itself.

Here's the Lion Inn in more clement weather. 

A Leven Valley Optare Solo passes by.

A view across Rosedale, with its industrial remains, in 2006.

On the other side of the valley, near Sled-Shoe, a freight working in LNER times.

The Rosedale workings at the height of activity.

The LNER depot at Rosedale.

School Row, Rosedale. Life must have been hard up here!

Back down to the Esk Valley now and we remeet the railway to Whitby at Castleton station, NER.

I once found some unusual sheep in Castleton. I've no idea what breed this is.

Castleton has a couple of decent pubs. Here's the Downe Arms.

There's also the Eskdale Inn.

The next pub is the Duke of Wellington at Danby.

Danby station on the Esk Valley line, in NER and BR days.

The next station along the line, towards Whitby, is Lealholm.

Lealholm village, from the south in 1912.

Let's finish this post in the Board Inn in Lealholm.

Next time, we'll be back on the coast. Don't forget, you can find the route here. If you like, you can start from the beginning.