NORTH BAY (CASTLE IN RUINS, CLIFF RAILWAY CLOSED)

Let's take a trip south along Scarborough's North Bay Railway. Here are a couple of pictures taken around the halfway point in the 1980s.

In 1932, two trains met head-on, with fatal consequences. Today's railway has a sophisticated signalling system to prevent such occurences.

The line's southern terminus is in Peasholm Park. One of the Hudswell Clarke locos arrives with a well filled train.

The blue loco rests outside the shed in 2014.

The railway is just one of the attractions of Peasholm Park. Here are several old postcards depicting them.

 

Another postcard view, of Scarborough's North Bay.

There was once a North Bay Pier!

Looking north at North Bay, with a Scarborough & District bus.

Another view, circa 1970.

There was once a cliff lift at North Bay.

Here it is in 1989, not long before it closed. No trace of it remains today.

United buses used to terminate at Norh Bay.

East Yorkshire Motor Services (Primrose Valley) arrived at the same spot.

Sunshine Shorecruisers ran competitive services, but this one's journey was cancelled.

Modern Transdev services commence their westbound services around the corner.

A few yards from here is the North Riding brew pub, a real classic boozer.

Behind the pub, up on the hill, the ruins of the castle. Here's a postcard view.

Now, a couple of closer photos, 1961.

OK, that's it for now. The next post will see us exploring the town, its harbour and South Bay.

FILLING THE GAPS ON THE WAY TO SCARBOROUGH.

Right! We've left Malton behind and our next stop is the station at Rillington. Built by the North Eastern Railway, it was where the line to Pickering and Whitby diverged and its junction status gave it more importance than it deserved, being a considerable distance from Rillington village.

All the intermediate stations (exept Malton and Seamer) were closed to passengers by the LNER in the 1930s. Included was Heslerton, serving East and West Heslerton, but central to neither.

We leave the easy route to Scarborough and take a northwesterly cross country trek to Thornton Dale station on the NER's former Forge Valley line.

Thornton-le-Dale (as Thornton Dale is also called) is a tourist hotspot. More info here.

Nearby is Beck Hall.

Heading east, we come to the NER station at Ebberston.

Along the same line, Snainton station.

I was hoping that our first pint would be in the Cayley Arms at Brompton by Sawdon, but it is now shut.

Sawdon station, long closed, in NER times with its staff.

Into the rural area around Hackness, seen from the road to Silpho.

Mowthorp Farm and Bridge over the Sea Cut (Scalby Beck) on Mowthorpe Road near Hackness c1960.

Further to the north, on the former Scarborough to Whitby line, the view from a LNER train near Ravenscar in 1938. The service is heading north.

Ravenscar station, NER, built to serve a holiday development that never really happened.

The steamer Coronation has come to grief near Ravenscar.

Further towards Scarborough, Staintondale station, NER.

A small station was built at Hayburn Wyke, to serve the nearby natural attractions.....

.....one of which was this waterfall (Stephen Poole, Creative Commons License).

Onwards now and we're nearing Scarborough. Cloughton station served the village of the same name.

At last! A beer! The Red Lion in Cloughton.

Almost a suburb of Scarborough, Scalby has this nice church (Photo courtesy Keltec Trust - Creative Commons License).

Scalby station, closed before the rest of the line.

Following the beck down to the North Sea, we arrive at Scalby Mills. Here we find a pleasant watering hole called the Old Scalby Mills.

Scarborough's North Bay, seen from Scalby Mills.

From Scalby Mills we can take the train towards the town. Steam outline diesel powered locos have always been used. This is the original station.

 

No. 1931 is being turned on the tightly curved triangle in 1986.

In June 2014, no. 1931 arrives to take us to Scarborough.

But, I;m afraid you'll have to wait for the next post to see what's there. Here's a map of the route so far.