Wensleydale Railway says it plans to repeat its industrial diesel locomotive event after the first event was declared a big success.
The event was held over the August Bank Holiday weekend..
The railway operated its entire diesel shunter fleet and six different diesel locomotives ran services between Scruton and Leyburn across the weekend.
Tim Williamson, rolling stock and engineering director at Wensleydale Railway, said: “This was the first time we’ve held an industrial diesel locomotive event.
“Events like these are predominantly aimed at railway enthusiasts and we wanted to gauge visitor interest.
“From the feedback that we have received, visitors really enjoyed the event and we have already started planning next year’s event.”
Nick Keegan, marketing and fundraising manager at Wensleydale Railway, said: “The event was a series of firsts for us.
“It was the first time that both our class 14 locomotive NCB No.38 (D9513) and Sentinel 0-6-0 shunter have operated services on our railway.
“It was also the first time that our resident class 37 locomotive has worked our passenger services since recent repairs and repainting work was carried out.”
He added: “The success of this event is down to the hard work of our volunteers and staff. They put in a huge amount of time and effort to make this event possible, and we are very grateful for their amazing support.”
Wensleydale Railway is currently working to restore passenger services from Leyburn to Redmire and has recently launched a fundraising appeal towards the work.
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