St. James' Day Tripper

Bookings for the train opened in June and some Day Trippers beat the rush booking and paying online. Others by downloading our booking form from this site.

The weather was glorious for late September and the run to York was punctuated by a stop for water at Brighouse. The locomotive needed water and so too did the catering staff. Members of the Service Crew were dispatched to find drinking water. Where better than the local Public House which duly supplied some. When the landlord and lady found out there was a steam train sitting in their station they disappeared as fast as any cartoon character you could mention.

York is always a good day to spend some leisure time especially in glorious sunshine.

The return journey was a spirited run with the highlight being the climb up Copy Pit. Steam trains bring out lots of on-lookers at the best of times but witnessing a steam locomotive working hard climbing a hill is always a joy. There were so many people watching us surmount Copy Pit everyone on board must have thought they were royalty.

To see a short video clip of the climb fom on the train click here>> and a longer lineside video click here>>

The FAREWELL SJDT was indeed a trip to remember for years to come.

Thanks to all who help make the day a real success.

The SJDT charters will surely be missed by a number of people across the region if not the whole country.

THANKS AGAIN