Major wildfire on the North Yorkshire Moors

This is bad news. Such a beautiful area, I hope the firefighters get it under controle ASAP.

I stayed there early June, just north of Thornton-le-Dale. And have passed Fylingdales on the way from Scarborough to Whitby. It must be much dryer there in the meanwhile as there was enough rain at the time to make a such fire outbreak possible. So surprised in a negative way to hear this.

Thanks for info.

thank you , Stuart, for the information. I will be there in September. Do you recommend the North Yorkshire Railway if diesel engines are still being used during our trip?

Jules,
You do the NYMR for the scenery. The hidden gricer (foamer in US speak) in me also says Heritage Diesels, which is a good thing.
Aside from the fact that Nigel will murder me if I say no, the railway has struggled since the big C, and almost closed twice. They have pushed their prices too high to compensate and lost traffic, hence the advance booking discounts as they try to drive trade.
This situation could tip them into another financial crisis as people stay away- it's the 3rd time this year it's happened and is worrying.
I am on record as saying the prices are too high now for me, before the advance fare scheme. But I am me, I've done it multiple times.

For you, as a visitor, I say keep the faith and still travel.

There is now a second fire in the area, near the Flask on the A171. The whole country needs sustained rain.
At this time of year my focus is on fires in Kittitas County in the PNW.
This year it needs to come closer to home.

That's one of my favourite parts of England and I really enjoyed travelling on the North York Moors Steam Railway. The railway and my visit to Goathland were highlights of my trip! I'm sorry to hear that the Goathland Fire Brigade has been having supply issues.

Hopefully the fires will be brought under control very soon. They're certainly not alone, as we've also been having a bad year in some parts of Canada.

Yes, fires have been such an issue this summer. We've had significant air quality issues in Minnesota from the Canadian fires, though we've had fires in Minnesota, as well. We felt lucky this summer as our trip to the PNW was not affected by fires. The last time we did that route we had significant fires on our way to North Cascade Nat'l park and then on our way home through the national forest and Leavenworth, there were fires, hence no stopping for much of our travel through the area.

We are looking forward to our train travel through the Moors, and we wouldn't have known about the 30%discount had Stuart not given us a heads up. Much appreciated, Stuart!

Do you recommend the North Yorkshire Railway if diesel engines are still being used during our trip?

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Aside from the fact that Nigel will murder me if I say no

No I wouldn't, Stuart, but I wouldn't say no either.

My favourite preserved railway is the Severn Valley Railway running for 16 miles in each direction through the beautiful Worcestershire and Shropshire countryside over the Severn on an ancient iron bridge from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth.

They put out a notice on the 6th of this month

6/8/25 - We’re currently operating at an Enhanced Red fire risk level. This means that we will only have one steam-hauled service on the line. The 10.15am and 2.00pm from Kidderminster, and 12.20pm and 4.10pm from Bridgnorth, will be hauled by our flagship locomotive 4930 ‘Hagley Hall’. This will considerably reduce the risk of lineside fires, and is effective until further notice. Our other services will be hauled by our fantastic heritage fleet of diesels, so there are no changes to the timetables.

So you can see how it is affecting the SVR too. I'll be on them for a special day out on Tuesday. We thought about just buying a day ticket, but because of their financial situation we each bought an annual ticket even though this may be our only trip on them this year.

I might encourage folks who have the opportunity to experience one of these wonders to consider contributing to the Resilience Fund even if you get a discounted advance fare - if you can afford it.