ENGINEERS at a heritage railway have been using traditional methods to get locomotives up and running again as freezing temperatures continue across the region.

The North East and North Yorkshire have been hit by heavy snow, ice and plummeting temperatures this week, with many places still seeing thick snow remaining.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which runs from Pickering to Grosmont, in the North York Moors National Park, has seen engines completely frozen and in need of a bit of warmth to wake them up again.

Engineers at the NYMR engineering depot at Grosmont use a traditional method of fire to release the brakes and frozen pipes.

The railway recently announced the success, and the closure of, its ‘Crisis Appeal’, which was set up to support the not-for-profit charity over the pandemic.

At its close, the appeal had raised an incredible £440,000.

The emergency fundraising appeal went live at the start of the first lockdown in Spring 2020, to raise vital funds from the loss of operating and to ensure the railway could operate in the future.