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4 unusual facts about Derwent Valley Light Railway


Derwent Valley Light Railway

A regular summer service started in 1977, with J72 0-6-0T locomotive number 69023 Joem (now preserved at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway) operating the services.

The line gained its nickname of The Blackberry Line in the days when it used to transport blackberries to markets in Yorkshire and London.

In 1964, British Railways closed the Selby to Driffield Line, meaning that the junction at Cliffe Common became redundant.

Derwent Valley Railway

The Derwent Valley Light Railway, a preserved railway in North Yorkshire, England.


National Cycle Route 66

At Osbaldwick the route divides: one route follows the line of the former Derwent Valley Light Railway towards the city centre, while the other heads through the southern suburbs of the city, passing through the campus of York University to cross the River Ouse via the Millennium Bridge.

Yorkshire Museum of Farming

The museum lies on the trackbed of the Derwent Valley Light Railway - a privately owned standard-gauge railway which ran from Layerthorpe on the outskirts of York to Cliffe Common near Selby.


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