Category: Embsay Railway

Santa Season Breaks All Records For Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway

This article is available in audio format: Image: Mike Heath VOLUNTEERS and staff at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway are celebrating after last year’s Santa season turned out to be […]

Embsay Appears In Major New Film

Embsay Railway Station is amongst several Yorkshire filming locations featured in Frances O’Connor’s debut film Emily, which was released yesterday. The critically acclaimed film stars Emma Mackey as Emily, Alexandra Dowling as […]

Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway Beer Festival

This weekend sees the return of the Steam Railway Beer Festival SATURDAY 27TH – MONDAY 29TH AUGUST 2022 – Embsay Railway Station The beer tent will have 20 different cask ales available, […]

Peppa Pig at Embsay Railway

Saturday 20th, Sunday 21st August 2022 Peppa Pig is coming to the Railway! Come and see what this cheeky little piggy gets up to at Embsay Station! Train journeys will be an […]

Royal Train Journeys For The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend  

If you have a free day over this Bank Holiday, Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway are celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend with a Royal train! Embsay & Eastby Village passes are […]

Embsay Steam Railway Honours Nursing Pioneers

A VETERAN steam locomotive has been renamed in honour of nursing pioneers as a tribute to the role of healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The 1916-built Illingworth, which runs on the […]

Spooky Goings On At The Embsay-Bolton Abbey Railway

Do you dare see the spooky steam trains for yourself? Are you ready for some ghostly good-fun, whatever your age? This Halloween, there are tons of tricks and treats around the railway […]

Pirates & Princesses at Embsay Railway

Come and join us on 21st and 22nd August for our Pirate & Princess weekend at Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway! Bring the family along for a Steam Train experience through […]

A Steamy Weekend

This weekend a collection of vintage traction engines, steam rollers, mini-traction engines and tractors paid a visit to Embsay. You may have heard them even if you didn’t see them!

110 year old locomotive visits Embsay Railway

The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway is returning Gasworks No2 to Yorkshire, where it worked for several decades, for the first time in over 80 years. Gasworks No. 2 is a diminutive […]