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North Bay Railway (NBR) is a miniature railway in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1931, to the gauge of 20 in (508 mm), and runs for approximately 7⁄8 miles (1.4 km) between Peasholm Park and Scalby Mills in the North Bay area of the town.
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The opening ceremony took place at 2 p.m. on Saturday 23 May 1931. The locomotive, Neptune, was officially handed over by the Chairman of the North Side Development Committee, Alderman Whitehead, to the Mayor of Scarborough, Alderman J.W. Butler, for the Entertainments Department. Alderman Whitehead made a short presentation speech:
"On behalf of the National Union of Drivers, Engineers and others, I have to present you, the first driver of the North Bay Railway Engine, with your insignia of office, your oil can and your 'sweat rag'."
The mayor was presented with a peaked cap, an oil can (adorned with a blue ribbon), and a rag, before driving the train from Peasholm Station non-stop to Scalby Mills, at which point the engine was transferred to the other end of the train for the return journey.
The four locomotives are of common vintage and were constructed in the same works. The first two belong to Scarborough Borough Council, have operated on the North Bay Railway since construction, and are currently leased to the operating company. The other two locomotives are directly owned by the operating company and were relocated to Scarborough in December 2006.
| Number | Name | Livery | Locomotive type | Wheel arrangement |
Builder | Year built | In Traffic? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Neptune | Brunswick Green | Diesel (steam outline) | 4-6-2 | Hudswell Clarke | 1931 | Yes |
| 1932 | Triton | Apple Green | Diesel (steam outline) | 4-6-2 | Hudswell Clarke | 1932 | Yes |
| 1933 | Poseidon | BR Experimental Blue | Diesel (steam outline) | 4-6-2 | Hudswell Clarke | 1933 | Yes |
| 570 | Robin Hood | Metropolitan Red | Diesel (steam outline) | 4-6-4T | Hudswell Clarke | 1932 | Yes |
The railway was originally equipped (in 1931) with bogie passenger coaches, with more added to the fleet in 1932, all constructed by Robert Hudson Ltd of Leeds. All ten original coach frames are still in service, although their bodywork has been rebuilt several times over. In 1960 they were rebuilt as "toast-rack" type coaches, common to that era. In 1991 several vehicles were again rebuilt, and in 1998 all ten were rebodied in fibre-glass as "semi-open saloons", having roofs and partial sides, but no doors or windows, leaving the passenger with a mix of protection from inclement weather, and experience of open-air travel. Nine of these ten still operate today (as of 2010), whilst one has been stripped back to its underframe and is used as a service vehicle. In 2007 two further coaches were added to the fleet. Using frames originally built in the early 1930s for the Golden Acre Park railway (Leeds) Rail Restorations North East Limited, of Shildon, constructed two fully enclosed saloon coaches, allowing bad weather transport of passengers in comfort.
There are also freight or service vehicles on the line including a bogie flat (converted from one of the original passenger coaches), a four-wheel open wagon, a four-wheel hopper wagon, and a bogie parcels van currently in static use at Scalby Mills Station as a temporary booking office and staff room.
There are three stations on the line:
On 10 July 1932, Herbert Carr, aged 25, was killed in an accident on the North Bay Railway.[2]
On 30 March 2007, operation of the line was formally taken over by the North Bay Railway Company Limited. Previously it had been owned and operated by Scarborough Borough Council.[3]