UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS

In late October 2018, rumours were circulating that the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group’s filming job on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR). What this actually was – a TV programme or film – was not known, because there was a great deal of secrecy involved for good reasons.

As time passed, Pickering station was found to be the location and crews were rostered for filming on November 13, 2018, still with little information except the filming would be after dark.

“Pictures were taken of the locomotive action by using a telephoto lens, a high ISO rating and no flash guns – but in the full knowledge no one would ever see