We researched and wrote the scripts for the Station Master at Goathland Station as well as planning the route around the station that school children would take during their visit.

Actor Jack Fielding played the Station Master for a series of school visits for Key Stage 1 and 2 and received the children in the Guard’s Van at the station. He talked to the children about why he was there, what he was doing and where they were going to. He then took the children on a tour of the station as well as giving tours to the general public in between.

Station Master Edward Mowforth was born in 1879 and began working for the North Eastern Railway in 1894 at the age of 14. The North Eastern Railway (NER) became the LNER in 1923 (London & North Eastern Railway). Edward lived in the station house and kept flexible hours so he was always on call and always expected to be available most of the time.