[RichB]

How about taking the steam train "Scarborough Spa Express" from either York or Harrogate to Scarborough. It runs during the middle of the week until the end of August, and is run by a company called West Coast Railways.It isn't particularly cheap, but it is a real steam train running at full speed on a real railway line, rather than a "toy" one that trundles along slowly for half a mile or whatever!