Togetherness travel . . .

It was not so much a brief encounter as the start of a lifelong journey at Pickering Railway Station for one happy couple.

North York Moors Railway information technology manager Paul Taylor popped the question to his Canadian girlfriend, Laura Grant who said yes and wedding bells are set to ring later this year. To set themselves on the rail-road to romance he took his bride to be on one of the first of the railway's new romantic services, which will be available for Valentine's Day and throughout February half-term.

Picture: Gerard Binks.