A view at York Railway station as people hang around the route indicators, waiting for their train.

A close up of the immense 8' 1" single driving wheel of GNR no. 1 at The National Railway Museum, York. You can clearly see the builder's plate dated 1870. Click more)

A Cross Country tilting Voyager calls at York station on its way northwards

The absolutely beautiful Great Northern Railway No. 1 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The loco is probably the peak of British locomotive builder's obsession with form over functi... (more)

Perhaps the most handsome 4-4-0 ever built. SECR No. 737 on display at The National Railway Museum, York. The Wainwright D class was a 4-4-0 express loco design built in 1901. There were fifty-o... (more)

Class 87 no. 87 001 on display at the National Railway Museum, York. The class was introduced in 1973, for the completion of the electrification of the northern section of the West Coast main lin... (more)

A Class 156 DMU waits in a bay platform to depart with a service to Leeds, via Harrogate. Note the lack of track on my platform, removed some years ago for some reason.

A re-engined National Express HST stops at York very late in the afternoon on its way to Aberdeen.

Another view of LNWR no. 790 Hardwicke, built in 1892. It was one of 166 members the Improved Precedent Class or "Jumbo" class designed by F.W. Webb. On August 22, 1895, 790 Hardwicke took 2 hours... (more)

This Furness Railway loco no. 3, was built in 1846 and was designed by Edward Bury, whose engines were popular with the early railway companies because they were cheap. It is the only survivor in ... (more)

A pair of DRS locos appear to be spending the weekend parked at York station. The leading one is 57 008 and the other is 37 194. The Class 57s were originally built in the early 1960s as Class 47s... (more)

This is the cab interior of 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world. Just imagine in 1938, sitting in that left seat looking through that small window at 126mph. The loco would b... (more)

West Coast 47 760 starts to fill York Station with smoke as it accelerates away after dropping off a crew member. The girl on the right seemed a bit disappointed that it wasn't her train. I don't ... (more)

This little engine, LNWR Precedent Class, no. 790 Hardwicke, took place in the "Races To The North" late in the 19th Century. Now preserved at the National Railway Museum at York, it is seen here ... (more)

With daylight virtually gone, a Trans Pennine Express Class 185 prepares to depart from York with a service to Manchester Airport.