YORK - THE RAILWAY (PART 2)

We're still at York station, as LNER 727 prepares for departure.

 

Now, it's March 1960 and A3 60038 arrives with an up express.

69016 is the station pilot, as a filthy WD 2-8-0 clanks through, again March 1960.

Now, it's 1966 and steam is almost at an end, but 62027 makes an appearance on an engineering train.

Easter 1969, with green diesels on passenger services.

2051 is the station pilot.

Ten years later and the Travellers Fare Centenary Train is on display in York station.

08707 is seen on York station pilot duties.

90026 on an overnighter.

Grand Central services call at York, en route for the County Durham coast.

Northern is in charge of the local routes.

TransPennine run towards Middlesbrough and Scarborough, etc.

Cross Country's Voyagers are a common sight.

A small amount of freight passes through.

The loco sidings can provide a bit of variety.

LNER's Azumas provide most of the workings to and from London.

Looking at all these trains can make you thirsty. The solution is on the station, the York Tap.

Back to the trains. LNER 190 shunts a carriage out of the station, passing the LMS York South loco shed.

LMS, ex L&YR, 10303 on York South shed.

Almost next door was the old railway museum, housing locos that once hauled trains over the East Coast Main Line.

There we also small exhibits, including quite a bit from the Hull & Barnsley Railway.

That's it for now. Next time we'll take a look at the city of York itself, with the river, the Minster and other historic sites.