Now Arriving at Platform One

Pickering railway station again, with a southern Schools class locomotive 926 'Repton' arriving under the station roof at the end of it's journey from Grosmont to the north.

This station forms the southern terminus of the 18 mile long privately owned North York Moors Railway. Much work has been done in recent years to restore the station building to what it would have looked like many years ago, and to provide much needed facilities. The most obvious change is the new roof over platforms and track. This can make photography a little more challenging, but recreates the atmosphere that would once have existed at many railway stations in this area.

Ian

[carol white]

A lovely nostalgic image

[Pyrrhula]

Absolutly a fav. for me. A working steamtrain.

[gloria jones]

Terrific capture with a great pov and composition

[Shanne]

lovely details and capture

[KWind]

Great shot of the arriving train. I like the curve of the tracks.

[Fisher Family]

@carolmw @pyrrhula @seattlite @shannejw @kwind Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, which put this shot on the Popular Page.

There is something special about the sight of a steam locomotive working - you can expect to see more of them here in the future!

Ian

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

What a awesome locomotive they built them well fav:)

[Fisher Family]

@stevepam Thank you Steve and Pam - there is certainly something special about seeing a steam locomotive at work.

Ian

[Lee]

There's always great interest in steam trains. Good shot.

[Fisher Family]

@gamelee There is indeed Lee, and we are fortunate to have both mainline steam in York and private railways not too far away.

Ian