The Big Red Engine goes to the Seaside

It’s summer, so time for the regular Scarborough Spa Express steam railway services to Scarborough. The service runs from Carnforth (north Lancashire) to York pulled by vintage diesel locomotives. The train stops in sidings just south of York railway station, where the diesels are replaced by a steam locomotive for the last part of the journey

So here we are, an LMS ‘Jubilee’ locomotive, 45699 ‘Galatea’, entering platform 5 at York railway station, where it was met by quite a crowd of photographers.

Ian

[Margo]

A real beauty

[Peter H]

Instant Fav. What a marvellous sight.

[Babs]

Oh to be an engine driver, what a great sight

[Dione Giorgio]

I find these trains very romantic. A beautiful capture to take us back down memory lane.

[Judith Johnson]

Oooh how exciting! Hope it was full of excited families

[Lizzy Bean]

I've been away for a while-just checking in. So nice to see you back!

[carol white]

A lovely nostalgic image. Fav!! 😀

[Nina Ganci]

must be a very special treat to travel in this beauty

[gloria jones]

Excellent closeup to see the details of this neat locomotive

[Pyrrhula]

Wow, A big one. Fav.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

What a great old machine I just love the red colour fav:)

[Beth]

These steam trains are fun to photograph and ride. This one is very pretty. Nice capture.

[bkb in the city]

Great shot

[Fisher Family]

@777margo @peadar @onewing @sangwann @busylady @lizzybean @carolmw @ninaganci @seattlite @pyrrhula @stevepam @vernabeth @bkbinthecity

Thank you all for your comments and favs, which put this shot on the Popular Page.

It's quite likely this locomotive will appear again on our 365 project in the near future since it will be taking regular trips to Scarborough.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lizzybean

Thank you Lizzy, nice to hear from you. We restarted out project in March, and we are enjoying being part of this community again. I hope things are OK with you.

Ian

[Pyrrhula]

@fishers I`ve been once at Scarborough. Is it still possible that (small) ships disload there gargo on the boulevard ? We did in +/-1963

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula At one time there was quite a lot of cargo unloaded in Scarborough, especially fish and timber, but I don't think there is much at all now.

Ian

[Shanne]

brilliant shot - fav

[Fisher Family]

@shannejw Thank you Shanne, hopefully I'll get chance to see this weeks Scarborough Spa Express on Thursday for more photo opportunities.

Ian