The last steam special to York this year was from Dorridge, and arrived in York at lunchtime. Here it is entering platform 10. I was quite lucky to get this shot,since there was a service train further along platform 9, where I stood, which began to move towards me as I took the shot.
Clun Castle was a Great Western designed locomotive, but it's construction wasn't completed until May 1950, when the railways had been nationalised. It was withdrawn from service in December 1965, as steam locomotives were being removed from the Western Region. It was sold for preservation, and is currently based at Tyseley in Birmingham.
This locomotive has a special place in my memory, since it was the first Great Western locomotive that I saw working, in 1967, when it hauled a special through Doncaster on its way to the Settle and Carlisle line.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, which put this shot on the Popular Page.
Thank you too for all your encouragement, help, care, support and love throughout the past year, and especially during the last three months while Katharine has spent time in hospital. The Peace of Christmas to you all.
@vignouse Richard, the biggest threat to the future of steam locomotive operation at the moment seems to be the availability of good quality coal to fuel these magnificent beasts. The current movement to end all coal mining is a major threat.
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, which put this shot on the Popular Page.
Thank you too for all your encouragement, help, care, support and love throughout the past year, and especially during the last three months while Katharine has spent time in hospital. The Peace of Christmas to you all.
Ian
Ian
Ian