Slow Train Coming by fishers

Slow Train Coming

While in York city centre on Monday taking photos of the floods, I called at the railway station to see how travellers by rail were doing, and I was just in time to get this shot of the 10:54 service to Edinburgh. It was around 15:30 when I got to the station and it was pulling in, having been delayed by there being something tangled in the overhead power supply further south between Peterborough and Grantham.

I haven't seen a crowd like that waiting for a train since pre-covid times. The one plus for them is that many of them would be able to reclaim their fare, since they would arrive at their destination more than two hours late.

As a regular rail traveller before Covid-19 arrived, I have had my share of disrupted travel, but few delays as long as this.

And the title? - that came from the name of a Bob Dylan album released in 1979

Ian
wow - looks futuristic :)
February 23rd, 2022  
Great capture
February 23rd, 2022  
We have that album in our house! So many late trains in these recent conditions.
February 23rd, 2022  
Super composition...great capture of lines
February 23rd, 2022  
Super capture and story
February 23rd, 2022  
Great capture of the train and people waiting for the train.
February 23rd, 2022  
Great shot and composition. Thanks for explaining the Bob Dylan reference, I would have missed that.
February 24th, 2022  
Nice shot, great composition. The train is an interesting shape, it looks a bit toy like
February 24th, 2022  
Beautiful shot. That train line must be very popular with commuters. Thanks for the reference to Bob Dylan. I will have to check on the song because I don't remember it.
February 24th, 2022  
@pdulis @carolmw @sarah19 @seattlite @busylady @pyrrhula @mccarth1 @kjarn @sangwann

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

The train in this shot is quite new, and I haven't yet had chance to have a long journey on one. I have been to Doncaster a few times, and I was impressed by their accelleration. Sadly, the seats are a bit too firm for me. I suspect a ride all the way to London or Edinburgh on one could be rather uncomfortable.

Ian
February 24th, 2022  
Nice image, great composition.
February 24th, 2022  
@vesna0210

Thank you Vesna - it was a very busy time at the station!

Ian
February 27th, 2022  
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