I was fortunate to see the blue HST posted yesterday, as I waited for my own train. I got back to York later in the day just in time to see the train returning south, seen here as it enters platform 5 from the north.
The rather pleasing efffect of the bright blue and white train was rather spoilt by having this green HST locomotive at the rear, but I was glad to get a shot of this colour scheme, since I hadn't seen it before. This was being used because the second blue and white locomotive is under overhaul.
This locomotive was painted in the green livery for the 'Staycation Express' summer service last year which operated between Skipton and Carlisle over the Settle and Carlisle railway, and which was a useful supplement to the normal Northern service over the route. Hopefully the 'Staycation Express' will operate again this summer.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
Wylie ( @pusspup ) might be right, there might be something of the railway enthusiast in me! I love travelling by train, and I find them an interesting subject for photos - especially if they are steam!
Although it looks as if I might be trackside ( @rensala ), I'm actually at the north end of platform 8. Platform 5 was shortened when the railway was electrified (around 1990) giving a much cleared view of the whole locomotive as a train enters the station.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
Wylie ( @pusspup ) might be right, there might be something of the railway enthusiast in me! I love travelling by train, and I find them an interesting subject for photos - especially if they are steam!
Although it looks as if I might be trackside ( @rensala ), I'm actually at the north end of platform 8. Platform 5 was shortened when the railway was electrified (around 1990) giving a much cleared view of the whole locomotive as a train enters the station.
Ian
I agree, the green colour scheme is quite attractive, but it does rather clash with the bright blue and white of the rest of the train.
Ian