Centre of Attention by fishers

Centre of Attention

Well, after a lapse in the visits of steam locomotives to York earlier in the year, and following last Saturday's visitor, there was another steam hauled special from London to York yesterday.

This time the visitor was 'Sir Nigel Gresley', an example of the A4 class of streamlined locomotives, and named after the engineer who designed them. The most famous locomotive of this class was 'Mallard', holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive, though 'Sir Nigel Gresley' set a post war speed record of its own, reaching of 112 mph in May 1959. It carries a plaque to record the fact.

As you can see, it drew a lot of attention, with crowds here on platform 5, and even bigger crowds at the other side of the locomotive on platforms 3 and 4. Station staff and transport police were out in force to keep people back from the platform edge and away from danger.

Ian
I’m glad to see there is still such interest in the old trains. It was a pleasure to see The Flying Scotsman last year opps, 2022.
March 3rd, 2024  
Wonderful capture!
March 3rd, 2024  
Super capture, that’s quite a crowd!
March 3rd, 2024  
A day for the enthusiast.
March 3rd, 2024  
Wow, it's steaming really well!
March 3rd, 2024  
Great shot of this popular visit..
March 3rd, 2024  
Great pic👍😊
March 3rd, 2024  
Nice
March 3rd, 2024  
Awesome fav
March 4th, 2024  
Nice
March 4th, 2024  
this shot really captures the atmosphere well.
March 4th, 2024  
Lovely station view
March 4th, 2024  
Beautiful station scene. There's the odd one out who doesn't seem to be interested at all in what is going on.
March 4th, 2024  
@illinilass @paintdipper @craftymeg @billdavidson @cordulaamann @robz @mubbur @pdulis @365projectorgchristine @joansmor @pusspup @boxplayer @sangwann

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

The platforms under the arched roof are a great location for steam locomotive photos, as those of you who have followed our project for a while might remember.

Ian
March 4th, 2024  
Lovely looking station
March 5th, 2024  
@kjarn

Thank you Kathy, it is a rather magnificent building!

Ian
March 7th, 2024  
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