The Christmas White Rose by fishers

The Christmas White Rose

More from York railway station, as another charter steam train brings visitors to the city and the Christmas market.

This was at lunch time on Wednesday, with this busy train arriving after its journey from Coleshill Parkway (east of Birmingham). The locomotive is Clun Castle, from the Tyseley Steam Trust, which operates a number of working steam locomotives.

The train was due to pull into platform 4 at York, which is the northern continuation of platform 3, so I positioned myself to get a shot as it passed under the footbridge and past the old mechanical signal box (Now a Costa). This was a preliminary shot looking through the footbridge arch as the train approached.

The train didn't run through to platform 4 - it actually stopped in front of me, so I got several shots before the crowd of photographers from further up the platform arrived in a rush!

This locomotive was the first Great Western steam locomotive that I ever saw, back in 1967, when it came to Yorkshire to operate a charter service over the Settle and Carlisle Railway. Who would have thought that almost 60 years later I would still be taking photos of it!

Ian
Fabulous image, very festive.
November 29th, 2024  
Lovely photo👍😊
November 29th, 2024  
Neat shot.
November 29th, 2024  
It is positively gleaming! Fav.
November 29th, 2024  
That is just a stunning sight. Showed my lad and he whistled. So gleaming!
November 29th, 2024  
Love the light in this capture...great looking steam train...
November 29th, 2024  
A nice action capture and history
November 29th, 2024  
So fun, fav
November 29th, 2024  
I love it's name
November 29th, 2024  
How blessed you are to have such wonderful Trains to photograph. Great shot and thank you for the story.
November 29th, 2024  
Fantastic shot. fav.
November 29th, 2024  
Super photo with all the steam - I can almost hear it puffing away..
November 29th, 2024  
Wonderful
November 29th, 2024  
Well done on your vantage point. A terrific shot
November 29th, 2024  
How lucky were you to be positioned in the right spot! Love the name of this train :)
November 30th, 2024  
Wow, perfect capture of this beauty.
November 30th, 2024  
Super capture fav!
November 30th, 2024  
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

The team at Tyseley had made a good job of cleaning and polishing this locomotive before its trip to York. Their locomotives are usually looked after to a very high standard. I believe it has another trip to York next week, so hopefully the weather will be kind and I can get a few more photos!

Ian
November 30th, 2024  
So glad you are still taking photos of the train you started with 60 years ago! Well done Ian.
November 30th, 2024  
Fabulous capture!
November 30th, 2024  
@illinilass

Thank you! - I've been searching for the old print photo from back then, but so far without success. Much easier to organise and find digital photos!

Ian
December 1st, 2024  
@photographycrazy

Thank you! Right place at the right time for the shots I took on Wednesday!

Ian
December 1st, 2024  
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