| York and it's environs probably counts among the most frequently visited areas to photograph trains. It's still very busy with freight although unfortunately, diesel-hauled passenger services (with the exception of specials) are a thing of the past.
I shall no doubt still be taking photos around York for the foreseeable future, as indeed I will on the Harrogate line on which I've only really scratched the surface. |
08719 tows EMU 318261 at York Yard North on the 24th July 1986. Other units of the same class can be seen in the background, as they were just being turned out from York works at the time, prior to being shipped to Scotland. Buy Print |
31135 on an engineers train at York, during the work to electrify the ECML. 23/2/88. Buy Print |
31158 & 31187 head south with steel empties at Holgate, York, on the 1st April 1986. Note all the spotters under Holgate Bridge. It was a much-favoured place for watching trains until the inevitable palisade fencing went up a few years ago. Buy Print |
37119 heads a southbound steel train at Holgate, York on the 1st April 1986. Buy Print |
37158 passes Holgate, York with a very lengthy spoil train on the 4th October 1986. Buy Print |
37603 & 604 enter York station with "The Ouse Humberman" - 1Z37 05.26 Southampton to York. 7/5/07. Buy Print |
37603 & 604 stand at York on the 7th May 2007. Buy Print |
43013 is on the rear of the NMT as it pauses at York on the 12th August 2006. Buy Print |
43038 leaves York for Kings Cross on the 27th July 1985. Buy Print |
43054 pauses at York with the summer-dated 1V49 09.41 Newcastle to Newquay on the 12th August 2006. Buy Print |
43054 pulls out of York station on the 25th July 1986. Buy Print |
43062 is at the head of 1Z19 08.50 Derby Etches Park to Edinburgh NMT, as it coasts into York on the 12th August 2006. Buy Print |
43067. York. 1A62 12:30 Sunderland to Kings Cross. 6/12/08. Buy Print |
43103 is at the rear of a southbound train, as it leaves York in the early evening of 1st April 1986. Buy Print |
43106 stands in York Station on the 29th December 2001, with a Kings Cross to Edinburgh train. Buy Print |
43108& 43043 round the curve at Clifton on the 24th July 1986. Buy Print |
43110 "Stirlingshire". 1S12 10.30 Kings Cross to Aberdeen. York. 7/5/07. Buy Print |
43307. York. 1S12 10:30 Kings Cross to Aberdeen. 12/7/08. Buy Print |
43309. York. 1N07 10:40 Kings Cross to Newcastle. 12/7/08. Buy Print |
43316 runs into York with 1E12 07:55 Inverness to Kings Cross. 6/12/08. Buy Print |
43317. York. 1S15 12:00 Kings Cross to Edinburgh. 6/12/08. Buy Print |
45101 passes Clifton, York with a train to Newcastle on the 24th July 1986. Buy Print |
45126 overtakes a Selby-bound Class 101 DMU as it roars out of York with a Trans-Pennine on the 4th October 1986. Buy Print |
47200 & 828 pass Poppleton on the 19th March 2005 with 1Z49 ex-Shrewsbury. This was the first time that Cotswold Rail 47s had been to Yorkshire and as usual the weather could have been better! Buy Print |
47574 "Benjamin Gimbert GC", is overtaken by an HST as it leaves York with a Cardiff train. 14/10/88. Buy Print |
47620 "Windsor Castle" leaves York with an Inter-City service on the 14th October 1988. Buy Print |
47622 leaves York on the 25th July 1986 with a Newcastle to Birmingham train. 47458 over on the left, is at the head of a Trans-Pennine service. Buy Print |
47661 has just arrived at York with Poole - Newcastle on the 19th January 1989. Buy Print |
47712 "Pride of Carlisle" crosses Knaresborough Viaduct with 1Z47 08:18 Kings Cross to Harrogate - "The Harrogate Spring Flower Show" Stobart Pullman. 26/4/08. Buy Print |
47712 runs into Harrogate station with 1Z49 14:45 York to Kings Cross. 26/4/08 (1) Buy Print |
47712 runs into Harrogate station with 1Z49 14:45 York to Kings Cross. 26/4/08 (2) Buy Print |
47802. Harrogate station. 26/4/08. Buy Print |
47807 stands at York with the stock of a Cross Country service to Swansea. 3/11/90. Buy Print |
47812/D1916 enters York station having taken over "The Scarborough Flyer" from steam loco "Tangmere". The kettle should have gone through to Scarborough but was pulled off the train due to shortage of coal. There was a mass exodus of steam photters at this point, leaving the field almost entirely to me! Buy Print |
47812/D1916 enters York station on the 7th May 2007. If it weren't for the wires this photo might have been taken 40 years ago. Buy Print |
47812/D1916 leaves York with 1Z47 07.10 Norwich to Scarborough. 7/5/07. Buy Print |
47812/D1916 waits under the roof at York before heading to Scarborough. 7/5/07. Buy Print |
47817 "Institution of Mechanical Engineers" enters York Station with a Newcastle to Birmingham train, on the 29th December 2001. Buy Print |
47822 glints in the winter sun at York with 1S49 10.31 Birmingham International to Edinburgh. 29/12/01 Buy Print |
50049 "Defiance" & 50031 "Hood" pass Cattal station on the 13th July 2002 with the "Harrogate Hoovers" charter. Note the token exchange taking place. Buy Print |
56007 approaches Holgate, York with a northbound MGR. 24/7/86. Buy Print |
56007 tows 31152 under Holgate Bridge on the 25th July 1986. The 31 had failed while in charge of an electrification train. Buy Print |
56073 emerges under Holgate Bridge with an MGR which had staged at York Yard, on the 14th October 1988. Buy Print |
56083 hauls MGR empties bound for Tyne Yard away from York Yard North on the 24th July 1986. Buy Print |
56084 pauses at York or a crew change while in charge an Enterprise to Mossend. 5/11/99. Buy Print |
56097 heads past Holgate sidings with MGR empties on the 1st April 1986. Buy Print |
57009. York PCD. 12/7/08 (1) Buy Print |
60020 approaches York Yard North with 6D76 11.24 Redcar to Rylstone. 3/2/07. Buy Print |
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