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| The reconstructed street at Beamish featuring Newcastle
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A trip with Dave (who did the driving) round the North of England in August, visiting various transport-related attractions. It was some time before I documented these slides and I have forgotten most of the minor locations.
Day 1 - Friday, 23 August - I think we drove down from Edinburgh, visited Beamish (previous visit 6 May 1979) and spent the night at Edmondbyers YH (near Muggleswick).
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| The reconstructed street at Beamish featuring Newcastle
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Day 2 - Saturday, 24 August - Lineside action at various points then to Ingleton for two nights at the YH.
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| Southern Railway No.850 "Lord Nelson" running tender
first on it's way from Carnforth to do duty on the "Cumbrian Mountain Pullman" |
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| A gleaming LNER A4 No.4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" heading
the "Cumbrian Mountain Express" somewhere. |
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Day 3 - Sunday, 25 August - Chasing the “Cumbrian Mountain Express” on the Settle - Carlisle line.
"Lord Nelson" was the first of a class of locomotives named after notable naval figures, built from 1926 for the Southern Railway at their Eastleigh Works near Southhampton. It was renumbered 30850 by British Railways but has reverted to its original identity in preservation.
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| Southern Railway No.850 "Lord Nelson" ... |
... hauls the "Cumbrian Mountain Express" ... | ... onto ... |
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| Southern Railway No.850 "Lord Nelson" hauling the
"Cumbrian Mountain Express" somewhere |
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A boring service train behind 31326 |
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| Southern Railway No.850 "Lord Nelson" hauls the
"Cumbrian Mountain Express" just north of Appleby |
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Day 4 - Monday, 26 August - Carnforth in the rain, then we travelled to York where the YH was full so we put up the tent for one night at a campsite on the outskirts of the city.
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| LNER A4 No.4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" beside the coaling
tower |
A small tank engine hauling the "live steam excursion" | |
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| LNER A4 No.4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" | The one that didnae eat its porridge! 15 inch guage 5751 passing the miniature engine shed |
Day 5 - Tuesday, 27 August - The Scarborough Spa Express - York - Harrogate - Leeds - York - Scarborough - York
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We started from York behind BR 92220 "Evening Star" (the last steam loco built for British Railways, designed for heavy freight work) and looped through Harrogate and Leeds back to York where the engine was swapped for Southern Railway No.777 "Sir Lamiel" (one of King Arthur's knights) for the run out to Scarborough and back. On our return to York, "Evening Star" replaced "Sir Lamiel" for the return loop through Leeds and Harrogate, but we didn't travel on that bit. Booked in for two nights at York YH.
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| We pause at Harrogate (I think) |
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Loitering at Leeds (I think) |
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| BR 92220 comes off the train at York while the Southern Railway's No.777 "Sir Lamiel" comes forward to take up the train | ||
And on to Scarborough where Dave & I had lunch in a pub. I don't remember seeing the sea or any other of the attractions of Scarborough.
"Sir Lamiel" was one of a large class of locomotives named after King Arthur and his knights, built for the Southern Railway at various locations. No.777 "Sir Lamiel" was built by the North British Locomotive Works, Glasgow, in 1925. It was renumbered 30777 by British Railways but has reverted to its original identity in preservation.
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| Windae hingin' on the way back from Scarborough
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| Swapping engines again at York |
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Day 6 - Wednesday, 28 August - I seem to recall that we spent the morning as tourists in York, visiting the Jorvik Cantre, then out to Poppleton to watch the Scarborough Spa Express go past. I presume we found something interesting to do with the rest of the day, possibly the National Railway Museum.
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| The "Evening Star" heads the Scarborough Spa Express
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Day 7 - Thursday, 29 August - North Yorkshire Moors Railway
A quick look round Pickering Castle before taking the train up to Grosmont, pottering about there for a while and then returning to Pickering.
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| The train arrives at Pickering behind Black Five 45428
"Eric Treacy" (Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle, 1937) |
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The loco runs round for the return journey |
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| Dave looking the wrong way | Approaching the tunnel at Grosmont |
Arriving at Grosmont |
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| "Eric Treacy" leaves Grosmont with a train for
Pickering |
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| BR Class J72 69023 "Joem" (BR Darlington, 1951) doing
some shunting at Grosmont |
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| Windae hingin' on the North York Moors on the way back
to Pickering behind BR tank 80135 |
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| BR Standard Tank 80135 (BR Brighton, 1956) at Pickering
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| Wrong train again |
SR No.777 "Sir Lamiel" on the Scarborough Spa Express somewhere | |
Then it was on to Whitby to stay at the YH before returning to Edinburgh on Friday, in time to catch the "Nithsdale Express" on Saturday.
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