Cross Country HST Powercar 43207 pauses at York on a service to the West Country.

West Coast Railway's 37516 idles in York loco stabling sidings.

DB Schenker 66098 pauses briefly at York, with a steel train in tow.

Freightliner 66515 passes York with a coal train going towards Holgate sidings.

BR Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell arrives at York with the outward bound Scarborough Spa Express. Earlier on, 70013 had started from York, and picked up passengers from Harrogate (via the loop line) and Leeds, before returning to gain a path to Scarborough.

BR Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell simmers under the roof of York station, before proceeding to Scarborough

Having made it's second passenger pickup, BR Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell gets going from York, heading towards Scarborough.

Former Fragonset 31106 was recently repainted into BR Blue. She is seen here rolling into York with a test train heading towards the North.

NXEC liveried HST Powercar 43317 waits at York with a service to London Kings Cross.

Grand Central HST Powercar 43084 leaves York on a Sunderland to London Kings Cross service.

Onwards to the National Railway Museum. LMS Coronation 4-6-2 number 6229 Duchess of Hamilton stands in the Great Hall. Her streamlined casing (as she originally carried) was made over a four year period at Tyseley.

Alongside LMS 6229 Duchess of Hamilton stood a 1934 Chrysler Airflow. The car, placed alongside the Duchess, forms part of a temporary exhibition on streamlining in the 1930's.

A view of LM 6229 Duchess of Hamilton's streamlined front, including the smokebox doors and headlights placed above the buffers.

In an aerial view (from the footbridge), LMS 6229 Duchess of Hamilton glistens in the Great Hall, painted in the Crimson and Gold livery of the late 1930's.

In the Works at the National Railway Museum, the long running overhaul of LNER A3 4-6-2 number 4472 Flying Scotsman, appears to have made a bit of progress...

A last look at LMS 6229 Duchess of Hamilton inside the Great Hall.

Out in the South Yard at the National Railway Museum, ex Royal Train 47798 Prince William stands out in the open.

Visiting the National Railway Museum for the Summer, was GWR Hall 4-6-0 number 5972 Olton Hall (alias Hogwarts Castle). She is seen standing in the South Yard.

A smokebox view of GWR Hall 4-6-0 number 5972 Olton Hall (alias Hogwarts Castle) at the National Railway Museum, York.

NXEC HST Powercar 43307 trails out of York, en route to London Kings Cross.