| In the second collection of recent pictures from York (Sunday 6th September 2009), LMS 'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 number 46115 Scots Guardsman hauled Railway Touring Company's Yorkshire Scot. The tour was also running as the St Helens Girl Guiding Express, as a party of Girl Guides boarded the train at St Helens Junction.
Also featuring (at the National Railway Museum), GWR Hall number 5972 Olton Hall alias Hogwarts Castle, BR Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell, LMS Duchess 6229 Duchess of Hamilton, plus two of the museum's regulars... Thanks to Keith Naylor and Aaron Roberts for the company. |
LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman waits the right away at Liverpool Lime Street, with Railway Touring Company's Yorkshire Scot (or the St Helens Girl Guiding Express) |
A smokebox view of LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman. |
The St Helens Girl Guiding Express headboard, worn by LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman at Liverpool Lime Street. |
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LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman emits steam from the safety valves at Liverpool Lime Street. |
For one day only, LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman was renamed The Girl Guide (as carried by long scrapped classmate 46168). The nameplate was fitted 24 hours earlier, and is seen here at Liverpool Lime Street. |
Advenza Freight 66841 stands in York loco stabling sidings. |
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LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman rests at York, at the end of her run on the Railway Touring Company's Yorkshire Scot (or the St Helens Girl Guiding Express). |
LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman leaves her stock in the platfom at York, and heads off to the National Railway Museum for servicing. |
In the South Yard at the National Railway Museum, ex Royal Train 47798 Prince William continues to be left out in the open. |
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LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman undergoes servicing in the South Yard at the National Railway Museum. |
GWR Hall 4-6-0 number 5972 Olton Hall (alias Hogwarts Castle) was giving rides in the South Yard at the National Railway Museum. She takes a quick breather before going on another short run up and down the yard. |
In the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum, another inspection of LMS Duchess number 6229 Duchess of Hamilton (in streamline form) was in order. |
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Having perfomed on the last Scarborough Spa Expresses for 2009, BR Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell was making a brief stay at the National Railway Museum. |
At the National Railway Museum, BR Britannia 70013 Oliver Cromwell stands silent. |
LNER A4 number 4468 Mallard, still wearing it's Coronation headboard, continues to win admiration in the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum. |
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Refreshed and ready for the return to Liverpool, LMS 'Royal Scot' 46115 Scots Guardsman shows off it's headboard (The St Helens Girl Guiding Express) at York. |
