HFF York Yorkshire 12th March 2024

Splendide machine
HFF Loose ! et bon we

Belle prise excellemment partagée.
HFF et agréable fin de semaine paisible.

A railway jewel************************
Have a nice and peaceful weekend!!!!

Looks quite impressive.
hFF

Quite lucky to get such a clear shot Pete. A good one for sure. HFF and happy weekend.

A great shot, Pete, I recall the Hornsby model of these. HFFand have a great weekend.

Always good to see the Mallard Pete. This reminds me that it is about time that I revisited this museum too. Well done.

HFF, enjoy the weekend. Herb

My mum tells me that the Mallard made me cry when the driver blew the whistle in York Station whilst we stood nearby. I would have been two or three years old. Maybe 1953 or 1954. I don’t remember that experience, but I do remember seeing the train there.

This is a super shot, Pete, which brings back long-distant memories. (Can you still climb on the engines in the railway museum? I remember doing so back in the day when I was still in short pants, standing in the cab and climbing on the coal tender, but I think that was in the original museum, not this modern one. Or does my memory play me false?)

Thanks John. I think you may well be thinking of the old museum at Clapham because it only came to York in 1975 by which time I suspect you probably would have been in long trousers at age 24... :-))

No, Pete. There was an LNER museum in York which predated the NRM. I think it was old railway sheds and was opened in the 1920s or 30s. There were steps next to each loco and you could climb up and go in the cabs. I remember the NRM being opened ins the 1970s and also that many people in York were annoyed that London was taking over Yorkshire's stuff again! (Much the same as with the Museum of Photography in Bradford.)

Ah, I thought you meant that you remembered climbing on Mallard at York. It was at Clapham until 1975 when it moved north so wouldn't have been in the LNER museum which I also visited. In answer to your original question then, yes you can still climb up to some of the locos in the new museum. This is Duchess of Hamilton:
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Excellent clear capture Pete!
HFF and a good weekend

HFF Pete. I'm glad I don't have to service this... The bridge over the loco reminds me of the foot bridges between platforms at stations here in Qld.

A good capture Pete,.. and a fine Loco' I take a great interest in how the Walschaerts gear operates on these things,..all the connecting rods balancing too - // Have a good weekend - and HFF to you - from Dj

HFF und ein schönes Wochenende!

Eine schöne Aufnahme, Pete- HFF! Komm gut ins Wochenende!

HFF!

HFF Pete.

Je ne suis pas spécialiste des trains, mais je dois reconnaitre que cette loco est magnifique!
HFF Pete.

HFF. Love and Peace.

What a cool blue train!
HFF and have a great weekend, Pete!

HFF und ein schönes Wochenende, Pete!

What a beauty! It’s an impressive beast, Pete.

A remarquable machine with an interesting colour. HFF, wish you a nice weekend, Pete !

The locomotive shines like new. Someone must take good care of it... Belated HFF Pete.

Unmistakable clean lines and a sleek beauty. Well captured Pete.