5. NRM & the journey home-30.05.14

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After a short visit to the NRM with my son, we all headed home after our week in York. Despite the awful weather, we had a super time celebrating my fiftieth birthday with some members of my wider family.

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43207, XC 06.06 Edinburgh Waverley-Plymouth (1V50), York station
The livery applied by CrossCountry to their small HST fleet looks smart and I am sure that they offer a far more pleasurable travelling experience for passengers than the dreadful Voyagers. 43207 leads the 06.06 Edinburgh to Plymouth 1V50 service away from York.
Keywords: 43207 06.06 Edinburgh Waverley-Plymouth 1V50 York station CrossCountry HST

220004, XC 06.30 Birmingham New Street-Newcastle (1E38), York station
220004 drifts into York station forming the 06.30 Birmingham New Street to Newcastle CrossCountry service.
Keywords: 220004 06.30 Birmingham New Street-Newcastle 1E38 York station CrossCountry Voyager

91131, GR 07.00 London King's Cross-Edinburgh Waverley (1S05), York station
91131 brings the 07.00 King's Cross to Edinburgh 1S05 into York station. At the time of writing, this InterCity 225 is one of my least photographed examples.
Keywords: 91131 07.00 London King's Cross-Edinburgh Waverley 1S05 York station

185122, TP 08.06 Newcastle-Liverpool Lime Street (1F64), York station
The 08.06 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street TPE service stands under York's magnificent station roof worked by 185122. I cannot help but feel that the space between the bi-directional lines that once was occupied by two other tracks spoils the station somewhat but economical expediency rules the day I suppose.
Keywords: 185122 08.06 Newcastle-Liverpool Lime Street 1F64 York station TransPennine Express TPE

91121, GR 07.08 London King's Cross-York (1N80), York station
91121 brings the 07.08 King's Cross terminating service into York's platform six. The train will soon work south again at the rear of the 10.01 return service. Notice the cyclist and his trusty machine waiting in what is about the right spot to load his bike into the DVT
Keywords: 91121 07.08 London King's Cross-York 1N80 York station InterCity 225 East Coast

66750, 06.23 Tyne Coal Terminal-Drax power station, York station
Having been only operating on the UK network for less than a year, previously in use on German Railways, 66750 brings the 06.23 Tyne Coal Yard to Drax power station through York station. Interestingly, this particular Class 66 has almost rectangular buffers rather than the more oval-shaped ones fitted to the rest of the class, I wonder if this is due to its previous operating life?
Keywords: 66750 06.23 Tyne Coal Terminal-Drax power station York station GBRf GB Railfreight

43468, GC 07.51 London King's Cross-Sunderland (1N90), 43315, GR 06.55 Edinburgh Waverley-London King's Cross (1E04), 91121, GR 10.01 York-London King's Cross (1Y82) & 158860 NT 10.27 York-Blackpool North (1B18), York station
A busy scene at York, taken from the station's footbridge, reveals all of the tracks in view occupied by a train with plenty of passengers and three operating companies represented.

From left to right......

43468, Grand Central's 1N90, 07.51 Sunderland to King's Cross
43315, East Coast's 1E04, 06.55 Edinburgh to King's Cross
91121, East Coast's 1Y82, 10.01 York to King's Cross
158860, Northern's 1B18, 10.27 York to Blackpool North
Keywords: 43468 07.51 London King's Cross-Sunderland 1N90 43315 06.55 Edinburgh Waverley-London King's Cross 1E04 91121 10.01 York-London King's Cross 1Y82 158860 10.27 York-Blackpool North 1B18 York station InterCity 225 East Coast Grand Central GC Northern HST

4468, on display, NRM
4468 'Mallard' needs little introduction to railway oficnadoes and the general public alike holding, as it does, the world steam speed record that took place on 03.07.38. In its LNER garter blue, the locomotive is a firm favourite with visitors to the National Railway Museum here it rightly now holds a place in the main hall.
Keywords: 4468 on display NRM Mallard 60022

Interior, 22.141, NRM
The generous loading gauge of Japanese Railway's enables the interior of their trains to be capacious as is clearly illustrated in this view inside Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141 on display at the NRM. However, I would not describe the interior as particularly luxurious but rather functional being a little auster with a sea of shiny Formica type materials, reminiscent of many Japanese cars from the same era. This power car dates from 1976 and operated on the Tokyo to Osaka route being withdrawn in 2000.
Keywords: Interior Bullet Train NRM

22.141, on display, NRM
Shinkansen (Eng. new trunk line) leading car number 22-141 from one of Japan's fabled 'bullet trains is seen on display inside the great hall at the NRM. It was built by West Japan Railways entering service in 1976 being withdrawn from service in October 2000. Initially, it operated between Tokyo and Osaka as part of a sixteen-car formation. However, in its golden years from 1987, it operated as a four-car set between Hiroshima and Hakarta. It was comprehensively restored by the staff of JR West before it was donated to the NRM where it went on display on 2002.
Keywords: 22.141 on display NRM bullet train Shinkansen

3545 & 4308, stored, NRM
At the back of the NRM former BR Class 414 4HAP car 61275 from set number 4308 that still wears its faded Network SouthEast livery. This unit spent most of its working life on the Kent Coast following construction at Eastleigh in 1959. In the foreground is the much newer, dating from 1973, 4VEP a single Class 423 carriage number 76875 from unit 3545 that wears the equally faded livery of one of the worst ever operators to grace our network, Connex South Eastern. This unit was withdrawn, along with all the other remaining slam-door stock, in October 2005. Interestingly, this unit has returned whence it came from being built here at York by BREL just a stone's throw from its location within the NRM complex.

09017, Freightliner depot, York
Wearing its very smart NRM livery shunter 09017 sits outside the Freightliner wagon repair facility at the back of the NRM. It was built at Horwich works entering service with British Railways in November 1961 initially allocated to Chester (6A) before moving to the Southern Region ending up at Sellhusrt until withdrawal came in June 1998. It is now one of the NRM's resident shunters.
Keywords: 09017 Freightliner depot York

Replica Rocket, NRM
This replica of 'Rocket' the famous 0-2-2, designed by Robert Stephenson, was built in 1979 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill trials. It became part of the national collection in 1998 and now carries passengers on a short demonstration track at the NRM. My son and I took the short out and back trip in the wooden-bodied open carriage just seen behind the locomotive.
Keywords: Replica Rocket NRM National Railway Museum

87001, preserved, NRM
I took a photograph of 87001 'Stephenson' a couple of days ago on a previous visit to the NRM. However, I always take the opportunity of a bit of window leaning so here it is again from the droplight of a Mk. II. Unfortunately, the train is not hareing along the WCML at up to one hundred miles per hour but sitting stationary in a museum as part of the national collection!
Keywords: 87001 preserved NRM Stephenson

08911, undergoing repair, NRM
Entering service in August 1962 08911 operated throughout the north-west until withdrawl came in 2004 from Carlisle. It is now one of the NRM's residnet shunters used for moving exhibts around the museum's complex of tracks. Itbis seen in the repair shop undergoing some sort of maintance.
Keywords: 08911 undergoing repair NRM Gronk

Frontage, NRM
The 'new' frontage' of the NRM at York is a familiar sight to many visitors. This entrance replaced the older entrance that was the other side to Leeman Road with the two parts of the museum now linked by a pedestrian tunnel. Whilst the museum remains free it has recently undergone a funding crisis where the reintroduction of an entry fee was proposed with even complete closure actively discussed by the Science Museum Group who operate the museum. Thankfully, the funding crisis was avoided with the intervention of the Tory chancellor George Osborne who withdrew his plans to cut the group's funding by ten per cent (an estimated real-terms 25%) as part of the Tory Government's austerity agenda.

91119, GR 09.30 London King's Cross-Edinburgh Waverley (1S10), York station
Not a very good picture of 91119 as it stands at York station (in the cheap seat of platforms so as to speak!) leading the 09.30 King's Cross to Edinburgh. It was normally the case that Anglo-Scottish express' such as this, the 1S10, would have been signalled into the trainshed's former platform three (now five).
Keywords: 91119 09.30 London King's Cross-Edinburgh Waverley 1S10 York station East Coast InterCity 225

91108, GR 09.30 Edinburgh Waverley-London King's Cross (1E09), York station
The 09.30 Edinburgh to King's Cross 1E09 service gets away from York station. Whilst a rather dull DVT will be silently leading the train at the front, 91108 is at the rear making all the noise and providing the power, in this case nearly six and half thousand horsepower!
Keywords: 91108 09.30 Edinburgh Waverley-London King's Cross 1E09 York station InterCity Class 225

NER tiled route map (c.1900), York station
With the adjacent florist's display to the left one of the remaining former North Eastern Railway's tiled maps is seen at York station. Composed of sixty-four square white glazed ceramic tiles with a border of forty-eight moulded capping tiles they are still to be found at a number of stations throughout the northeast. They were manufactured by Craven, Dunnill & Co Ltd, and were installed in and around 1900 with nine remaining examples at Beverley, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Morpeth, Saltburn, Scarborough, Tynemouth, Whitby and here at York.
Keywords: NER tiled route map York station

66011, 09.53 Redcar BSC-Rylstone, York station
66011 takes the sharp curve into York's platform three at York leading the 09.53 BSC Redcar to Rylstone empty stone train. The train came to a halt in order to facilitate a crew change with the relief driver getting his belongings together to the extreme right of the photograph.
Keywords: 66011 09.53 Redcar BSC-Rylstone York station EWS

158860, NT 11.40 Selby-York (2R88), York station
158860 has just terminated at York's platform one with the 11.40 from Selby. The Northern guard is seen assisting customers departing from the train and is obviously exchanging some amusing words with them! Notice the huge numbers of bikes to the right of the photograph. There is active consideration being given to reinstating the second bay platform to improve capacity; will this become another of the fabled platform zeros?
Keywords: 158860 11.40 Selby-York 2R88 York station Northern

82218, GR 10.00 Edinburgh Waverley-London King's Cross (1E10), York station
The DVTs are seldom photographed with the Class 91s at the other end being of more interest to the enthusiast. However, when the opportunity arises I tend to record the DVTs as they are as much a part of our network as anything else. 82218 leads the 10.00 Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross 1E10 service into York.
Keywords: 82218, GR 10.00 Edinburgh Waverley-London King's Cross (1E10), York station

220025, XC 11.35 Newcastle-Southampton Central, (1O88), York station
The first of our trains home arrives at York station. With just four carriages 220025 is essentially just a fancy DMU so I hope that the seat reservation system is working ensuring that my family have a seat for our journey to Sheffield. The CrossCountry service was the 1088 11.135 Newcastle to Southampton. Notice that the driver is choosing his arrival at York to demonstrate his windscreen washing technique!
Keywords: 220025 11.35 Newcastle-Southampton Central 1O88 York station

222015, EM 13.49 Sheffield-London St. Pancras (1C52), Sheffield station
Having travelled from York on a CrossCountry Voyager our next train awaits us at Sheffield in the form of an EMT Meridian, very similar to the earlier Class 220. 222015 will work the 13.49 to St. Pancras that will take us as far as Leicester where we will have to change again.
Keywords: 222015 13.49 Sheffield-London St. Pancras 1C52 Sheffield station EMT East Midlands Trains Meridian

170636, XC 12.27 Stansted Airport-Birmingham New Street (1N55), Leicester station
Leicester station always seems particularly busy with many passengers changing trains with lines heading off in all directions. CrossCountry operate a number of services mainly using their fleet of largely inadequate Class 170s operating regional trains. Here, there is going to be competition for seats and space aboard 170636 working the 12.27 Stanstead Airport to Birmingham New Street train at the station's platform three.
Keywords: 170636 12.27 Stansted Airport-Birmingham New Street 1N55 Leicester station CrossCountry

222006, EM 13.58 London St. Pancras-Sheffield (1F40), Leicester station
The brick structure that spans the lines and the ends of the platforms seen in this photograph is all that remains of the Leicester (London Road) station structure that was opened in 1894 for the Midland Railway having been designed by Charles Trubshaw. The rest of the buildings were wiped away in 1978 when the station underwent its third re-build giving us what we have today. 222006 arrives at the station working the 13.58 London St. Pancras to Sheffield 1F40 service.
Keywords: 222006 13.58 London St. Pancras-Sheffield 1F40 Leicester station EMT East Midlands Trains Meridian

222006, EM 13.58 London St. Pancras-Sheffield (1F40) & 43049, EM 14.32 Nottingham-London St. Pancras (1B53), Leicester station
Two generations of East Midlands Trains stand at Leicester station. To the left is 222006 dating from 2006 is working the 13.58 St. Pancras to Sheffield service. Whilst, to the right is an HST being led by 43049 dating from 1977 that is working the 14.32 Nottingham to St. Pancras service. Out of the two, I do not need to announce here which one I would prefer to travel on but it does reinforce the old adage of old is better!
Keywords: 222006 13.58 London St. Pancras-Sheffield 1F40 43049 14.32 Nottingham-London St. Pancras 1B53 Leicester station East Midlands Trains EMT HST Meridian

170518, XC 14.22 Birmingham New Street-Stansted Airport (1L44), Leicester station
The 14.22 Birmingham New Street to Stanstead Airport CrossCountry train arrives at Leicester station. The train was already full and standing when it arrived with many passengers waiting to board on the platforms that made for an uncomfortable travelling experience. I am not at all sure why TOCs, such as XC, can get away with providing such wholly inadequate trains on routes such as this but it just goes to reinforce what a broken model of privatisation that we have to endure on what is essentially a public service.
Keywords: 170518 14.22 Birmingham New Street-Stansted Airport 1L44 Leicester station CrossCountry XC

43058, EM 14.15 London St. Pancras-Nottingham (1D42) & 222003, EM 14.29 Sheffield-London St. Pancras (1C55), Leicester station
HST north - Meridian south. 43058 leads the 14.15 St. Pancras to Nottingham 'fast' service into Leicester station whilst 222003 pauses with the 14.29 Sheffield to London service.
Keywords: 43058 14.15 London St. Pancras-Nottingham 1D42 222003 14.29 Sheffield-London St. Pancras 1C55 Leicester station East Midlands Trains HST Meridian

222010, EM 15.05 Nottingham-London St. Pancras (1B56), Leicester station
Our third and final train home completing our journey from York to Wellingborough arrives at Leicester station. The 15.05 Nottingham to St. Pancras 'stopper' or 'slow' whichever term you prefer, is being worked by Meridian 222010. Once again, a busy service where the reservation system was non-operational as is all too often the case making the scamble for seats a bit of a bunfight!
Keywords: 222010 15.05 Nottingham-London St. Pancras 1B56 Leicester station East Midlands Trains Meridian

Tickets, York-Welingbourough
Our return fare tickets from York to Wellingborough. Despite the crowded carriages, poor service patterns necessitating three changes in both directions and the quality of the trains themselves the price is pretty good.
Keywords: Tickets York-Welingbourough

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