Home»All my photos»2020 Railway Photographs»Green Jube at York 30 July 2020

Five months after its tour of the cotton mills, Carnforth's green Jubilee 4-6-0 headed over to York, and the next day it took over at the head of the first Scarborough Spa Express of 2020 in Holgate sidings.

I had been hoping for the classic view of a steam engine in Platform 5, under the roof and footbridge. However it was routed through Platform 4 and did not stop until it was right at the end of the Scarborough platform, so the photographic opportunities were extremely limited on this grey drizzly day.

Still, it made a good first steamy outing after four months of Covid 19 lockdown. All on the station wore masks and distancing provision had clearly been made on the twelve coach train. I guessed that around 30% of the seats were occupied.

It was good to examine in detail the beautiful new green paint finish on this proven locomotive as it chuffed off competently into the gloom.