Ex-LNER Gresley 'V2' class 2-6-2 No. 60810. Built at Darlington in September 1937 as LNER No. 4781 and withdrawn in November. 1965.
This fine early 1960s panorama at the North end of York Station has much to attract the attention. A bewhiskered DMU for Scarborough, mainenance staff atop York's magnificent glazed roofs, 60810 with original 'monobloc' cylinders, platform end 'spotters and beyond them, a glimpse of one of the ancient roundhouses at York South. A time machine please...

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