North Eastern Railway designed W.Worsdell 'J72' class 0-6-0 Tank No.69008. Built at Darlingon in December 1949 and withdrawn in December1963.

It continues to be one of the steam era's most unlikely stories, that the first and last of Wilson Worsdell's sturdy little 'J72s' were built no less than fifty-three years apart! This 1950s scene is the first I have seen from this viewpoint, showing the unlovely rear of York's Odeon Cinema (above the cab) of 69008. The road-facing part of the Odeon on Blossom Street has a fine Art Deco design facade though.

© Stephen Barrett Archive-SA Collection