RailPictures.Net Photo: 48151 London Midland & Scottish Railway Ex-LMS 8F class 2-8-0 at Ferry Fryston, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom by Steve Armitage
Can it really be April already? The first of this year's 'Yorkshire Coast Express' trains strides away from Castleford behind immaculately groomed '8F' No. 48151. I can assure those who did not know these fine locomotives 'back in the day' that they NEVER looked like this in service. You'd be lucky if the cab-side number was visible under layers of grime! The train was absolutely packed with day-trippers presumably glad to see some fine early Spring weather at long last.