The Great Gathering,the remaining six A4 Pacific,s at York.

[calflier]

As many trainfans will know the Great gathering,of the six remaining Sir Nigel Gresley designed A4 Pacific locomotives is current ly taking place at the National railway museum in York and its free!Hope you enjoy the photos taken yesterday (wednesday 10th july)





















As can be seen,the crowds were enormous,we were told it would take 90 minutes queueing to get into the main hall,but in the event it took only 25 minutes,Try to get there if you can to view this once in a life time occassion,but I would probably avoid the weekend,its on until 17th july,Have you been yet Dave,its in your neck of the woods!.

[copperbob]

Myself and the g/f were there last month for my birthday (52, I know I don't look it) and saw 5 of the 6! only one missing was Sir Nigel Gresley. We saw Bittern in York station in steam on a charter, looked magnificent, and I have to say they have done wonders with Dominion of Canada and Dwight D as they both came into the country not in the best of condition, A pleasure to see them and as you said, a once in a lifetime thing

Bob

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Calflier,
Nice photos. I went to Shildon when Dwight and Dominion arrived. In a strange way, I actually preferred Dominion when it was still in its original Brunswick green, rust and all to the pristine garter blue it wears now.

I went last month when it joined Dwight and Mallard and got a totally uncluttered photo of three of them! The six will be present again for a final farewell last week in October, I think. I will go then, but it will probably be chaos again. There will also be free entry to a late-night light show in October when the locos are to be specially illuminated.

Cheers,

Dave

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Here's a couple I took in June when there were three there (Mallard, Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower).

Cheers,

Dave

[calflier]

Nice shots Dave,
And yes it was a bit of a squeeze yesterday.may have a look at October,its a pity they dont have a viewing gantry type thing.but I suppose it all cost,s money after all,and we have all heard the stories about the funding shortfall,I am away for all september,I wont say where I am going this time, but hopefully I will be back for any October photo session with the A4,s,thanks for the comments
Calflier.

[ronturner]

Great photos and thanks for posting as I am unlikely to see this spectacle.
The Dwight D Eisenhower in photo six looks just perfect, just like the pristine "O" gauge Hornby engine that my brother used to have, and gave away to a friend for his kids to destroy.

RT

[calflier]

Jul 20, 2013 6:47:00 GMT 1 ronturner said:

Great photos and thanks for posting as I am unlikely to see this spectacle.
The Dwight D Eisenhower in photo six looks just perfect, just like the pristine "O" gauge Hornby engine that my brother used to have, and gave away to a friend for his kids to destroy.

RT

Yes Ron,when I Took the photo I thought thats just like the Hornby 00 version(or vice versa),but they are around for a while yet,with some photo shoots in the autumn,but not as easy for you to get there,anyway thanks for the comment.
best regards Calflier.