St Albans - York 16th December

Here you will find my photos of my trip to York behind 60009 (Steamer, not a tug) on the Yuletide express by the Touring company

The first photo of the trip is 60009 blasting into gear passing Leagrave.
We stop at Kettering for water....
As we wait for the beast to finish drinking, we see a HST rush northbound, something the steam bashers didn't want.
Just to show the coaching stock used on the tour, a mix of Mk IIs and Mk Is
66210 speeds through Kettering
60009 bursts into life whilst a HST set sits at Kettering
"What's that coming over the hill, is it a monster?" We head to Melton mowbray on the Corby line.
The monster being 60056....
As we head to Melton mowbray the steam blocks the sun to create a nice effect captured here
The early morning sun shines into the steam as we cross through the midlands
Near Doncaster and the sun shines down onto the charter
60009 rests at York after making alot of time up between York and Loughborough
A new TPE class 185 departs Leeds for Manchester airport
50049 "Defiance" and 50031 "Hood" come in to Leeds
We crossed on to the slow lines just before Chesterfield, so I decided to take a shot
We depart Kettering but 60009 was wheel slipping so my cam went up and up
Now we depart Bedford but with a smoother departure

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