Splendide machine
HFF Loose ! et bon we

Belle prise excellemment partagée.
HFF et agréable fin de semaine paisible.

A railway jewel************************
Have a nice and peaceful weekend!!!!

Looks quite impressive.
hFF

Quite lucky to get such a clear shot Pete. A good one for sure. HFF and happy weekend.

A great shot, Pete, I recall the Hornsby model of these. HFFand have a great weekend.

Always good to see the Mallard Pete. This reminds me that it is about time that I revisited this museum too. Well done.

HFF, enjoy the weekend. Herb

My mum tells me that the Mallard made me cry when the driver blew the whistle in York Station whilst we stood nearby. I would have been two or three years old. Maybe 1953 or 1954. I don’t remember that experience, but I do remember seeing the train there.

This is a super shot, Pete, which brings back long-distant memories. (Can you still climb on the engines in the railway museum? I remember doing so back in the day when I was still in short pants, standing in the cab and climbing on the coal tender, but I think that was in the original museum, not this modern one. Or does my memory play me false?)

Thanks John. I think you may well be thinking of the old museum at Clapham because it only came to York in 1975 by which time I suspect you probably would have been in long trousers at age 24... :-))

Excellent clear capture Pete!
HFF and a good weekend

HFF Pete. I'm glad I don't have to service this... The bridge over the loco reminds me of the foot bridges between platforms at stations here in Qld.

A good capture Pete,.. and a fine Loco' I take a great interest in how the Walschaerts gear operates on these things,..all the connecting rods balancing too - // Have a good weekend - and HFF to you - from Dj

HFF und ein schönes Wochenende!

Eine schöne Aufnahme, Pete- HFF! Komm gut ins Wochenende!

HFF!