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Great pictures '159220'. Thank you.

For a decent Great Railway Journey, Michael Palin's is hard to beat. http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/steamtrains/7306.shtml

See the existing thread Driver Bob http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=56244&page=2

Let's not forget GNER's superb CEO Christopher Garnett whose high standards of service cascaded down through the ranks. He was frequently to be seen 'on the shop floor' and I imagine commanded great respect from the staff. It has to be said that those station staff at York who transferred to...

The track installation work on the Holgate 4th Line has moved along rapidly and the new pointwork on the station side of the avoiding line is in place awaiting ballast etc to give direct access to Platforms 10 and 11 from the Down Leeds Line. New overhead gantries have been erected in...

Here is a track layout Srimera. Have had to break it in two to meet attachment rules but if you stick it together it should be fine.

I know this isn't exactly what you asked for, but it may give you a feel for the place. A bit of a pre-amble for about 10 mins but well worth a look if you haven't seen it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js8W-_qkq5Y

The two 'parcels' sidings used for loco layovers have indeed been reinstated using new materials and connected more or less where they were previously as can be seen from the attached photo. It is debatable whether platform 10 is included in the scheme as there is no evidence apparent that a new...

Work on the Holgate 4th line and junction starts this month with visible construction to be seen from early May. See the following link for details...

Some good stuff here chaps about the Retford Dive-Under http://www.signalboxes.com/building-of-retford-dive-under-in-1964.php http://www.signalboxes.com/whisker-hill-junction.php

There are also some cracking photos of train movements and track layout in York on this site http://www.davidheyscollection.com/page5.htm Am I right in thinking that there was a tunnel from the nearby Royal Mail sorting office in Leeman Road which led to a lift up to Platform 8 North to...

In response to your question re York pics and pre-electric track diagrams etc etc, the following book should meet most of your needs. It was first bpublished in 1993 at £18.99 but a Google search will find several sellers at decent prices. Superb book thoroughly recommended. Britain's Rail...