Prints of York’s Old Station

Not quite a Tour of Old York but, whilst scrabbling around in the Internet Archives library, I came across two rather wonderful illustrations of the first York station and the sidings that used to extend towards Lendal Bridge.

Map extract from ‘Ordnance Survey Maps Six-inch England and Wales Yorkshire Sheet 174 (circa 1853)‘. CC-BY-NC-SA by the The National Library of Scotland. Download here.
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So, in a moment of extreme nerdiness whilst watching the 28 Years Later trailer, I wondered if the abandoned train featured in a shot was just a product of the arts department or if it actually was a real locomotive.

Some vaguely European Nato-types running around the 28 Years Later trailer. With just a hint of Dutch tilt.
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