1957 or 2007? Perhaps only the cleanliness of the right hand loco gives the game away as two charter freights cross on the preserved double-track Great Central Railway.

Conversation around the turntable at the preserved Barrow Hill roundhouse.

The 0945 Grosmont-Pickering leaves behind this elderly freight engine, known as the 'Super D', on the first day of the 3-day Autumn Steam Gala.

In failing light, the 'Super D' is surrounded by a halo of steam, provided by the loco behind (invisible) emptying its cylinders at the end of the day's work.