Steamy weekend for iconic Train engine

Last weekend for train buffs must have been a good one if they happened to be in the Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby.

With Whitby Abbey in the background, iconic steam engine Sir Nigel Gresley couples up with its carriages as it prepares to leave the resort.

A STEAM locomotive built for speed which spent much of its long and distinguished career hauling expresses on the East Coast line, made history at the weekend.

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