York The Transition Years: Steam to Diesel: No. 56

Although there are some blue diesels at this beginning of this selection, the majority of railway photographer Keith Pirt's pictures are of steam locomotives during their last years of service in the 1950s and 1960s. All the images are in colour and show operations in and around York – on the platform, in the sheds and yards and on the station approaches – with detailed captions identifying the locomotives, dates and exact locations.