The Black 5 steam locomotive 45428 passes through Grosmont. The engine, named after the former Bishop of Wakefield, Eric Treacy has undergone extensive restoration which has taken 11 years.
Railway photographer, Eric Treacy was often allowed special access to areas denied to many railway photographers. He also befriended many of the footplate crews, occasionally persuading them to create special smoke effects for the camera.
Eric Treacy was a prolific railway photographer and the Treacy collection of around 2,000 images is housed at the National Railway Museum in York.
The locomotive was lovingly restored by staff of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at a cost of £600,000. The engine has been pressed into service and can be seen steaming along the railway.
Eric Treacy took up railway photography after a visit to Liverpool Lime Street station. His work has appeared in magazines and he published several books. He was awarded an MBE for his services as an Army Padre during the second world war.
It was a poignant moment as 45428 Eric Treacy arrived at Pickering on Thursday 13 May 2010. It was 32 years to the day since Eric Treacy died waiting for a train at Appleby station on the Settle & Carlisle line.
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