Engine named after Bishop returns to rails

One of Britain's much loved steam engines has returned to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway – 45428, named after the former Bishop of Wakefield, Eric Treacy.

The 'Black 5' loco has been away from the moors for 11 years for a 600,000 restoration programme that has given the engine a new lease of life. Its return yesterday came 32 years to the day since the former Bishop of Wakefield died of a heart attack whilst at Appleby station on the Settle to Carlisle line, waiting for a rail tour.

Bishop Treacy made a name for himself as a prolific railway photographer and his work features in numerous books. The Treacy collection of some 2,000 railway images is housed in the National Railway Museum in York. Now that the engine Eric Treacy is back in harness, it will be working on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.