NEXT summer's community railway play at the National Railway Museum has not run out of Steam.

The York Theatre Royal, NRM and Pilot Theatre co-production will still run from June 26 to July 11 but has undergone a name change from Steam to In Fog And Falling Snow.

Written by Bridget Foreman and the go-to man of York theatre, MIke Kenny, the York railway story will be told by a cast of more than 200 as the audience moves through the NRM's collections and ends up in a new, purpose-built, 1,000-seat theatre.

"The story spans more than the age of steam, so we've decided to change the play's title," says Theatre Royal artistic director Damian Cruden, who will co-direct this summer's production with Theatre Royal associate director Juliet Forster and Pilot associate director Katie Posner.

"The new title is taken from a railway manual's instruction on driving a train... in fog and falling snow."

The play will open in the mid-1840s in York, when the British nation sets a course to dominate the world, driven by the sweat of the people and the power of steam.

As George Hudson sets forth on his journey to build the great East Coast rail network at any cost, the people who build it, along with investors and passengers, are caught up in the reckless extravagance of his great adventure.

The cost is high for all involved. As they place their bets on the future and the wheel of fortune rolls from the station towards the dark night, only the driver's daughter sees the danger ahead. What happens next? You must wait and see next summer, but at last the story of George Hudson will be told in the city where he went off the rails.

Full steam ahead, tickets are on sale for In Fog And Falling Snow on 01904 623568 or at yorktheatreroyal.co.uk