THOUSANDS of handmade poppies which were draped down the side of a York church are now being displayed on a locomotive once used to transport soldiers during the First World War.

The display has been created at the National Railway Museum in York, where staff have attached them to SE & CR Class D locomotive no. 737 which has been placed at the centre of the Great Hall’s turntable.

As well as poppies, the museum display includes more than 300 photographs of railway workers who died during the conflict.

These are taken from the museum’s Fallen Railwaymen database which records the 20,000 railway workers who were killed in service during the Great War. The display runs at the museum until the end of the month.

The poppies previously adorned the side of of All Saints’ Church in the city centre to mark the Armistice centenary.