Forget the negative comments, seeing A4's is always sentimental pleasure, I'm 77yrs old now and remember the wonderful days of steam and it's sad passing, think yourselves lucky that these great locomotives are still around and goving pleasure to all ages.
Thank you! Yesterday was my first time seeing the A4 and any A4 for that matter, and what a loco! I have now changed the title of the video so all good now 👍
I too remember well the A4's at Kings Cross when it was all steam in the sixties. They were all covered in oil and dirt mostly then and not pristine like they are now on railtours. I remember all the oil and moisture up against the buffers and after the train pulled out the A4 left at the buffers would thrash when it later pulled out on it's own.
I saw this magnificent engine when I visited the York Museum about ten years ago. I was outside attached to two tenders which I had never seen before. To literally stand beside the locomotive was an absolute thrill. The actual blue is stunning. I am now 67 and as a child I remember steam trains in operation and my love for steam has never died. To see this beats in action is incredible. Long may these steam tours continue. I did catch the Flying Scotsman in action also many years ago going through West Brompton station in west London. That was an unexpected treat too. Thank you for your video.
Your close up shots of various details of the loco were really interesting for me. A nice sequence and a reminder of my spotting days on platform 10 in the late 50's.
Smashing video, well worth getting wet for, i was lucky enough to walk through SMG's tender and ride on the footplate for a few miles at NYMR last year, i have subscribed to you...Mal
When trains really were beautiful, carriages had comfort and made when society still had manners and respect and did not damage or deface with graffiti. Thanks for showing a magnificent example of our engineering.
Reminds me of when even inner-city buses had wooden window frames, moquette seat coverings, and exposed lightbulbs. The former were only vandalised in the very late years (after the world-order had changed), and I can't remember anyone stealing a lightbulb, ever.
No doors were on the latch, but one or two were a little warped near the bottom. I suspect this rake has central locking anyway (could be wrong on that), which precludes doors on the latch anyway.
Was the run through at Finsbury Park at the start of the day before departure from KX? How and where did the train reverse to get SNG at the front of the train for departure from KX?
@@thetrainguy2024For rescue if needed so that any problem with SNG doesnt block the East Coast mainline and also to power the electric train heating in the carriages (probably unless SNG has been retro-fitted with something to do that).
I really wish in Thomas and Friends that they hadn't made Spencer such a jerk. But, the real A4s can still be our superheroes on wheels because in a way they have awesome personalities and paintjobs too, like I think the BR blue is the best paint job for Sir Nigel Gresley.
@@stpetersfarmhouse yes I will attach some links below: These websites can be used for railtour updates and light engine moves: www.railwayherald.com/railtours#49647 www.railadvent.co.uk/railtours These are some of the main tour operators: www.railwaytouring.net/ steamdreams.co.uk/ saphostrains.com/ www.ukrailtours.com/ www.pathfindertours.co.uk/ www.branchline.uk/current-fixtures.php And these are websites you can use to look for timings when they get put up through a certain station: live.rail-record.co.uk/ www.realtimetrains.co.uk/ 👍
Just love those beautiful brush strokes in her paint you don't get that these days, why was gresley claiming the speed record from malard which is my favourite train since i was kid in 60 s , shame gresley had to tow a diesel but guess thats a main line requirement
I was wondering that about the speed record plaque. Maybe it's wearing it as a member of the class. In any case, unlike most other speed records, railway speed records are all achieved in one direction (without a return run) and always downhill - same with City of Truro coming down the incline from Whiteball Summit.
@@simonuden8450SNG was wearing the plaque for the POST WAR speed record (112mph) set in 1959.. Nothing misleading whatsoever. Mallard's 126 was the outright world speed record of 126 set in 1938. I'm confused as to why people simply cant READ the words on No7's plaque...
@@paulcaswell2813 I see your point. I, like several other people had forgotten Mallard did 126. However, how do 21 intervening years and 14 mph less make it a record? And what has the intervention of a world war got to do with it? Surely it is a non-record
@@simonuden8450Given the wreckage of Britain's railways system during WWII, and the poor quality of coal post-war, the record of Bill Hoole and No7 (on a much heavier train that Mallard's record example) was nothing less than astounding. The 1959 record was achieved with fare-paying passengers on board: Mallard's record was achieved with only a few LNE and Westinghouse staff, and boffins aboard...
Wrong. No7 is wearing the plaque for the POST WAR speed record of 112mph. Mallard was the outright speed record of 126 set in 1938. There is nothing misleading about SNG's plaque.
I've seen none. And I'll never see for the rest of my life, but in videos on youtube. The point is the loco, not her departure; 60007 Sir Nigel is amazing!
I agree. It's 'click bait' to get viewers and therefore money. It's sad we're deceived like that. There's no need, if you like steam or 'Gresley' in particular you're going to watch anyway !!
For people of a certain age, it is amazing to see an A4 Pacific engine still running today! I watched this one and many others about sixty years ago in Edinburgh. They were a wonderful sight and still are. Train spotting was never the same when the steam engines disappeared.
Bill Hoole, was the top link driver, I think I remember him saying 60007 was always an extremely fast loco, several A4’s were fast, possibly faster than MALLARD. His book is worth a read. I’m not knocking MALLARD I love all STREAKS saw plenty in my spotting days asa child. Gresley’s N2 tanks 0-6-2 could really go if opened up, they could be fun going faster than expresses out of the Cross.
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Forget the negative comments, seeing A4's is always sentimental pleasure, I'm 77yrs old now and remember the wonderful days of steam and it's sad passing, think yourselves lucky that these great locomotives are still around and goving pleasure to all ages.
Thank you! Yesterday was my first time seeing the A4 and any A4 for that matter, and what a loco! I have now changed the title of the video so all good now 👍
I too remember well the A4's at Kings Cross when it was all steam in the sixties. They were all covered in oil and dirt mostly then and not pristine like they are now on railtours. I remember all the oil and moisture up against the buffers and after the train pulled out the A4 left at the buffers would thrash when it later pulled out on it's own.
@@barry5111 oh wow! Thanks for sharing 👍
So great work and activity to have Sir Nigel on steam and departing Kings Cross again ! Thank for sharing.
@@johannessilver8653 thanks it was great to see such a great loco at an iconic station!
Excellent filming, well done. Loving the 'blood & custard' rake of coaches looking in brilliant condition, as is 60007. 👍
Yep was an amazing railtour and was good to see gresley for the first time!
I saw this magnificent engine when I visited the York Museum about ten years ago. I was outside attached to two tenders which I had never seen before. To literally stand beside the locomotive was an absolute thrill. The actual blue is stunning. I am now 67 and as a child I remember steam trains in operation and my love for steam has never died. To see this beats in action is incredible. Long may these steam tours continue. I did catch the Flying Scotsman in action also many years ago going through West Brompton station in west London. That was an unexpected treat too. Thank you for your video.
Thank you! It’s always amazing to see these steam engines still on the mainline!
It really is and long may it continue to give new generations the real joy of steam a heritage we are proud of.@@thetrainguy2024
Great video! Love that single trackdouble sided platform at Finsbury Park.
Nice video, quite an overview of this beautiful loco!
@@ncs8730 thank you! Yes it’s an amazing loco and nice to see that blue peter will also be at King’s Cross next week
Thank you for such a superb video regards kevin😊
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video! 👍
Your close up shots of various details of the loco were really interesting for me. A nice sequence and a reminder of my spotting days on platform 10 in the late 50's.
Thank you! It’s always great to still see locos and tours out and about on the mainline!
Thank you. Used to watch these A4’s at York in the early 1960’s. Brunswick Green B.R. liveries.
Oh nice! It was my first time seeing the loco!
Great video! I saw 60007 return to Kings Cross that evening.
Thank you! Oh nice. It was my first time seeing the loco!
Smashing video, well worth getting wet for, i was lucky enough to walk through SMG's tender and ride on the footplate for a few miles at NYMR last year, i have subscribed to you...Mal
Thank you and thanks for subscribing! Oh nice, I hope to be seeing the loco and riding behind at at the ELR legends of steam gala!
GAWD that thing is Gorgeous!
Sure is!
When trains really were beautiful, carriages had comfort and made when society still had manners and respect and did not damage or deface with graffiti.
Thanks for showing a magnificent example of our engineering.
It’s great to see these locomotives and railtours still running on the mainline!
Reminds me of when even inner-city buses had wooden window frames, moquette seat coverings, and exposed lightbulbs. The former were only vandalised in the very late years (after the world-order had changed), and I can't remember anyone stealing a lightbulb, ever.
I always find the sound of a steam loco under power somehow relaxing. I should get a recording of it to help me sleep when I come in of a night shift.
Same! Love the sound of a steam locomotive!
The Guy in front of you in the first video in the white and black coat is me lol
Nice video
👍
Oh nice! Thank you! 👍
Super footage!
Thank you! 👍
Super video of the A4. 👍👍
Thank you! 👍
I saw two doors on the catch on the coaches at the start of the film, as the train was starting away from the signal check.
No doors were on the latch, but one or two were a little warped near the bottom. I suspect this rake has central locking anyway (could be wrong on that), which precludes doors on the latch anyway.
Watched her go through Ranskill, south of Doncaster. First time I've seen her since 1957 !
Oh nice! It’s the first time I’ve seen the loco!
Even though i prefer a duchess or a merchant, SNG is rather special. Absolute kudos to all who keep her in such immaculate condition.
Note that unlike a Duchess or even moreso an MN, No7 kept her feet perfectly...
@@paulcaswell2813yeah it was great to see!
Great video mate 👍
Thanks mate! 👍
@@thetrainguy2024 not a problem 👍👍
Great video. Was there to snap her arrival at York.m
Oh nice! Heard it was very busy at York?
Great video
Thank you! 👍
Was in York Seeing This Was Best Day of 2024 For Real
@@DTM50007 for me it had to be when I saw it in march at the legends of steam gala
She crossed onto the Enfield Chase line, up past us - and I missed it!
Oh no sorry to hear that!
Probably the most beautiful loco in the world.
Agreed! Only thing close to it is flying Scotsman!
One of those!
Saw this train southall Station yesterday
Nice!
Very nice video, likes from me!
Thank you! 👍
Legend
She’s not claiming Mallard’s speed record. Mallard’s record was pre-war, 1938. The plate on 60007 clearly states postwar speed record in 1958.
1959 actually. And that run was recorded by Argo Transacord, and has been available, on and off, ever since.
Apols. My bad… :)
It’s Finsbury Park actually.
No it’s not mate. It’s Finsbury Park and then King’s Cross. Get your facts right 😂🤣
Was the run through at Finsbury Park at the start of the day before departure from KX? How and where did the train reverse to get SNG at the front of the train for departure from KX?
That was certainly Finsbury Park at the beginning.
Yes the first shot was at Finsbury Park on the ECS move. The train reversed at Hornsey 👍
excellent shots 👍shame she hasn't been to Kent 🤔
Thank you! Don’t think the loco is allowed to come down to Kent!
Why is she pulling a dieselloc?
I think it’s a mainline requirement at a guess? Although I have seen railtours without a diesel loco on the rear before
@@thetrainguy2024For rescue if needed so that any problem with SNG doesnt block the East Coast mainline and also to power the electric train heating in the carriages (probably unless SNG has been retro-fitted with something to do that).
I really wish in Thomas and Friends that they hadn't made Spencer such a jerk. But, the real A4s can still be our superheroes on wheels because in a way they have awesome personalities and paintjobs too, like I think the BR blue is the best paint job for Sir Nigel Gresley.
Nice, How did you get from KX to FPK so Quick LOL
Thanks! It was the other way round so saw it at Finsbury Park on ECS and then made it to see it at Kings Cross 😂
@@thetrainguy2024 Thanks , Lovely film , is there a time table anywhere for Steam trains running on the Mainline :)
@@stpetersfarmhouse yes I will attach some links below:
These websites can be used for railtour updates and light engine moves:
www.railwayherald.com/railtours#49647
www.railadvent.co.uk/railtours
These are some of the main tour operators:
www.railwaytouring.net/
steamdreams.co.uk/
saphostrains.com/
www.ukrailtours.com/
www.pathfindertours.co.uk/
www.branchline.uk/current-fixtures.php
And these are websites you can use to look for timings when they get put up through a certain station:
live.rail-record.co.uk/
www.realtimetrains.co.uk/
👍
@@thetrainguy2024 Thank you so much
Just love those beautiful brush strokes in her paint you don't get that these days, why was gresley claiming the speed record from malard which is my favourite train since i was kid in 60 s , shame gresley had to tow a diesel but guess thats a main line requirement
I was wondering that about the speed record plaque. Maybe it's wearing it as a member of the class. In any case, unlike most other speed records, railway speed records are all achieved in one direction (without a return run) and always downhill - same with City of Truro coming down the incline from Whiteball Summit.
@@simonuden8450SNG was wearing the plaque for the POST WAR speed record (112mph) set in 1959.. Nothing misleading whatsoever. Mallard's 126 was the outright world speed record of 126 set in 1938. I'm confused as to why people simply cant READ the words on No7's plaque...
@@paulcaswell2813 I see your point. I, like several other people had forgotten Mallard did 126. However, how do 21 intervening years and 14 mph less make it a record? And what has the intervention of a world war got to do with it? Surely it is a non-record
I believe SNG has the post-war record. Yeah it’s a shame about the diesel as there have been tours which haven’t had one on the back!
@@simonuden8450Given the wreckage of Britain's railways system during WWII, and the poor quality of coal post-war, the record of Bill Hoole and No7 (on a much heavier train that Mallard's record example) was nothing less than astounding. The 1959 record was achieved with fare-paying passengers on board: Mallard's record was achieved with only a few LNE and Westinghouse staff, and boffins aboard...
Very confusing to see Mallard's World Speed Record plate attached to Sir Nigel Gresley.
Wrong. No7 is wearing the plaque for the POST WAR speed record of 112mph. Mallard was the outright speed record of 126 set in 1938. There is nothing misleading about SNG's plaque.
What's misleading? It clearly says "Post War" record holder.
@@alanmusicman3385Don't ask. I think some people are blind!
The caption is 'click bait'. "Amazing departure ", I done think so !!
Sorry. Title has been changed 👍
What's amazing about that? It's a great engine but I've seen better departures than this one!
Fair enough! Sorry, the title has been changed 👍
I've seen none. And I'll never see for the rest of my life, but in videos on youtube. The point is the loco, not her departure; 60007 Sir Nigel is amazing!
I really cannot see why this is described as an "amazing" departure when it was unevenful and pedestrian! Hype, I'm afraid.
I agree. It's 'click bait' to get viewers and therefore money. It's sad we're deceived like that. There's no need, if you like steam or 'Gresley' in particular you're going to watch anyway !!
@@AndreA-ke2idsorry. The title has been changed
I suspect to give a chance of a decent look.
For people of a certain age, it is amazing to see an A4 Pacific engine still running today! I watched this one and many others about sixty years ago in Edinburgh. They were a wonderful sight and still are. Train spotting was never the same when the steam engines disappeared.
Rather mundane
It was a perfect get-away with not a hint of a slip.
Bill Hoole, was the top link driver, I think I remember him saying 60007 was always an extremely fast loco, several A4’s were fast, possibly faster than MALLARD. His book is worth a read. I’m not knocking MALLARD I love all STREAKS saw plenty in my spotting days asa child. Gresley’s N2 tanks 0-6-2 could really go if opened up, they could be fun going faster than expresses out of the Cross.
Was great to see! Love all A4s but seeing one for the first time was amazing!