Sir Nigel Gresley Returns To The Mainline

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Hello Welcome to Harnetty Railways • In this video we see the return of an old favorite to the mainline after a 7 year absents. • Sir Nigel Gresley's ultimate achievement his streamlined A4 class in particular the loco that proudly carries his name. • The Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust's 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley in his temporary LNER Wartime black livery with his pre-nationalization number 4498. • This was the 1st time an A4 has been seen under his own power on the mainline since March 2020 when John Cameron's A4 60009 Union of South Africa done his farewell tour from Ealing Broadway to York. • This was also the 1st time an A4 has been seen in wartime black on the mainline since the 1940's. • We feature Sir Nigel in action over 3 days starting with the light loaded test runs prior to his 1st revenue earning run in the Northern Fells. • But 1st a trip down the memory line to July 2015 at Northallerton on the East Coast Mainline seeing Sir Nigel on his last run before overhaul. • Now 7 years £1,000,000 pounds later he's back. • We start with the light test run which ran between Crewe Chester via Beeston Castle as we see the A4 at Crewe taking on water before seeing him at Chester going through the station. • We move onto day 2 the day of the loaded test run on the Crewe, Chester, Shrewsbury, Telford Stafford circuit. • We start at Crewe as we see the A4 move off shed as he heads off to join his train which consisted of Locomotive Services Group's MK3 inter-city coaches. • After shunting Sir Nigel arrived into the platform ready for the off sure enough he was on his way as we see the A4 depart in the mid morning sunshine. • We head to Albrighton on part of the old Great Western mainline between Shrewsbury Wolverhampton as we see Sir Nigel climbing up the bank. • I thought my day was over at that point but it wasn't as I pass Sir Nigel at Stafford which enabled me to get to Crewe see Sir Nigel roll straight into the depot. • The test runs were a great success Sir Nigel was ready for his 1st revenue earning run since July 2015 working a members shareholders special from Crewe to Carlisle return outward via The Settle Carlisle return via Shap. • We 1st see the A4 coming round the curve near Winwick Junction as Sir Nigel speeds along heading to Farrington Junction. • We catch up with the A4 at Carlisle which resulted in the 1st sighting of an A4 at Carlisle since 2019. • For the return we see the A4 through Penrith. Originally intended to stop for water at Carnforth south junction but opted not to take on water at Preston instead which did give me the chance to get the odd shot of him at the station. • We end at Leyland as we see Sir Nigel accelerate away from Preston back for Crewe to round off a magnificent 3 days of chasing Sir Nigel Gresley's return to the mainline. • After the members shareholders run Sir Nigel will enter the paint shop at Crewe 5A to reacquire the BR Express Passenger lined blue livery. • It fantastic to see an A4 back on the mainline again after a 2 year absents for now by the time this video was made 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley is the only operational A4 pacific in the world. • Thanks for reading enjoy the film of 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley's return to the mainline after a 7 year absents. • #4498SirNigelGresley #TheSirNigelGresleyLocomotiveTrust #LocomotiveServicesGroup

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