Sir Nigel Gresley video

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The famous Sir Nigel Gresley steam locomotive stops off in Bentham to fill up with water.

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00:00Music

00:10Yeah, it's a bit of a step one at the beginning.

00:15Music

00:24I don't think I'm going to be able to hold it.

00:51I don't think I'm going to be able to hold it.

01:21Hello? Can you guys tell me what you're doing?

01:42Can you guys? What is it?

01:46So at the moment he's going around and checking the temperature of everything and he's writing it all down.

01:52So he's checking the temperature of all the bearings and stuff so then they know about worn and stuff, where it wears.

01:57There you go.

02:28Right, so what are you doing today?

02:30So we're taking the engines in Idlewood-Gresley over to Gros Monde on the North Yorkshire Merse Railway

02:35where we're going to be based there for about a month, running up and down on the Preserve Railway.

02:40Running about eight or nine operating days.

02:44So yeah, that's kind of where we're on our way.

02:46Just on a water stop at the moment, filling the tender back up so we can continue on to York.

02:52So yeah, I'll have to go now and get the hoses back in.

02:58Thank you, am I allowed to film on board?

03:01Sorry?

03:02Am I allowed to get a film on board?

03:04Yeah, yeah, quickly.

03:05Really? Thank you.

03:06Am I allowed to get on?

03:19Thanks very much.

03:27So we're getting ready to go.

03:45So we're getting ready to go.

04:15So we're getting ready to go.

04:43So we got our engines out.

05:03It was absolutely stunning.

05:06Absolutely stunning it was.

05:09Absolutely stunning, got on board last second.

05:12Got a chat with everyone.

05:13Absolutely superb.

05:15We got him.

05:16We got him and he was absolutely superb.

05:19Never fails to impress us, Sir Nigel Gresley.

05:22Never ever fails.

05:24He was wonderful.

05:25Brilliant to see him.

05:27Really, really happy with that.

05:29Very quick visit, quicker than last time, but we managed to get him.

05:33It was very different, it felt very rushed, but at least we managed to get him.

05:37And I'm very happy with it.

05:39Wonderful.

06:10You're so far away.

06:17You're so far away from me.

06:24Well you caught me on the 10th level.

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