4498/60007 Sir Nigel Gresley Finally Returns To The Rails !

The long awaited return of LNER A4 Class 4498/60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is finally here as Gresley takes her first tentative movements on the Severn Valley Railway after a lengthy overhaul. The locomotive is due to her run in her black wartime guise throughout testing and on the Severn Valley Railway's Spring Steam Gala at the end of April. The A4 is seen arriving at Highley where we also get some closeup shots which showcase the fantastic design build of the A4 locomotive. There is also two brief passing shots on Eardington Bank, where her wheels are finally seen in motion for the first time since late 2015.
I hope you enjoy the return to steam of 'Sir Nigel Gresley'

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[@User58747]

I think the A4 looks very smart in black

[@dominicporter5100]

Black or Brunswick Green, personally. Garter Blue kinda fell out of favor for me.

[@michaelcampin1464]

They were all black during WWII

[@alfazagato1455]

Unlined black makes her look pleasingly menacing. I would love to see a presrved A4 in silver, even if its not accurate for that particular loco.

[@michaelcampin1464]

@@alfazagato1455 I think like you an A4 in silver would look fantastic especially as it's Her Majesty's 70th year . M

[@andrewyoung749]

@@alfazagato1455 agree, she looks mean. like those first gen tgv sets

[@trainzville9237]

Great to see good old Sir Nigel Gresley back up and running again in 7 years. Now the only A4 Pacific in preservation in full working order.

[@philnewstead5388]

And sadly liable to remain soforthe foreseeable future with Union Of South Africa now permanently mothballed and little chance of Bittern or Mallard steaming any time soon. How lucky we were to have all three in working order and on the mainline just over ten years ago.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

I have never actually seen an A4 in transit. I cannot wait to see one on the mainline.

[@Saltybuher]

Thank you for posting this.

[@owensmith7530]

@@philnewstead5388 I understand Mallard issues (too much of the original loco would have to be replaced) and Union Of South Africa has grumpy old owner problems. But what is the problem preventing Bittern being returned to working order?

[@_Zekken]

@@owensmith7530 I dont think theres a problem with Bittern preventing an overhaul, just cost and time. Plus shes now part of the One:One collection (I dont think they own her though?) maybe someone else knows more than me. Edit: her wikipedia article says shes in queue for an overhaul. Edit2: Actually apparently the One:one collection is owned by Bitterns owner lol.

[@moyrawoodward2291]

What a beauty. Thank you to all involved in the restoration. You’ve done an incredible job.

[@BrickishRail]

She'll certainly be a crowd puller at the SVR Gala in a few weeks! Looking forward to her full return to the mainline

[@jessicaandtrains7768]

An incredible looking machine. The size of those wheels!

[@barrysheridan9186]

Wonderful to see one of these locomotives still working.

[@richardbaldwin9502]

Lovely to see A4 back especially in LNER livery

[@shanewalters2565]

I remember seeing her in videos dressed up as Spencer for Day Out With Thomas on the Watercress Line, this is my first time seeing her without a Thomas character's face, glad to see she's running again after several years out of action.

[@marcuscersy2393]

Back in black! Glad to see an A4 back in service after Union's retirement. Welcome back Sir Nigel!

[@thepoltroon992]

it's good to see gresley steam again, it carries on that LNER Legacy. superb video.

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

ooooh lovely to see her back -thank you MSV for sharing with us x

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

No problem, hope you're well.

[@SimonWallwork]

There is something wonderful about this short video.

[@harnettyrailways]

Great to see Sir Nigel up & running again after 7 years away. I look forward to seeing Sir Nigel in action over the coming months. Nice clips of the A4 in the sun. Richard

[@davidbarrett1487]

I think , I remember to link driver BILL HOOLE saying SNG was an extremely fast loco at high speed flying along as if on air very nicely sprung.

[@alanwareham7391]

I’m not usually into trains ,but you can’t help feeling proud by just looking at her,a beautiful piece of machinery that her restorers deserve a slap on the back for the many hours they put into bringing her back to life

[@oliknow]

oh damn, growing up in Germany I never saw these as a child. british trains have something elegant and beautiful. from what I grew up with this looks to me like a beautiful real life steampunk loco. just great.

[@martynwells5594]

Great to see SNG back to full working order. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@frankdost7573]

Wunderfull, seeing this old lady back on duty!

[@allangibson4354]

I was at NYMR for her final outing in 2015. Quite an emotional occasion, many a tear was shed that evening. Good to see her in steam. Thanks for posting.

[@johndavey72]

One of the rare occasions when regret living in South Devon. What a beautiful sight and sound she is ! Thanks for sharing

[@manisally]

Great video great locations and best of all great weather for you 😄👍

[@dougalexander5871]

I saw Sir Nigel in pieces on the workshop floor at York in 2019. So good to see he’s back in steam!

[@lesigh1749]

Lovely to see him back in steam, but I hope the wartime Black livery is just short term. I always loved the blue body and red wheels look best for the A4's.

[@keithalexander3386]

Good to see her back and the livery looks fantastic

[@chriswilson2431]

Great to see her in steam again. I last saw SNG at March station early one morning on what I think may have been the cathedrals express or the white rose. I can’t remember now, but either way it’s great to see her up and running. Good job team!

[@joshuaW5621]

It’s great to see Sir Nigel Gresley back

[@MaximumPressureSteam]

Can't wait to see it later this year! Great video.

[@neillangridge4354]

What a magnificent job Chaps 👦

[@Living_Life_RN]

Glad to see an A4 back in service! I haven’t seen 60007 in 3 years and even then she was in bits. SNG is my favourite A4, as I have fond memories of riding behind her on the NYMR when I was younger. Plus she was blue, which was a bonus for me!

[@royhardwick9155]

Why has she been painted green, she has always been blue.???

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

@@royhardwick9155 Green ?

[@Living_Life_RN]

@@royhardwick9155 SNG is currently painted in Wartime Black. She will remain in Black for testing and for the SVR gala before returning to BR Blue as she was before overhaul.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

It will be fantastic to have an A4 on the mainline again. I saw SNG unders restoration in York last year.

[@danielanderson2331]

Travelled behind SNG at the NYMR twice back in 2012 I think, was fantastic 😊

[@daviddodgson3178]

1952 Father Christmas brought me a Hornby Dublo Sir Nigel Gresley train set. Over the years I added to my Hornby stuff and today run an extensive 3-rail layout in my garage. Star Attraction? Sir Nigel Gresley of course. Like the real one my model has undergone a few overhauls but it's good to know they are both still steaming along.

[@CEO100able]

So cool to see some British steam engines making a comeback, just like some American ones, such as the Reading & Northern 4-8-4 #2102.

[@steamgent4592]

How awesome obviously a wartime livery but I'm just glad to see Sir Nigil back as herself as 4498 again been far too long!

[@atlantaman]

An A4 is an essential ingredient for a balanced roster of UK mainline steam. Nice 2C SNG is returning.

[@charlesphillips8635]

Nice to see in wartime black

[@thomasm1964]

She looks rather regal and beautful running light engine in such pretty countryside.

[@RiojaRoj]

Fabulous! Congrats to all involved 👏

[@kevinlookatall]

Excellent filming, mainly no background music just a lovely sound of a beautiful steam engine 👍

[@ronaldhodgson5301]

I didn't think the sound was very good, I have listened to every A4 at speed and with max load [war baby/train spotter/York] and they never had that escape of steam from the left front cylinder. Sounded like a leak, definitely not a normal 3 cylinder sound at all. Good to have 'her' back.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

Interesting to see the Walschaerts valve gear since Baker variation was used more in the US. Very quiet too in operation. 4-6-2 Pacifics are my favorite design.

[@billywindsock9597]

Looking fantastic in black.

[@susancook1617]

Great looking engine, thanks for posting.

[@davidward113]

In 1965 I bought my first house at Newton Hall, Durham, about 100m up from the East Coast main line. A4s came flying by every day, soon to be replaced by Deltics. Why didn't I take more notice!

[@michaelwhite8031]

A majestic old giant.

[@earthman6700]

Looks good in black.

[@andrewwheeldon3027]

As a kid in the 70s I was fascinated by steam engines, and had a particular fondness for the streamlined locos. I read all the books I could from the library. Now I have a memory of something I saw in a book showing Sir Nigel Gresley being destroyed in WW2 when an engine shed was bombed. There was a photograph of the wreckage. If I remember correctly, this book stated that the engine was beyond repair and that "the seagull" was renamed Sir Nigel Gresley. I could have mis remembered, this book may not have been correct... I don't remember which book this was. Anyone out there know anything about this or read the same book?

[@brianwhittington5086]

I'm not sure about which book it's in, but the only A4 Streamline Gresley Pacific I've read something similar about, happened at York. During the so called Baedeker Raids, so named because the Luftwaffe targeted notable UK tourist and historic places, highlighted in a guide book of that name. York Station and the North Shed were hit when York was bombed. At least two different types of engines were damaged beyond repair, by a direct hit from a German bomb on the night of April 28/29th 1942. A direct hit through the North Shed roof, landed between two engines, but they shielded many others from major damage. One of the two engines was A4 Pacific, No 4469 Sir Ralph Wedgwood. It was later taken to it's Doncaster Works birthplace for assessment to repair it. Only it's tender was salvageable, the engine was beyond repair and was scrapped. As far as I'm aware, but could be wrong, no other A4 got renamed/ renumbered as No 4469 Sir Ralph Wedgewood to replace the destroyed original.

[@pdtech4524]

Very handsome looking train! 👍

[@ronaldhodgson5301]

Engine, the train is the engine plus the carriages.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

Seeing this legend run would be my first time seeing an A4 in transit. A great accomplishment getting an A4 steaming again. BR blue is nice but I like the look of wartime black and the LNER initials. Rare to have mainline certified locomotives in other liveries besides British Rail.

[@EwanSmith05]

Would’ve been cool, but to me it’s a bit of a minor nitpick. Doesn’t bother me too much

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

@@EwanSmith05 Isn't much of a bother to me either. And BR Blue suits the A4's much better than BR Green. BR Green looks good on some locos like Flying Scotsman, Galatea and the mainline diesels, but I just think it looks bland and quite ugly on the A4's. But we are lucky to still have six of these amazing special locomotives preserved.

[@jamesbuckingham.2935]

@@TheBrickGuy7939 I prefer them in green.

[@EwanSmith05]

@@TheBrickGuy7939 I personally like the silver on A4's the best. It just looks right to me... not that BR Green and Blue don't but silver just gets me.

[@TheBrickGuy7939]

@@EwanSmith05 It really suits their shape and the type of locomotives they are and is very unique.

[@simonz28]

what a thing of beauty

[@mikepxg6406]

What a Thing that is. Amazing.

[@rudycarlson8245]

Yes! Finally! She is back in steam!!!!!!

[@jasonanderson6583]

A legend returns

[@wideyxyz2271]

Im loving the Livery!

[@johngray8606]

They have all the modern super trains , but although they're marvels of engineering, they'll never have the "charisma" of the old steam locos. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@nicksmith3245]

Awesome. Beautiful.

[@SteveMrW]

A beauty.

[@fredlenin8984]

They had steam locos when I was a kid ,we kids used ti love them thats an art deco one 1930s?

[@spankflaps1365]

It was recently revealed by the owners that the Gresley did a 117mph run in the 1950’s, 5mph faster than its well known post-war speed record. The 117mph run was kept secret because the crew/inspectors would have got into trouble. So Gresley has beaten the LMS Coronation speed record of 114mph.

[@thewriter6546]

Yes but if they had let Coronation run down Stoke Bank she would have easily beaten Mallard's 126 mph. That aside it's great to see this engine back in service.

[@9C85-g4b]

A few years back, I spoke to an old driver who mentioned the fastest he'd ever gone was 117mph in an A4. That is what prompted me to reply, given the speed he quoted. Possibly the same driver?

[@robertwhite361]

It would have been interesting if the LMS Coronations could have run on the long straight east coast metals as I suspect they would have easily matched the speed of the A4's

[@stephenrose9154]

I love the black livery

[@AndreiTupolev]

Doesn't it look great. Satin black really suits it

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

Yes, looks rather striking.

[@mahmoodsoleja9068]

Fantastic ! 👍

[@johncolston4758]

Just like how we brought back a Big Boy...

[@glennpowell3444]

I find it interesting that the A4's could on a good day with a good crew do 120 mph plus.A modern GWR or Pendilno can still only match that kind of speed.And the timescale is 80 odd years?.Hitachi can run must faster but our tracks and their curves cant handle that.The french and Japan had their "HS2" rails in place decades ago.The "Bullet" locos were good for 160mph while in the uk we were still mixing steam and diesel electric workings for passenger and freight on the same rails.

[@gerrycooper56]

Bring back steam! It does run on renewable energy after all.

[@ralfflade6653]

Wirklich eine sehr schöne Maschine, die hätte ich gerne mal real gesehen

[@eckmo7669]

Great to see!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Looks like the lefthand cylinder draincock could do with a bit of a clout with a hammer 🤔

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

All in good time.

[@Pikestnt]

Thanks for the explanation. I noticed it was sounding and looking odd coming up the hill. But as the reply said, that can easily be solved…. With a hammer if necessary 😀

[@Thomasthestreamliner]

Welcome back 4498/60007

[@adamleewicks8529]

Stunning video when videos wheels on the embankment can only see one steam cylinder cock open was there something wrong with other one

[@owensmith7530]

I was wondering about that too.

[@andrewharveyofficial]

i have never seen sir nigel gresley in black before

[@fossil9559]

Can I ask, why is the steam only venting out of only one cylinder ?

[@sergeantschlumpf6368]

Like on the island of Sojourne? Or Sodor?

[@jacekwojciechowski9174]

Simply great, but just a bit of whistle would be delightfull. Thank’s a lot.

[@BalticoYT]

Good to see a locomotive in a pre-BR livery. Too many of those, in my opinion.

[@roberthindle5146]

Have loved SNG since seeing her in Scarborough in the 80s. Not sure if I like this livery, though. I know it's within era, but it doesn't turn heads.

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

Its only temporary until the end of May. Back in Blue for later on in the year.

[@cromwellthesynth]

Huh . . . they decided to paint her up in wartime Austerity colours? Honestly kinda dig it. He looks good in all black

[@thestig8133]

What was her top speed i think it was about 127/8 just a bit quicker than the AWESOME!!!! FLYING SCOTSMAN at 125 ( i think it was 🤔 ) i forgot so please! don't quote me on it if others have a more accurate top speed of these BOTH AWESOME!!!! locomotives "fine" do kindly mention them. As my memory is rather poor & sadly getting worse.

[@voidjavelin23]

the A4 classes has a top operational speed of 90 mph, mallard break the record at 126 mph. Flying scotsman being the first locomotive to hit 100 mph following with papyrus

[@flamedude_1111]

Is that wartime black? If so shouldn't the tender say N E instead of L N E R?

[@GraemeBT]

Fabulous

[@james426able1]

Anyone know whats happened to the other A4 Bittern ?

[@voidjavelin23]

bittern is having a overhaul

[@derekpennymainlineproducti4885]

Magnificent

[@jeremypreece870]

Great to see this locomotive back in action. Is she going to work mainline excursions does anyone know? I can't say that I am a fan of wartime black, is she going back to blue or LNER apple green does anyone know?

[@voidjavelin23]

it will be on blue as the wartime black paint is temporary

[@simonsadler9360]

Britain,if you can undo Mrs T's negligence has huge coal reserves & with clean burn technology as used in many countries should mean the return of steam power ,saying your current fuel & electricity costs,commenting from Spain !

[@keithtanner2806]

Black?! :-o

[@wideyxyz2271]

Even though she has a boys name (sorry Mr Gresley) she is and always will be a beautiful lady ( all steam engines no matter what name they take are female!) Credit to all those involved.....Thank you.

[@lexklegz2278]

chúc mừng năm mới ạ

[@nickedwards2904]

Beautiful engine , shame about that livery though, how long is that lasting does anyone know ? I thought i read somewhere it was more of a temp thing?

[@christofsmanlib1385]

Just twiddle your thumbs for a number of weeks 😉

[@nickedwards2904]

@@christofsmanlib1385 just been to see it, garter blue it is then :-) good

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

One of the cylinder drains is leaking...

[@zangryomani1257]

Hang on wheres Greslys post ww2 speed record badge

[@ShinGojira1]

Wow! The fat controller will be proud

[@trainrover]

it maddened me seeing the Dominion of Canada looking sadly neglected at St-Constant, Quebec, so I was grateful learning its return to G.B. soon thereafter

[@RoyCousins]

Back in Black. Lovely to see this fabulous locomotive in her black livery, even if only temporarily. Fun fact: Sir Nigel lived at Salisbury Hall, Shenley, Hertfordshire from 1930 to 1939. It was then taken over by de Havillands and used for the design and construction of the first Mosquito.

[@jessicaandtrains7768]

The Mosquito! Another incredible machine 👏

[@robertbate5790]

Great to see back in service. In a way a shame the wartime black is only temporary, it would be ideal for the Autumn 40's Gala. It's also the first time I have seen an A4 in black. 👍👍

[@jackchatfield5464]

Pahaps they will Re-paint him in this livery in the future....... like they did with 503/103 Flying Scotsmen.....

[@harrymcandrew1447]

@@jackchatfield5464 scotsmans due for withdrawal for overhaul soon some geeza shared a link to an Fb group i run for that iconic failing kettle

[@petersmith4455]

hi great video, i remember when we had this loco at Southall shed around 1984 when also 4472 was there, i think it was doing trips out of Marylebone stn, the loco was in blue colour then,great memories.

[@kipsome45]

I’m liking the stealth black livery!

[@christofsmanlib1385]

Make the most of it, for a number of weeks at least 👌

[@Evaunit98]

I’ve seen the restoration progress through several trips to the railway museum so it’s good to see all that hard labour culminate in Gresley’s return to the rails

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

It’s great to finally see union of South Africa’s sister loco sir Nigel gresley returning back to the tracks for the first time in 7 years

[@spankflaps1365]

Gresley has only been out of service for 3-4 years, I went on it on its last run on the NYMR, and it was still running perfect.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@spankflaps1365 yeah and 2015 was the last time that loco had ever been seen on the mainline

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

@@spankflaps1365 It was removed from service in 2015.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@MarshSteamVideosTM exactly that’s what I said 7 years ago was the last time 60007 ran before the expiry of the boiler certificate

[@Anzaniste1]

How well I remember the cry of “STREAK❗️❗️” on Doncaster station cattle dock 70 years ago. I used to be taken by my older brother trainspotting on the way home from School which was very close by. The Streak’s whistle was very distinctive and made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Happy days😁.

[@Gothenburg32]

Yay! Sir Nigel Gresley is back in action! I actually went on him at North York Moors, when I was 8.

[@ksp-crafter5907]

That's the most art deco-esque looking steam locomotive I've ever seen! 😍

[@MarshSteamVideosTM]

I agree !

[@spirit1369]

I hope to see the engine someday. Welcome back Sir Nigel Gresley.

[@JoshHemingwayMetcalfe96]

Lovely to see Sir Nigel Gresley steaming and running again. Best wishes from Josh