60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' REPLACES Double-Headed Class 37's at Taunton 37521 + 37688 LOCO CHANGE..!

See A4 loco 'Sir Nigel Gresley' replacing 37521 and 37688 at Taunton with an LSL tour from Shrewsbury to Kingswear.
See the tractors arrive into platform 2 before they're detached and moved across into the nearby sidings to await the return journey later in the day.
'Sir Nigel' is then reversed onto the head of the coaching stock after positioning from Bishops Lydeard.
Before the departure, see a viewpoint of old and new with crossing class 800 units passing by 'Sir Nigel' (times definitely haven't changed for the better here!).
Hope you enjoy the video! Thanks for watching.
#locochange #60007 #sirnigelgresley #37521 #37688 #A4 #1Z27 #locomotives #steam #steamengine #steamlocomotive #kingswear #taunton

[@billwinward9324]

Summer of 1958, we travelled from Newcastle Central to Kings Cross hauled by that locomotive. Fantastic!

[@michaeltaylor1869]

Nice video 👍great camera work as usual as well keep it up 👍bye for now Philip

[@hazelmanship7516]

Great footage, looked lovely puffing away thanks

[@ianjones4116]

Tractors back on there old stomping ground. Gresley was looking good too. I caught the logs at Welshpool yesterday, asked the driver for some clagg on departure, lol,,, fair play, he did try 😁👍😎

[@trainsplanes]

I keep forgetting about Friday logs 🤣😜 I’ve got to get over to catch those over the next couple of weeks 👍

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Great catch 👍

[@mikeatpudhamjunction2323]

Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

[@oli720-oli]

Do I need a platform ticket at Taunton? 😊 hoping to see next Saturday ......superb footage👍

[@jaybee1921]

12 coaches plus a Diesel loco, impressive haulage power...

[@Sophiebryson510]

I love the A4’s truly the best steam locos (in theory, the 800’s could be the A7’s and 8’s?

[@mikeking2539]

What's an A7 and 8?

[@Sophiebryson510]

@@mikeking2539 a fictionak designation for the 800’s and 802’s based upon LNER designation schemes

[@martinjh999]

688 is in nice livery - What is it??

[@trainsplanes]

Hi Martin, that’s the Trainload Construction livery with ICI badges also. Great looking loco 👌👍

[@TrenyCwm]

Shunt the kettle into the sidings instead. Keep the 37s on!😂

[@class50thrasher]

Why'd they put that bit on the back of the coal cart it kinda ruins it.

[@matthewbrooks5072]

Do you mean the corridor connection on the tender?

[@class50thrasher]

@@matthewbrooks5072 as in the gangway they added that leads to nowhere yes

[@matthewbrooks5072]

@@class50thrasher it's a corridor tender. It connects to the coaches to allow crew changes on the move etc. There's a narrow corridor inside the tender on the right hand side, where the round window is.

[@terrier_productions]

@@class50thrasher Do you even know why corridor tenders were invented in the first place? Gresley came up with the idea so crew changes could occur without the need to stop the train. It was proven successful and basically all of Gresley's A1s (later A3s) and A4s had gained a corridor tender by the time The War had begun. Corrider tenders were in use for up to 40 years before being withdrawn with steam in 60s..

[@andressanchez4517]

Why is it impossible to get a platform ticket and you have to grovel to a member of staff to get on the station...privatised GWR shite... Great day down there i would say tho

[@TrenyCwm]

Private see