Cab ride on A4 No 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' between Grosmont & Pickering (AGM Special 'Jolly Roger')

[@midlandsroylenfield]

Used to see her on a Sunday by my home when I lived in Buckinghamshire in the 1980's. Still beautiful thanks to the efforts of all those people. Thanks for saving her and the terrific filming!!!

[@davebirkett6219]

These videos are special. Thanks so much.

[@carolkemp5935]

Thank you for an exceptional experience, with exceptional filming that gave me the impression of being on the footplate while watching. Steam engines are something I've always loved, I spent hours watching them with my grandfather at Peterborough. Now it's on the floor with my Hornby engines, including Sir Nigel Gresley, and watching these great videos of steam engines.

[@manhunter433]

LNER A4s, elegant, proud and swift steam locomotives that still showcase when they were the pinnacle of speed.

[@sussertheoriginal]

That's great and thanks for posting it up. Some excellent editing between the outside and inside views at appropriate times I think.

[@lnerrules-iw6ry]

Superb footage on the footplate of the A4, first class.

[@kevan1831]

Some machine! Was lucky enough to get a footplate ride from Pickering to Grosmont on SNG. What struck me was how noisy it was in the cab.

[@robertmatthews-me3wz]

I love 😮😊❤I love steam trains

[@paulcaswell2813]

Magnificent views of the Gresley 2-to-1 lever in action: best I've ever seen!

[@wrote8]

Fascinating!

[@SteamCrane]

80" drivers, 21 feet per revolution. Looks like she's just loafing along. Thanks for showing the combining gear working! Looks to be pretty easy on the fireman. Wiki talks about the steam piping being streamlined internally, a combustion chamber added, and a Kylchap exhaust. Similar to the steam flow experiments that William Woodard at the US Lima Locomotive Works did to produce the revolutionary "Super Power" locos. I can see why Nigel was knighted.

[@nymrfootage]

A4s were designed to run up and down the East Coast Mainline.This trip is like a gentle walk for the A4 😂 . Hopefully she will be back in the mainline in the next month or two, doing 75mph with 12 coaches.

[@deeremeyer1749]

Yeah. Taking an hour to cover 17 miles looks like that.

[@porkinel]

Brilliant, enough said! !

[@michaeltaylor1869]

Beautiful video well done bye for now Philip

[@mikeking2539]

Wonderful

[@alantoms3263]

Thanks for sharing. Always fascinating to see how easily these beasties can get moving. Had me thinking how relatively difficult it must have been to maintain a clear control of the boiler levels / injectors at night-time with the strong firebox glow distracting. Al.

[@johncollins8071]

Fabulous video. Please forgive my ignorance, but what is the purpose of the wheel turned by the driver?

[@nymrfootage]

That is the reverser for controlling the direction the loco moves and the steam cut off. Similar to gears on a car. The reversers works from 75% back gear to 75% Full forward with different cut offs between full back and full forward gear. Mid gear or 0% is like neutral on a car. The loco won't move if steam is applied. When departing you would usually set the reverser to full forward or full back then move the reverser to a suitable cut off when you get to crusing speed.

[@johncollins8071]

@@nymrfootage Nicely explained. Thank you.

[@asbonescemetery]

No effort needed up the 1 in 49 Hill what is the saying looks to have run as smooth as a bobbin thanks

[@josephinebennington7247]

How is the firebox riddled to get rid of the accumulating ash?

[@nymrfootage]

The firebox has a drop grate towards the front. This is opened for the ash to be pushed through and into the ashpan when it can then be dropped into the pit for removal

[@josephinebennington7247]

@@nymrfootage OK, so the ash drops away under gravity, or with assistance from the fireman, while the loco is running?

[@SteamCrane]

39:28 - Levisham

[@sprinterofficial8457]

very nice, can i ask, when an a4 whistles, a little bit of steam comes out just on top of the name plate. whats that bit for?

[@michaeljane6141]

Where's the whistle control

[@nymrfootage]

It's Infront of the driver in the left hand side. It's a small red handle that is pulled towards the driver

[@kennethwhitmarsh5676]

BI can see what the engineer is doing I can see what the fireman is doing but what are the other two supposed to bedoing

[@davidbarton5438]

What's the role of the two guys ! Passengers !

[@nymrfootage]

There's a driver, fireman, owners representative and footplate passenger. Usually there would be the driver and fireman owner but the loco was a visiting loco to the railway so the drivers representative often goes out to check the loco is running ok after it's move to the railway. The footplate passenger is a member of the loco owning group so was allowed to accompany the footplate crew.

[@rudycarlson8245]

@@nymrfootage wasn’t Roger Barker 60007’S long time, driver?

[@danutolteanu3193]

ÎMI PLACE !

[@deeremeyer1749]

A one-hour video for a 17-mile trip.

[@tango6nf477]

An observation or criticism?

[@wdg6478]

Yeah it’s a shame it’s not 2 hours. Fantastic footage!

[@deeremeyer1749]

That pile wasted more steam than it uses.

[@tango6nf477]

An observation or criticism?