The first movement Of 60532 Blue Peter at Crewe 14/03/24

[@FlyingFoxandBambi4475]

Finally! Blue Peter is Blue. It's always been green and now it's in Blue.

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Looking promising for blue 💙 should be good to see on the mainline

[@Trainboy11]

I think blue is a cool color

[@alfimate3712]

I love br express blue more the br green

[@Caledonianpug]

What a historic moment

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Yes it definitely is. Lovely to see 60532 back in full steam 😀

[@user-yp5do3oh1c]

"Blue is the only proper colour for an engine".

[@danielsellers8707]

Looks like Gordon would in real life!

[@theaccountofmine.8779]

It’s weird looking at the driving wheels, since I’m used to the larger ones on Tornado. Nice video

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Thank you it's was wonderful to film it after so long not in service.

[@theaccountofmine.8779]

@@trainiacvideos3832 A great sight to see, made my day when I came home!

[@tangmerebob2395]

Good eyesight Tornado's is 6" larger

[@benforster6254]

The blue suits it

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Looks great doesn't it 😀

[@annmills5853]

Just the sound of a steam train brings back so many memories of England ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Times gone by😊🤗😉

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Very true you can't beat steam 👌

[@traingameiacs]

Well well well.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Well well well what do we have here the return of blue Peter after 22 years

[@joshhemingwaythewlismetcalfe96]

Great video of Blue Peter returning.

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Thank you. Such a great sight to see today.

[@rickharris3108]

Nice in blue

[@atsfevan0242]

So glad to see her back and shockingly in blue! Cudos to the people who did that over giving her green. She still looks good in green, but I prefer the blue honestly.

[@thomasspencer2649]

The blue with the bronze nameplate and rods suit so well together, a refreshing change from BR green

[@atsfevan0242]

@@thomasspencer2649 indeed

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@atsfevan0242 ANYTHING is a refreshing change from BR green!

[@martinbayliss3868]

Fantastic! Well done all.

[@trainiacvideos3832]

It's a great achievement from all the Locomotive Services team to get this loco back where it belongs.

[@teamtrains]

Nice catch

[@user-gk8gg1zt7l]

Nice video. LIKE

[@TrainLovers-TL69]

Nice loco

[@37418]

Superb Footage 👍

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Thank you. It was so good to see 60532 Blue Peter to return to life 💙

[@Britishrailway60525]

Nice

[@jacobwoods8738]

I hear a chime whistle is back, although I presume not the old step top from the 1980s? It is lovely to see it back in action, and the blue is a nice nod to the name, although naturally it picks my rivet counter accuracy side (as does the chime whistle)..... Hats off to those involved though.

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Thank you for your comments. Great to see it back.

[@jackstrains1569]

It's the same whistle it had from North America probably just had light work done to it to keep it in good condition you'll be surprised how long stuff like that can be used for if kept in top condition

[@jacobwoods8738]

@@jackstrains1569Thank you. Having finally seen a picture of it, shape wise it looks like the old NZR step top, and the sound seems to fit. I certainly can understand things lasting, the museum I am involved with has a locomotive with what is said to be its original service era whistle, based upon the markings. It is 1930s at newest, 1911 at oldest. Cheers.

[@MasterMoyle]

And now its only a matter until the BBC get involved with the engine.

[@trainiacvideos3832]

Yes maybe and back to how it was when I saw it as a kid watching Blue Peter. Great to see it back in steam.

[@MasterMoyle]

@@trainiacvideos3832 wouldn't surprise me if the BBC for one of their episodes of Blue Peter decide to recreate what they did for the show's 40th birthday and the engine's 50th, & run 60532 down the ECML from Edinburgh to Kings Cross or even in the other direction from Kings Cross to Edinburgh.

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@MasterMoyle I really hated the round headboard on that run.

[@MasterMoyle]

@@tooleyheadbang4239 I wasn't a huge fan of that either and from the scenes when they were servicing 60532 in York at the NRM it had to be taken off so that they could open the smokebox door.

[@PeterAJWoods]

Any thoughts on when it will be the first working on a main line railtour? July 25th Taunton- Exeter, which seems a very short stretch of the main Paddingdon-Exeter tour, or is there an earlier one?

[@trainiacvideos3832]

I don't know I think it will be a watch this space from either Saphos or Steam Dreams.

[@azzifyy5988]

What what I know it's currently doing test runs at the Severn Valley railway and I'm pretty sure it's going to be taking passengers from this weekend.

[@traingameiacs]

Crap, I edited the comment and that got rid of the heart, can you heart it again please?

[@traingameiacs]

The other one

[@traingameiacs]

Sorry to seem rude

[@michaelsandford1015]

Under coat

[@spankflaps1365]

More NE locos returning to traffic later this year: Q6, K1, J72, A1, and A3.

[@MasterMoyle]

A3's already running it's just not got an operator presently. K1 we don't know what the situation is going to be with that as while it is being overhauled for use on the mainline, even when finished as things are going at present it wont be useable for Jacobite workings as it's not got air brakes. Q6 meanwhile has been very quiet as there hasn't been updates on the situation with the new cylinder that needs fitting.

[@davidmccall2897]

What an awful colour, 60532 NEVER carried this blue paint job from new, what a mess.

[@trainiacvideos3832]

We have our own opinions to the colour scheme, but we should be grateful that the engine is back to life and living again.

[@jameshardy4354]

It also has carried incorrect one apple green at one time

[@adeerdoes]

Well guess what, she is NOW! So this new liver has become part of her history. Much more interesting than boring Green! You want historical accuracy, go watch archive footage

[@jameshardy4354]

@@adeerdoes I like the br blue

[@984francis]

Are you being a paint in the arse?😁