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.