60007 Sir Nigel Gresley thrashes Alderley Edge!!! 8/11/08

[alfie0915]

You can see that even with a heavy diesel on the end of the train, 60007 still pulls the train at speed, its more likely for the diesel to fail, rather than "Sir Nigel". Irember in the 1960's steam coming to the aid of a failed diesel !

[MusicalElitist1]

I never understand why they put a diesel on the end. Is this in the event of a failure with the steam loco? Ace vid by the way.

[gwr3845]

@MusicalElitist1 Can be for a number of reasons, could be for the use of ETH (Electric train heating), it could be incase the engine comes across a steep incline so the diesel can assist especially on how oily modern rails are if needed so that the service doesn't lose its timed slot so WCRC do not get fined by NR. It could be if the final stop is in a terminus station, this way the 47 can just pilot the ECS out of the station without needing to run round.

A nice video always been fond of A4

[trainlover658]

bloody diesels, always ruining a steam tour ._.

[citytransportinfo]

it had help at the back - thats cheating LOL!

Simon

[TheXtremeEnthusiast]

Why i said clagging i'll never know..lol