Sir Nigel Gresely through Durham

Date: 16 May 2009

Location: Durham, Platform 2

Train: 60007 - Sir Nigel Gresley, Hauling the Coronation II railtour.

Timekeeping: Approx 10 minutes late, probably down to engineering work.

Steaminess: Just a vapour trail.

Speed: Not bad, considering the 13 coaches.

Wobbliness: Pretty steady. I don't think I should have panned.

Wind noise: None - hand in front of pathetic microphone seems to work quite well.

Number of other spotters: Maybe ten, plus regular Saturday afternoon commuters heading for Newcastle.

Things to note: As I was looking south and the sun was bright, I couldn't find a nice colour setting - it looked too washed out or too dark. I thought I'd try Sepia.

The original video looks really good if you pause it at 0:14 - nice shot of Durham Castle, Durham Cathedral and 60007.

Special thanks to the National Express East Coast staff at Durham who were very friendly. NXEC have had a lot of stick lately, so it's really good to turn up at the station and find the staff welcoming and helpful. They looked up the trains progress - 60007 was on time and heading through Northallerton when I asked them.

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Tags:

• 60007
• Sir Nigel Gresely
• Steam Train
• Durham
• The Coronation II
• Durham Cathedral
• Durham Castle

[J62005]

Liking your new videos RD. Also your notes on the videos good too :-) Let me know next time you go spotting around Durham and I'll try to come along.

[DaveRob67]

Nice clip, good to hear NXEC were helpful too.