A famous steam train will be pulling into Whitby today.
The Sir Nigel Gresley is sister engine to the Mallard.
It's taking part in the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's annual steam gala weekend which gets underway today.
Richard Swales is the loco's Chief Engineer.
This year the event will see the Sir Nigel Gresley running between Pickering and Whitby.
The loco is built to the same design as its famous sister, the mallard.
Richard Swales says the locomotive will be having a good run out after a lengthy period of repairs.
No. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley was the 100th Gresley Pacific built by the Great Northern Railway / London and North Eastern Railway. Built at Doncaster as works N°1863, the locomotive entered service in 1937. The locomotive was mainly based at London King's Cross, with a spell at Grantham during World War II, and was briefly re-numbered as N°7 before becoming N°60007 when the LNER was merged into British Railways.
On 3rd June 1956, Sir Nigel Gresley had the honour of hauling the Royal Train from King's Cross to York with H.M Queen Elizabeth II on board.
The "Stephenson Locomotive Society Special" of the 23rd May 1959 was the first train in the UK with a booked or advertised schedule of over 100 m.p.h. and during that trip, N°60007 set the official post-war speed record for steam traction of 112 mph.
The engine is now owned and maintained by the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust Ltd, a registered charity, dedicated to the preservation and continued operation of iconic A4 'Pacific'. It engine is on loan to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the steam gala weekend.
A line-up of over a dozen incredible locomotives will make their appearance at the NYMR Annual Steam Gala, which runs from 22nd to 25th September. The BR Standard 5 No.73156, which will be visiting courtesy of the Great Central Railway in Loughborough along with No. 85 Taff Vale Railway Class 02.
The Annual Steam Gala Beer Festival will be taking place at Goathland and Levisham stations, which will showcase a selection of real ales and ciders from local breweries including Breworks at Pickering, Whitby Brewery, Helmsley Brewery and Yorkshire Heart;
Pickering Station will host an array of trade stalls featuring railway memorabilia and model railways;
At Levisham Station there’ll be a demonstration shunting trains including Piglet’s Steam tram Lucie. There will also be a working display of vintage stationary engines, and the Levisham Station Tea Hut will be open for refreshments;
At Grosmont Station, visitors will be able to visit the engine shed and see some of the restoration projects currently taking place.
Here is the timetable for the weekend's steam locomotive runs.
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