Watch as record-setting steam locomotive chuffs through Shropshire beauty spot
Steam locomotive fans got a treat on Sunday when an historic engine chuffed through the county on the way back home from an excursion.
Vicky Rich was at Gorsty Bank, at All Stretton to capture the moment the Gresley A4 express engine 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley steamed through the county at 3.11pm.
The engine set a post-war speed record for steam in the UK when it reached 112mph in 1959.
Vicky said: "The locomotive, which was named in honour of the designer, holds the post war steam speed record and was returning to Crewe after hauling an excursion on Saturday."
The engine is owned by the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust Ltd and operated from Crewe by Locomotive Services Limited.
On Saturday an excursion train headed from Bedford with diesel traction to Taunton where Sir Nigel Gresley was added to the front to travel through Dawlish and on to Kingwear in Devon.
The following day, 60007 returned from the West Country to Crewe via Shropshire.
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